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  • August

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- MRGCD Board of Directors Vice Chairman, Adrian Oglesby and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Albuquerque District Engineer, Lt. Col. Patrick Dagon, sign the PPA Agreement during the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District Board of Directors Meeting, August 11, 2014.

    Corps, Partners Sign Project Partnership Agreement for San Acacia Floodway Project

    Representatives of the MRGCD and the Corps signed a Project Partnership Agreement for the Rio Grande Floodway San Acacia to Bosque Del Apache Project on August 11, 2014.

  • Change of Command for Mississippi Valley Division

    VICKSBURG, Miss., August 20, 2014 – In a formal change of command ceremony, Brigadier General Peter A. “Duke” DeLuca will transfer command of the Mississippi Valley Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to Brigadier General Michael C. Wehr, Friday, August 29. The ceremony will be officiated by the Corps' Chief of Engineers, Lieutenant General Thomas Bostick, and will take place at 10:00 a.m. in the Vicksburg Convention Center.
  • This Interior Least Tern hatchling is no more than three days old. Because it was was hatched so late in the season, its odds of survival are greatly reduced. It should be ready for the flight to South America by late-September if its mother doesn't abandon it.

    2014 Interior Least Tern surveys complete

    The Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
  • Members of Maple 1 take a break on Chief Illini Trail along Lake Shelbyville in central Illinois. Darius, center, is holding a rake-hoe tool called a Mccleod, while Steven and Vincent are holding pick-axe type tools called a Pulaski.

    AmeriCorps volunteers rejuvenate Chief Illini Trail: Partnership helps revitalize nationally-recognized trail network

    Popular recreational areas are often victims of their own success and need a little TLC to bring them back to full usefulness. Chief Illini Trail is among the more popular trails in the St. Louis District, but the effects of literally millions of visitors over the years were beginning to show. A new partnership and the hard work of dedicated volunteers are helping restore the popular trails. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages the water and land around Lake Shelbyville, a multipurpose reservoir in central Illinois fed by the Kaskaskia River. The area is popular with campers, hunters and boaters, and a source of pride to the surrounding community.
  • COVINGTON, Va. -- Gathright Dam's intake tower rises out of Lake Moomaw Dec. 12, 2012. The earthen and rolled rock-fill dam impounds the flow of the Jackson River and creates Lake Moomaw, serving both flood control and recreational purposes. (U.S. Army photo/Kerry Solan)

    Third Gathright Dam pulse release scheduled for tomorrow

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct a pulse release beginning at 6 a.m. tomorrow at Gathright Dam. The release, the third of six scheduled pulses, will increase levels 3 to 4.5 feet in the Jackson River and will end at 1:30 p.m.