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  • April

    Workers flatten delivered sand on a Broward County beach so it fills an engineer-designed template, which includes the sand placement’s height and width along the beach.

    Two shore protection projects completed

    In November 2013, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District began an unprecedented project in Broward County to reconstruct 5.1 miles of eroded shoreline. The project, completed Feb. 28, was the first of its kind because it included 10,000 truck deliveries of sand from a mine in central Florida. The district uses the dredge delivery method to renourish federal beaches, but this project had to be completed prior to hurricane season and all dredges had been deployed to other projects.
  • Monitoring is the primary tool used by RECOVER to assess CERP performance by determining if ecosystem responses are desirable, if progress is being made toward interim goals and targets, and whether refinement of CERP implementation is needed.

    Draft Everglades System Status Report available for public review

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District — the two

  • March

    Operations funnels orders, assists commander

    The purpose of the G-3 in the organization is helping communicate the who, what, where, when and why of the work expected from and the tasks delivered to Huntsville Center.
  • Then Maj. William Burruss in Iraq. After a 25-year career in the Army, Lt. Col. Burruss, Huntsville Center deputy commander, will retire from service.

    Center’s deputy commander retiring

    After 25 years in the Army, Lt. Col. William Burruss is retiring.

  • Celebrating women of character, courage and commitment

    LOS ANGELES – "Celebrating Women of Character, Courage and Commitment," which honors the