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  • July

    PA12-44 East Lynn Lake Campground Reopens

    East Lynn, W.Va… East Lynn Lake’s East Fork Campground is back to normal operations a week after
  • The Surf Rescue squad board the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) Lighter, Amphibious, Resupply, Cargo (LARC) after civil engineering technician Mark Preisser saves three swimmers from rip current in the Atlantic Ocean near Duck, N.C. Photo provided by CHL.

    Hero on a LARC: Engineering Tech Sheds Shoes, Saves Lives

    After a day of gathering coastal survey information, it was time to wash the Army Corps of Engineers Lighter, Amphibious, Resupply, Cargo (LARC) vessel and head back to the office, then home for the evening.
  • Ft. Dix Solar Power

    Winning the energy savings battle in New Jersey

    Two years ago, the New Jersey Army National Guard asked the Army Corps if it could construct a solar power project so they could save energy and money as they had done for them on previous solar power projects. In May 2011 the Army Corps completed the solar project with the assistance of contractor, P & S Construction of Lowell, Mass. The project consists of a solar photovoltaic power panel array that is mounted on the roof of the Battle Lab’s 128,000 square foot facility. There are three different roof structures ranging in height from 13 feet to 25 feet above the ground.
  • New York District recently finished construction of a second Marsh Island as part of the Comprehensive Restoration Plan

    Marsh restoration has wildlife’s ‘seal’ of approval

    For the past decade, the Army corps in partnership with other agencies has restored 180-acres of marsh in Jamaica Bay, including Elders East and Elders West marsh islands and Gerritsen Creek.
  • West Point Science Center

    Cadets reach for the Stars

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is constructing a new science center for the cadets at the academy that is maintaining the look of the historic 200-year old campus and taking their science education well into the 21st Century.