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    Lisa Baron, project manager, USACE, New York District, gives a presentation to students during a recent Earth Day event, focusing on the diverse range of missions/projects being performed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

    Army Corps and Partners contribute to successful Environmental Day in Elizabeth, NJ

    NEW YORK—Inclement weather didn’t keep students from over a dozen high schools in Elizabeth, N.J. from celebrating the cities’ Environmental Day last Friday, April 30, 2016. Each year students from their respective schools get together to show off their scientific percipience, learn more about their environment and celebrate Arbor Day and Earth Month.
  • Paul Robinson, left, Huntsville Center Energy Division chief, and Mike McGhee, Army Office of Energy Initiatives executive director, engage with theHuntsville Center Energy Division team during a program overview at the Center May 6.

    OEI director visits Huntsville Center

    Mike McGhee met with the Center’s Energy Division team, which works closely with OEI to procure and manage large-scale renewable energy projects bringing energy security to Army installations worldwide.
  • Jose Sanchez, director of the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, presents the Scientific and Professional flag to Dr. Jane McKee Smith. Smith began her distinguished career with ERDC in 1983.

    Smith Selected for Scientific and Professional Flag

    Dr. Jane McKee Smith, a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
  • On May 3, 2016 the Town of Clay, W.Va. dedicated its newly upgraded water treatment plant as part of a Section 571, Environmental Infrastructure Program, project.

    Town of Clay, W.Va. Water Treatment Plant Dedication Ceremony

    On May 3, 2016 the Town of Clay, W.Va. dedicated its newly upgraded water treatment plant as part of a Section 571, Environmental Infrastructure Program, project. Approximately $1 Million in funding from the program was used for plant upgrades that expanded the intake capacity from 400 gallons per minute (GPM) to 800 GPM and increased the plant storage capacity to 73,500 Gallons. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) also provided funding for the project.
  • Spencer Langston, a crewmember from the M/V John A. B. Dillard, Jr., is raised out of the water by a davit system May 5. The Dillard crew conducted three days of rescue swimmer training in the San Francisco Bay May 3-5.

    Dillard crew conducts rescue swimmer training in SF Bay

    SAN FRANCISCO -- Crewmembers from the M/V John A. B. Dillard, Jr., braved frigid and choppy waters May 5 as they conducted rescue swimmer training in the San Francisco Bay.