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  • November

    EL’s Getsinger Receives Aquatic Plant Science Award

    Dr. Kurt Getsinger, ERDC Environmental Laboratory (EL), recently received the Aquatic Plant Science Award at the 13th Annual Northeast Aquatic Plant Management Society (NEAPMS) meeting in New Castle, N.H.
  • Terry Farrow, electrician, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, welds a metal “flag” for the lower river wall valve limit at Cheatham Lock, Ashland City, Tenn., Nov. 13, 2012. The lock is scheduled to reopen at 6 p.m., Nov. 15, 2012 after a one-month closure to permit major maintenance repairs to hydraulic and mechanical equipment damaged during the 2010 flood along with other routine maintenance. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)

    Cheatham Lock scheduled to reopen after major maintenance repairs

    ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 15, 2012) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is scheduled to reopen Cheatham Lock 6 p.m., today following a one-month closure for major maintenance repairs to hydraulic and mechanical equipment damaged during the 2010 flood along with other routine maintenance.

  • Spotlight on USACE Galveston District's Lisa Finn

    Lisa Finn’s journey toward a healthy lifestyle began with a single moment while out to dinner with friends back in the spring of 2009. “I looked around the restaurant and it occurred to me that I was the heaviest person in the room,” said Finn. “That thought stayed with me and bothered me tremendously. It was then that I became determined to lose weight.”
  • Little Rock District Commander Col. Glen Masset and Augusta Mayor Rocky Tidwell sign a Project Partnership Agreement to proceed with a streambank protection project. Heavy rains in the spring of 2008 and 2009 caused serious bank erosion along the White River near Augusta’s downtown area.

    Town looks to Corps for help

    The Army Corps of Engineers’ Little Rock District and the city of Augusta, Ark., have teamed up to ensure the White River doesn’t wash away a piece of the town’s history, swallow up an access road, or damage the community’s main sewer line.
  • LOS ANGELES -- Tomas Beauchamp-Hernandez writes notes while Terri Kaplan speaks with her team during a Nov. 8 breakout session at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District's Strategic Planning Meeting in which various teams worked through workable applications of the South Pacific Division's Implementation Plan. During the three-day event, LA District team members heard from leaders in industry, public service and academia about the aspects of leadership and how they can apply them to their daily work life.

    District’s leaders meet at Seal Beach

    Senior leaders and emerging leaders with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District met for a three-day planning meeting Nov. 7 - 9 to highlight District commander Col. Mark Toy’s vision of “Building Strong and Taking Care of People!” and discuss plans to continue that District imperative along with implementing directives from senior commands over the course of the next year.