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    District’s blue-green algae testing emphasizes public safety

    Weighing two approaches to dealing with the risks of blue-green algae, the Corps of Engineers will take the safer one.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bonneville Power Administration and the Bureau of Reclamation celebrated 75 years of service to the nation Sept. 15, 2012 at Bonneville Dam. Congressional, federal, tribal and local leaders joined more than 5,000 visitors as they listened to Gary Stamm, an FDR impersonator, live music and family activities.

    Bonneville Lock and Dam celebrates 75 years of service

    The 32nd President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, returned to Bonneville Lock and Dam as it celebrated of 75 years of service on Sept. 15. This day-long event brought more than 5,000 visitors to the Columbia River locale.
  • As the Army's construction agent, the Corps of Engineers works with its customers to plan, program, budget, design and build facilities to achieve a minimum of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver or an equivalent overseas green building rating system certification per Army policy. USACE Europe District is piloting a Child Development Center project to see if it can earn a German rating system certification as an alternative to LEED.

    Building green: Corps of Engineers explores overseas LEED alternative

    WIESBADEN, Germany -- Think global, act local. The phrase, popularized in the 1970s on the back bumpers of hippies' Volkswagens and on the front of their T-shirts, has evolved through the years and taken on a wider meaning. The slogan is used by urban planners, environmentalists, government officials and business executives to describe a global mindset with a local focus.

  • USACE heads up Air Force infrastructure assessment

    WIESBADEN, Germany -- The Air Force has launched a two-year evaluation of facilities and equipment on bases worldwide to gain a clearer picture of energy and space efficiencies within its inventory.
  • Under the watchful eye of a USCG watch-stander, tenders Derrick Dunlap of San Francisco District (left) and USN Chief Tony Collins adjusts and prepares diver Rick Benoit's equipment at the beginning of his recovery dive at USCG Station Coos Bay January 2012 in Oregon. Looking on as the first-ever dive of the newly formed USACE Forward Response Dive Team begins are dive supervisor Todd Manny of Portland and stand-by diver Andrew Rapp of San Francisco.

    New engineer dive team keeping whirlwind pace in 2012

    Four countries, three continents, eight cities and towns and two islands; this hectic schedule is that of the newly formed USACE Forward Response Dive and Survey Team during its 2012 inaugural season.