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  • February

    TV3 Winchester Report from USACE Deployment Center

    Two local news anchors/reporters from ABC affiliate TV3 Winchester visited the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Deployment Center to learn about changes in operations and talk with deployees.
  • Dawn King received CERL’s Administrative Support Achievement Award. The team of MacAllister and Mifflin won CERL’s Martha Blake Technical Support Achievement Award for their work on blast noise research. Theresa Kissane was named CERL’s Research Assistant of the Year.

    Employees Receive CERL Awards

    Paul Loechl, Michael Kemme, and Harold Balbach, all of Champaign, received the Award for Excellence in Operational Support from the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory.
  • SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Richard Perry, archaeologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, poses here, Feb. 15, 2012 with the recently published book, "Archaeology in Society". Perry's study of prehistoric and historic sites at a former target range at Honey Lake, Calif., is featured in the book.

    USACE Sacramento District archaeology study nationally recognized

    Government and science synchronized in perfect alignment in 2003 when a Department of Defense base realignment and closure, or BRAC, action enabled a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers archaeological team to produce an impressive 3,554-acre survey of an ancient hunting site and help transfer ownership of the 69,000-acre-plus former gunnery range back to the state of California -- all in just five months.
  • WIESBADEN, Germany — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District Grafenwoehr Environmental Project Delivery Team receives a Certificate of Achievement from Col. D. Peter Helmlinger (far left), district commander, for the exceptional execution of 20 projects and more than $40 million in fiscal year 2011 during the district Town Hall at the Taunus Theater here, Nov. 18, 2011.

    More numbers equal success for USACE, its customers

    When agencies are already using a numbering system to track its projects, implementing a new multi-agency system with more numbers does not seem very innovative, however, for a group of project managers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District and their customers -- additional numbers into the equation equals success.
  • Calhoun Point, located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers provides serves as a resource for the community and animals.

    St. Louis ecosystem restoration project highlights importance of wetlands

    Often found where rivers, lakes and oceans meet land, wetlands provide a rich mix of nutrients and produce high levels of oxygen. Additionally, they filter chemicals out of water, reduce flooding and erosion and recharge groundwater.