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  • January

    Mike Arles, quality assurance representative on the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project checks one of the pre-cast concrete sections of an approach wall beam Jan. 31, 2013 at Watts Bar Dam, Decatur, Tenn. The beams are being assembled and stored at Watts Bar for placement in the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project when required for construction. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)

    300-ton Chickamauga Lock approach wall beams being assembled at Watts Bar

    SPRING CITY, Tenn., (Jan. 31, 2013) – Precast concrete sections for 42 lock approach wall beams destined for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project were recently delivered by barge to Watts Bar where they will be assembled
  • Col. Mark Toy, commander of the Army Corps' Los Angeles District, receives a Jan. 7 briefing and inspects the area in Sepulveda Basin where vegetation removal in early December 2012 led to concerns from environmentalists and local residents.

    District commander addresses LA River Committee about Sepulveda clearing

    Col. Mark Toy, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, addressed the LA City Council Ad Hoc River Committee Jan. 28, telling members that despite not adhering to the District's best management practices to properly communicate vegetation management activities in the Sepulveda Basin, his focus is to identify and work with the right people to develop a consensus on ways to move forward with flood risk reduction, ecosystem management and recreation in the basin.
  • PHOENIX - Drew Savage, a project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District's Arizona/Nevada Area Office, speaks with business representatives during the first Business Opportunities Open House held Jan. 29 at the Phoenix office. The event was an open forum designed to let business owners learn about contract opportunities and to learn how to do business with the Corps.

    Arizona/Nevada Area Office hosts Business Opportunities Open House

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Arizona/Nevada Area Office hosted its first Business Opportunities Open House at its downtown office Jan. 29. The event was an open forum designed to let business owners learn about contract opportunities and to learn how to do business with the Corps.
  • ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Reliable Contracting Group, and Altus AFB pose for a picture at the Jet Propellant 8 Fuel Transfer Line groundbreaking, Jan. 23. The groundbreaking was held to kick-off the reestablishment of a steel pipeline, which will connect the bulk fuel storage area to the tanker ramp providing a reliable and efficient way to refuel KC-135 Stratotankers. The fuel line is projected to cost more than $9 million and will save the base money over time through saved man hours and truck deliveries

    Altus Air Force Base JP8 Fuel Line Reestablished

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District is scheduled to begin replacing a Jet Propellant 8 fuel line here that will increase ground refueling capabilities for KC-135 Stratotankers, Jan. 23.
  • Westrick Park at The Dalles Dam has become a prime roosting habitat for bald eagles in recent years.

    Dalles Lock and Dam welcomes raptor (and human) visitors during Eagle Watch 2013

    Nestled between Oregon and Washington is the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, home to year-round resident bald eagles and temporary host to hundreds more eagles that winter there. As northern rivers and lakes freeze over and animals go into hibernation, food sources become scarce and the eagles migrate to the Gorge.