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    New Asian Carp footage available online

    The Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee releases new Asian carp footage to the broadcast
  • NORFOLK -- Norfolk District, U.S Army Corps of Engineers employees attend a ceremony recognizing recent Leadership Development Program graduates. The program, which had been inactive at Norfolk for 10 years, puts Corps employees on a leadership track through a curriculum like that of a college course. Participants meet one hour a month, write book reviews, accomplish online learning modules and hear from guest speakers. (U.S. Army photo/Kerry Solan)

    Revived program puts employees on track for leadership

    After 20 years, the U.S. Navy had taught Pam Reid-Szalanski a certain way to manage people. “In the military, as a manager, you direct your people to do something and it’s understood that it’s an order – it must be done,” she said. “Time for questions is later.” Reid-Szalanski is one of four who recently graduated from the Norfolk District’s Leadership Development Program – a curriculum she credits with perfecting the art of civilian management.
  • A 590-acre Frog Pond Detention Area, a component of the C-111 Spreader Canal Weastern Project, has three cells and three emergency spillways that are used to retain water in Everglades National Park by decreasing seepage to the east into the C-111 Canal. Photo Credit: South Florida Water Management District

    Record of Decision signed for C-111 Spreader Canal Western Project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District received a signed Record of Decision for the C-111 Spreader Canal Western Project in Miami-Dade County, Fla., July 19, 2012. The Record of Decision, signed by Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy, has been transmitted to Congress for authorization.

  • Cheatham Lock closing for repairs Oct. 16 through Nov. 15

    ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Cheatham Lock will be closed to all river traffic from 6 a.m., Oct. 16, through 6 p.m., Nov. 15, 2012, to permit major maintenance repairs to hydraulic and mechanical equipment damaged during the 2010 flood along with other routine maintenance.

  • U.S. Army Chief of Engineers Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick visits the Chicago District

    Newly appointed 53rd U.S. Army Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of