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  • October

    Park ranger Nick Wilson uses a chainsaw to cut a tree that fell onto the Younger Bend hiking trail at Eufaula Lake during the clean-up event.

    Volunteers, park rangers clean-up Younger Bend trail at Eufaula Lake

    Volunteers and park rangers recently spent a day removing debris, trimming trees and clearing the Younger Bend Trail in the Memorial Overlook at Eufaula Lake. The trail, which was created in 1995, was left impassible in 2007 by an ice storm.

  • ERDC lab supports winter ops for DOD missile defense site in Turkey

    5 Oct. 2012ContactPublic Affairs Office601-634-3188HANOVER, N.H.--A team of researchers with ERDC’s
  • On left ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Director Dr. Robert Davis sits opposite Brig. Gen. Menanteau, Chilean Army, recently to sign an Information Exchange Agreement for extreme environments.

    CRREL and Chilean Army Sign Information Exchange Agreement

    ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory’s (CRREL) director and a representative of the Chilean Army recently signed an Information Exchange Agreement for extreme environments.
  • Bryan Baker, ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, (second from left) receives a Jefferson Cup from the Corps’ Chief of Engineering and Construction, James C. Dalton, Special Assistant for Dam and Levee Safety Eric Halpin (right) and Tammy Conforti, Levee Safety Program Manager (Photo by T. Ferguson, South Atlantic Division)

    ERDC Engineer Recognized at Levee Safety Meeting

    ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Hydraulic Engineer Bryan Baker was recently recognized for his exemplary support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Levee Safety Program and the engineering and construction community during the Corps’ Levee Safety Community of Practice meetings in Southbridge, Mass.

  • Research Team Receives Green Innovation Award

    The Department of Defense (DOD) High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) was recently recognized by the U.S. Army chief of engineers in the Awards of Excellence program for excellence in sustainability, design and construction.