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  • August

    Andrew Leichty Named U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2014 Project Manager of the Year

    A member of the Rock Island District has been recognized as one of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers top performers. Andrew Leichty, from the Program Management Branch, was awarded USACE Project Manager of the Year by the Corps’ Program and Project Management Community of Practice.

  • Crews Clean Up Mess on the Mighty Mississippi

    The Mississippi and its tributaries, like the Des Moines and Iowa Rivers, are just starting to recover from high water. During flooding events, large amounts of debris will be fl ushed out of the river system and can be seen floating downstream from almost anywhere along the banks. When people talk about cleaning up after a Mississippi River flood, they usually talk of lots of mud, some piles of sand and a few stray logs here and there but employees from locks on the lower half of the District have a different idea of river clean up after a flood.
  • Lt. Col. John L. Hudson, Nashville District commander, speaks to a crowd at a ceremony today marking the groundbreaking for a $1.8 million Wolf Creek Hatchery Wetland and Stream Mitigation Program project below the Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery on Aug. 8, 2014.

    Groundbreaking kicks off Hatchery Creek project

    JAMESTOWN, Ky. (Aug. 8, 2014) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, state legislators and Russell County officials held a ceremony today marking the groundbreaking for a $1.8 million Wolf Creek Hatchery Wetland and Stream Mitigation Program project below the Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery.

  • Camden students learn about environmental cleanup during visit with Army Corps

    Eleven high school students from Camden County, N.J. learned about environmental remediation, large-scale construction, and the importance of problem solving during a visit with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District.
  • Ray Kendrick, a contracting specialist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Contracting Office, is the Employee of the Month for June 2014.

    Kendrick named Nashville District Employee of the Month for June 2014

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 1, 2014) - Ray Kendrick, a contracting specialist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Contracting Office, is the Employee of the Month for June 2014. Kendrick is being recognized for excellence and his noteworthy contributions that support the efficient operation of the Contracting Office.