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  • October

    "With a clean slate, we intend to seek public input on a replacement mural, so expect to hear about those future opportunities over the next several months," said Col. Kim Colloton, commander of the Corps' Los Angeles District "We won’t wait for the spillway to be raised."

    Santa Ana River conference addresses future challenges, spillway mural

    Nearly 200 members of the scientific and environmental communities gathered at the sixth annual Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority conference held here Oct. 14 to discuss the future of the Santa Ana River and how public agencies and private enterprise can work together to meet the challenges a changing environment and growing population will present to those who rely on the river for its precious water.
  • What is that blob in the water? Is it some sort of fish egg? No. Maybe it’s some sort of frog or salamander egg? No.

    What's that blob?

    What is that blob in the water? Is it some sort of fish egg?  No.  Maybe it’s some sort of frog or
  • Madison Site sits atop Mount Gwanggyosan, some 700 meters high in elevation. Thanks to the work of Far East District engineers water now flows freely at the site.

    District engineers ensure water keeps flowing at Madison Site

    The Madison Site, a small communications facility near the city of Suwon and about 40 kilometers
  • The hydraulic cutter-head suction dredge H.R. Morris digs up sediment from the Channel Islands Harbor entrance Oct. 14. Seattle-based Manson Construction, the Corps' contractor for the $4.3 million project, will pipe the material to nearby Hueneme Beach to replenish sand lost to erosion.

    Channel Islands dredging begins

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Deputy Engineer David Van Dorpe joined Rep. Julia Brownley and local officials here Oct. 14 to celebrate the start of maintenance dredging at Channel Islands Harbor that will replenish sand at nearby Silver Strand and Hueneme beaches.
  • Annette Epperson holds up her Bronze de Fleury medal she received for her more than 37 years of dedicated service to the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

    USACE Payroll Program Manager concludes her career with the end of fiscal year fourteen

    Council Bluffs native, Annette Epperson, completes a 37-year career with the United States Army Corps of Engineers at the Omaha District. Throughout her career she communicated with almost all USACE districts,serving as the Payroll Program Manager and lead Customer Service Representative. She received more than 71 challenge coins and the Bronze de Fleury medal.