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  • April

    Bolivar Seepage Barrier

    Bolivar Seepage Barrier

    Construction of the Bolivar Dam seepage barrier remains ahead of schedule, it is currently 90 percent complete. Members of the Huntington District staff had the rare opportunity to visually view a section of the seepage barrier when it was excavated to allow the construction of an adjacent panel at a lower elevation. The visual inspection confirmed that the construction methods are producing a high quality seepage barrier with uniform wall thickness and geometry.
  • Col. Philip A. Keller, Col. Michael D. Nyenhuis and Lt. Col. Mitchell A. DeMarais were honored at a hosted dinner on Friday, April 22, 2016, which was presided over by Maj. Gen. James T. Walton, director of USFK Transformation and Restationing. Col. Nyenhuis holds his framed token of appreciation, standing between Maj. Gen. Walton (right) and Far East District commander Col. Stephen Bales (left).

    Trio retires at large friendship event

    More than 300 people attended a hosted dinner honoring three retiring officers, Col. Philip A. Keller, Col. Michael D. Nyenhuis and Lt. Col. Mitchell A. DeMarais, on Friday, April 22, 2016. The event commemorated the three officers' over 95 years of combined service, and was presided over by Maj. Gen. James T. Walton, director of USFK Transformation and Restationing.
  • Nancy Haley, left, chief of the Northern California regulatory branch for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, and Kelly Briggs, California Department of Water Resources environmental program manager, worked on numerous projects in common for their respective agencies over the past few years. From that shared experience, the pair developed a series of workshops where personnel from the Corps and state water agencies communicated details about their interwoven processes in order to help all Californians.

    Corps / DWR workshops boost synergy on shared challenges

    Sacramento District hosted a three-workshop series this winter with California’s Department of Water Resources with one goal in mind: clarify Corps / DWR interactions and turbocharge the two agencies’ partnership on behalf of all Californians.
  • The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and the city of Clarksville celebrated the completion of the Riverside Drive StreamBank Stabilization Project today during a ceremony at Freedom Point in Liberty Park. Crews cleared and prepared the site and used barges equipped with backhoe tractors to place a layers of geotextile fabric and riprap with limestone rock to stabilize the eroding bank.

    Clarksville Riverside Drive Riverbank Stabilization Project completed ahead of schedule

    CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (April 26, 2016) – The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and the city of Clarksville celebrated the completion of the Riverside Drive Stream Bank Stabilization Project today during a ceremony at Freedom Point in Liberty Park.
  • Representatives from USACE, MNDF, and EPA prepare to board a boat after collecting ESI features in Laamu Atoll, Republic of Maldives.

    U.S. and Republic of Maldives Governments Collaborate to Protect Unique Ecosystem

    On behalf of the U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) collaborated with the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) and the Maldives Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prepare an Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) atlas for Laamu Atoll in the Republic of Maldives. ESI maps provide a concise summary of coastal resources that are at risk if an oil spill occurs. Examples of at-risk resources include biological resources, such as birds and fish; sensitive shorelines, such as marshes and tidal flats; and human-use resources, such as subsistence gathering or fish processing. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), ESI maps can help responders meet one of the main response objectives: reducing the environmental consequences of the spill and the cleanup efforts. Additionally, ESI maps can be used by planners—before a spill happens—to identify vulnerable locations, establish protection priorities, and identify cleanup strategies.