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  • September

    Another unexpected surprise: A crane raises a Dahlgren rifled cannon from the CSS Georgia site in the Savannah River, Sept. 15.

    A second Dahlgren is twice as nice

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – As the mechanized stage of recovery began in earnest this week, marine archaeologists working on the CSS Georgia had just started to dig in for the long haul – anticipating tedious, 12-hour days of sifting through concretion-covered objects from the dregs of the Savannah River.
  • A dozer begins grading a landfarming cell near the Tank Site E project near Nome, Alaska. Landfarming is a potential solution to meet the needs of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District’s Formerly Used Defense Sites program across Alaska. The process includes removing contaminated soil from the source location, spreading it across an expansive area one to two feet thick, tilling consistently and then letting nature take control to degrade the pollutants.

    Landfarming offers viable environmental cleanup solution in the Arctic

    For environmental engineers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District, vegetable crops and livestock are not landfarming. It is a method used to clean contaminated soil associated with an obsolete fuel storage tank in the Arctic.
  • Col. Bryan S. Green accepted the Corps colors from Maj. Gen. Richard L. Stevens as he assumed command at the change of command ceremony at the ERDC-ITL Auditorium Sept. 10.

    ERDC’s Change of Command Ceremony welcomes Commander Green

    ERDC held a change of command ceremony at ITL in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Sept. 10. In this centuries
  • The North Landing Bridge spans the Atlantic Coastal Waterway between Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach, Virginia. The 65 year old dual span swing bridge was hit by a barge in the early morning hours of March 1, 2016.

    North Landing Bridge closed for emergency repairs

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will close the North Landing Bridge on Route 165 for emergency repairs beginning at 9 a.m. today. The bridge will be closed to vehicular and marine traffic as engineers perform the repairs, which are expected to be complete before 5 p.m. today.
  • A proposal by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District to help protect the heart of Silicon Valley from catastrophic flooding includes what would be the largest estuary restoration project in the Western United States. The region includes Alviso Marina, gateway to the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

    Army Corps of Engineers presents plan to reduce threat of flooding triggered by climate change along San Francisco Bay

    WASHINGTON -- In what amounts to the largest estuary restoration project in the Western United States, leaders of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ San Francisco District have proposed a nearly $175 million plan to help protect the heart of Silicon Valley from catastrophic flooding. It’s a region that is home not only to the giants of the technology industry but some of the nation’s most expensive residential real estate now at significant risk of flooding because of climate change and predicted sea level rise.