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  • September

    In 1969, the former Department of Environmental Resources, Bureau of Mine Reclamation initiated a program called "Operation Scarlift." A lime treatment plant was established at Swamp Creek and was viewed as a short-term solution to the problem.

    Dead Sea Savior

    Once known as the Dead Sea of Elk County, East Branch Lake is having a resurgence of life.

  • Racing Solo together

    Take a fast ride with Sacramento District’s Josh Garcia and his father Ron at a sports car event in Stockton, California. The younger Garcia is chief of the environmental analysis section of planning for the district. His weekend office is the driver’s seat of the Datsun 510 racecar he and his father built and race together.
  • Sand being pumped onto Coney Island Beach, New York.

    Messages in the sand from Hurricane Sandy

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District learned after Hurricane Sandy that beach nourishment and dunes are extremely important to reducing coastal damages after storms and hurricanes. They are taking these findings to improve future beach nourishment projects.
  • COCHITI LAKE, N.M. -- District employees at Cochiti Lake show their commander’s coins, Aug. 19, 2016. District Commander Lt. Col. Booth presented the coins to recognize the employees’ role in the successful outcome of the two rescues. (L-R): Wayne Arquero; Chuck Naranjo; Myron Suina; Nicholas Parks; Roberta Chavez; Lt. Col. James Booth; Richard Gutierrez; Michael Vollmer; Bob Garcia; Trevor Wallin; Chris Dohmen; Mark Baker; Dru Ahsona

    Recent Rescues at Cochiti Lake Required All Hands On-Deck

    As a severe thunderstorm with strong wind and hail rolled through the Cochiti Lake, N.M., area, two rescues on the lake engaged all the District staff at the lake.
  • San Francisco District’s Cynthia Fowler adjusts the air bubbles’ curtain at the Engineer Research and Development Center’s 33,000 gallon fish flume for invasive and native species research, as her adviser, Environment Laboratory’s Research Ecologist Dr. Christa Woodley, observes. As one of eight district researchers and scientists selected for ERDC University’s inaugural class, Fowler is participating in a six month collaborative research project at the Vicksburg, Mississippi, campus. As part of her master’s degree program, she is studying the effects of hydraulic hopper dredging on all fishes with EL Advisers Dr. David Smith and Woodley.

    San Francisco’s Fowler selected for ERDC University’s inaugural class

    For the unique opportunity, San Francisco District’s Cynthia Fowler gladly trades California’s