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  • August

    Craney Island mosquito spraying scheduled

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the City of Portsmouth will conduct joint aerial mosquito spraying from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., August 10, at federal properties on Craney Island, adjacent city properties and the north Churchland area in Portsmouth, Va.
  • Cadet McCauley

    USMA Cadet Assists CRREL with Snow Roads

    ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) hosted U.S. Military Academy (USMA) Cadet Abigail “Abby” McCauley this summer as a research assistant for Civil Engineer Dr. Sally Shoop on the Snow Roads project.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Supervisor of the Year, ERDC-EL’s Antisa “Tisa” Webb, confers with Environmental Research Ecologist Sarah Miller, who says Webb is a fantastic supervisor who does what is right rather than what is easy.

    EL's Webb Earns USACE “Supervisor of the Year” Title

    ERDC boasts many first-ever accolades. One team member recently captured the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) first-ever “Supervisor of the Year” title, garnering kudos as the outstanding example for future nominees.
  • ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Arctic Researcher Jackie Richter-Menge poses recently with a piece of a Greenland Ice Core in a minus 24 degree Fahrenheit cold room, while briefing a very chilly group from St. Paul’s School, Concord, N.H.

    CRREL Hosts Visit of Advanced Studies Group

    ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Researchers Jackie Richter-Menge and Leonard Zabilansky recently hosted a group of students from St. Paul’s School’s (Concord, N.H.) Advanced Marine Biology course.

  • Nashville mayor goes up river to see dam safety project

    JAMESTOWN, Ky. (Aug. 7, 2012) – Nashville Mayor Karl Dean visited Wolf Creek Dam today to see the ongoing foundation remediation construction, which is a dam safety project of vital importance to the citizens he represents 270 miles downstream.