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  • May

    A Lebanon, N.H., Robotics Team 95 team member.

    CRREL-sponsored robotics team wins spot in national competition

    HARTFORD, Conn.—ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory  (CRREL)-sponsored Lebanon,
  • Math Teacher Tomeka Whitfield, Edison Middle School, displays her packaged potato from the Food Packaging Material World Module during a workshop at ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in March.

    Champaign hosts STEM training for local teachers

    CHAMPAIGN, Ill.—ERDC’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) supported two training
  • Members of the 2013 Leadership Development Class Front Row: Eileen Williamson, Candace Akins, Trinity Houska, Joslyn Gantt, Michelle Schultz, Aaron Quinn Back Row: Jonas Grundman, Sean Denning, Ryan Buckley, Jake Wiegmann, Brandon Sellers, Josh Melliger

    Investing in the future through leadership development

    The 2013 Omaha District Leadership Developent class comprises a diverse group originating from a variety of professions and different divisions within the District. The class includes a program manager, a public affairs specialist, a real estate specialist, a biologist, a program analyst, a geographer, an environmental resources specialist, and of course, a few engineers.
  • Corps Ecologist Carvel Bass conducts a tour of the Sepulveda Flood Basin May 15 for a working group of invited water experts from the U.S. and the Netherlands.

    District participates in Room for the River information exchange

    Prior to the start of the two-day Room for the River: Los Angeles conference, Corps Ecologist Carvel Bass conducted a tour of the Sepulveda Flood Basin May 15 for a working group of invited water experts from the U.S. and the Netherlands. The Los Angeles conference, hosted by the City of Los Angeles, its partners, and in cooperation with the Consulate General of the Netherlands (in San Francisco), was held May 16 and 17.
  • A current view of the filter marsh, in which invasive vegetation has been removed. A new weir structure will be constructed, where flows will outfall into an existing slough system that discharges into the east branch of Coral Creek. Wood Storks and Roseate Spoonbills have already been observed feeding in the marsh as it was pumped down.

    Restoration project may serve as regional prototype

    Nationwide Permit (NWP) 27 specifically authorizes aquatic habitat restoration, establishment and enhancement activities, and it was this general permit, issued by Linda Elligott, project manager in the Fort Myers Regulatory Office, that authorized a unique hydrologic and habitat restoration project in Charlotte County.