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  • September

    Through four cross-country mobilizations to MOTCO, the seven-person dive team utilized a surface-supplied SCUBA methodology to dive 95 times within nine weeks -- using 190 tanks of air to perform 285 hours of underwater work. The Portland District Office of Dive/ROV Operations and Safety led the Corps’ underwater execution of MOTCO’s pier inspections.

    Portland District dive office oversees critical inspections of Army piers in California

    The Portland District Office of Dive/ROV Operations and Safety led the Corps’ underwater execution of MOTCO’s pier inspections in California this summer.
  • FARGO, N.D. -- Katie Opsahl, planning, left; and Bob Edstrom, project management, prepare for a public meeting about the Fargo, N.D./ Moorhead, Minn., Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project in Fargo June 26.

    District team earns national value engineering honors

    The district earned another national-level award for engineering earlier this summer at a summit in Arlington, Va. The value engineering team received the national award from the Society of American Value Engineers, or SAVE, International organization during the SAVE Value Summit June 26.
  • A short-haul truck unloads Hurricane Sandy-related debris Nov. 21, 2012, at a collection point at Father Capodanno Park on Staten Island. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as part of the Interagency New York City Hurricane Sandy Debris Removal Task Force, worked to remove debris piles from this and other temporary storage sites within New York City.

    Hurricane Sandy Debris Removal Task Force receives United Nations’ 2013 Green Star Award

    The Interagency New York City Hurricane Sandy Debris Removal Task Force was awarded a Green Star Award, September 2, 2013, for its outstanding response efforts to Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership with 24 other federal, state, and local agencies including Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the State of New York, and the City of New York, was an integral part of the Debris Removal Task Force.
  • Student Conservation Association team member’s (left to right) Alison Richardson, Darrel Thompson, Erica Nicolay, and Roy Cazares prepare the evergreen fish attractors by attaching concrete weights to the tree bundles at Old Hickory Lake’s Lone Branch Recreation Area in Mt. Juliet, Tenn., Aug. 27, 2013.

    Corps creates new fish habitats at Old Hickory Lake

    HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 3, 2013) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Old Hickory Lake and members of the Student Conservation Association made a splash Aug. 27 when they installed the remaining fish attractors made possible by Old Hickory Lake’s Christmas Tree Recycling Program.
  • Members of Tainted Love, an 80s rock cover band, kept crowds on their feet Sept. 1 during the Sausalito Art Festival. Other notable acts included Psychedelic Furs and Lisa Marie Presley.

    Organizers, USACE staff team to host 3-day art festival

    For the past 26 years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Bay Model Visitor Center has been home to