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  • April

    (Left to right) Staff Sgt. Joseph Lowery, Staff Sgt. Michael D. Davis, Staff Sgt. Joseph Bergen, Guide Dru Smith and Guide Brent Adcock pose with wild turkeys taken during a hunt at Center Hill Lake April 13, 2012. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District organized the event that helps soldiers from Fort Campbell, Ky., in the “HOOAH” Program, which stands for “Healing Outside Of A Hospital.” (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Soldiers take aim at recovery in Center Hill Lake wild turkey hunt

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (April 13, 2012) – A wild turkey hunt at Center Hill Lake today gave soldiers rehabilitating from war wounds the opportunity to put aside the stresses associated with the every-day grind of physical and mental therapy while recovering at Fort Campbell, Ky.

  • Divers Assess Placement of John Martin Dam Supports

    A project is planned to replace damaged and, in some cases, missing bulkhead gate supports at the District’s John Martin Dam. The existing supports have been in place since the dam was built more than 50 years ago.
  • SANTA ROSA, N.M., - Emergency Management Specialist Don Gallegos explained scenarios for discussion during the dam safety exercise to participants.

    Dam Safety Prep is District Priority

    Albuquerque District’s Dam Safety Program Manager Suzi Hess-Brittelle and Readiness and Contingency Operations (RCO) Emergency Management Specialists Don Gallegos and Theresa Rogers conducted a dam safety exercise at Santa Rosa Dam in Santa Rosa, N.M., March 15.

  • District Hosts Meeting for Newly Elected Tribal Leaders

    Tribal leadership in New Mexico changes fairly regularly, with most tribes changing annually, and New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman’s office approached the District to see if the Corps could help provide a location for new tribal leadership to meet and exchange information with representatives from local federal agencies.

  • Corps Addresses Water Resource Challenges with Assistance from Native American Tribes

    In Albuquerque District’s area of responsibility, Native American Tribes or Pueblos control 80 percent of the land in the middle Rio Grande Valley. For the Corps to be successful in addressing any water resource challenge in the valley, be it endangered species or drought, tribes must be intimately involved in developing potential solutions.