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  • August

    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.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General and 53rd Chief of Engineers Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick administers the Officer's Oath to South Pacific Division Commander Brig. Gen. Mark Toy at a frocking ceremony on Aug. 15 at the Eagle's Nest Clubhouse in Cypress, Calif.

    Chief Promotes Newest Engineer General

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General and 53rd Chief of Engineers Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick promoted South Pacific Division Commander Col. Mark Toy to the rank of brigadier general Aug. 15 in a ceremony at the Eagle's Nest Clubhouse, Cypress, California.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General and 53rd Chief of Engineers Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick administers the Officer's Oath to South Pacific Division Commander Brig. Gen. Mark Toy at a frocking ceremony on Aug. 15 at the Eagle's Nest Clubhouse in Cypress, Calif.

    Chief promotes newest engineer general

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General and 53rd Chief of Engineers Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick promoted South Pacific Division Commander Col. Mark Toy to the rank of brigadier general Aug. 15 in a ceremony at the Eagle's Nest Clubhouse in Cypress, Calif.
  • USACE’s Institute for Water Resources (IWR) and its International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management (ICIWaRM) participated in the the International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), which was held in conjunction with the annual general assembly meeting of the North American Network of Basin Organizations (NANBO) at the Université Laval in Quebec City, Quebec, 7-9 May 2014.

    USACE IWR-ICIWaRM Participates in the Annual Meeting of the North American Network of Basin Organizations (NANBO)

    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.USACE’s Institute for Water Resources (IWR) and its International Center for