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  • January

    John Nevels, a structural engineer with the Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville judges Lydia Fairchild's "How Music Affects Our Bodies" fifth grade science fair project during the Challenger Elementary School Science Fair Jan. 20.

    Volunteer judges help science fair inspire students to pursue STEM

    Eight volunteers from the Huntsville Center offered their STEM field expertise to help judge more than 110 projects during the annual Challenger Elementary School Science Fair Jan. 20.
  • Travis Hughes is the Regulatory Division Chief for the Charleston District.

    Meet the New Regulatory Chief

    Travis Hughes was recently selected as the new Regulatory Division Chief after the retirement of
  • Fishtrap Lake Wildlife Area (Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife or KYF&W) began an Elk Restoration Program in 2009 at Fishtrap Lake. The Program began on the 15,000 acre Area in 2009 with an initial release of 13 Elk relocated from other areas of Kentucky.

    Fishtrap Lake Wildlife Area (Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife or KYF&W) Elk Restoration Program

    Elk are indigenous to Kentucky being hunted out before 1900. Kentucky's current Elk population was initially restored by Elk imported from Utah. Since this initial release, smaller releases of two to five Elk have occurred from time to time. The Area currently has four herds with a population of 70 animals.
  • Maj. Gen. Ed Jackson, deputy commanding general for civil and emergency operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, speaks to attendees at the winter meeting of the California Marine Affairs and Navigation Conference Jan. 21 at Marina del Rey, California.

    Corps leader updates California maritime industry

    Despite a nearly $2 billion budget to maintain the nation's inland waterways and harbors, it simply isn't enough for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to meet all the maritime industry’s infrastructure needs, Maj. Gen. Ed Jackson told attendees at the winter meeting of the California Marine Affairs and Navigation Conference held in Marina del Rey, California, Jan. 21.
  • U.S. Congressman Alan Lowenthal of Long Beach; Mayor Robert Garcia, City of Long Beach and Maj. Gen. Ed Jackson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations sign a ceremonial document for the shared cost for the East San Pedro Bay ecological restoration study.

    East San Pedro Bay study receives joint signing

    The City of Long Beach and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held a joint signing ceremony celebrating the signing of a shared cost for the East San Pedro Bay Ecosystem Restoration Study.