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  • November

    Flood Stoppers eCYBERMISSION Team poses with ERDC Commander Col. Kevin Wilson.

    Flood Stoppers eCYBERMISSION Team wins state championship with ERDC’s help

    With their award-winning website main page displayed in the background, the Flood Stoppers eCYBERMISSION Team met with ERDC Commander Col. Kevin Wilson, far right, to share their accomplishments in this year’s competitions and receive his congratulations.

  • EL’s Getsinger Receives Aquatic Plant Science Award

    Dr. Kurt Getsinger, ERDC Environmental Laboratory (EL), recently received the Aquatic Plant Science Award at the 13th Annual Northeast Aquatic Plant Management Society (NEAPMS) meeting in New Castle, N.H.
  • Terry Farrow, electrician, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, welds a metal “flag” for the lower river wall valve limit at Cheatham Lock, Ashland City, Tenn., Nov. 13, 2012. The lock is scheduled to reopen at 6 p.m., Nov. 15, 2012 after a one-month closure to permit major maintenance repairs to hydraulic and mechanical equipment damaged during the 2010 flood along with other routine maintenance. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)

    Cheatham Lock scheduled to reopen after major maintenance repairs

    ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 15, 2012) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is scheduled to reopen Cheatham Lock 6 p.m., today following a one-month closure for major maintenance repairs to hydraulic and mechanical equipment damaged during the 2010 flood along with other routine maintenance.

  • Spotlight on USACE Galveston District's Lisa Finn

    Lisa Finn’s journey toward a healthy lifestyle began with a single moment while out to dinner with friends back in the spring of 2009. “I looked around the restaurant and it occurred to me that I was the heaviest person in the room,” said Finn. “That thought stayed with me and bothered me tremendously. It was then that I became determined to lose weight.”
  • Little Rock District Commander Col. Glen Masset and Augusta Mayor Rocky Tidwell sign a Project Partnership Agreement to proceed with a streambank protection project. Heavy rains in the spring of 2008 and 2009 caused serious bank erosion along the White River near Augusta’s downtown area.

    Town looks to Corps for help

    The Army Corps of Engineers’ Little Rock District and the city of Augusta, Ark., have teamed up to ensure the White River doesn’t wash away a piece of the town’s history, swallow up an access road, or damage the community’s main sewer line.