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    Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway recognized as Outstanding Water Project

    The American Society of Civil Engineers California Region recognized the Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway project as the state’s Outstanding Water Project for 2016 at an awards ceremony held in Los Angeles last month. The honor specifically highlights construction of the auxiliary spillway’s control structure. The structure, basically a second dam, will complement the functions of Folsom’s existing dam by allowing water to be released earlier and more safely from the reservoir during a high water event.
  • Laurel Blackman, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Engineering and Construction Division geologist, is the district’s employee of the month for February 2017. (USACE photo by Mark Rankin)

    Nashville District names Blackman Employee of the Month for February 2017

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 7, 2017) – Laurel Blackman, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Construction Division geologist, is the district’s employee of the month for February 2017.
  • Jimmy Waddle, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Engineering and Construction Division chief, presents an award to Carson Fisher, 7th grade student from Robert E. Ellis Middle School in Hendersonville, Tenn., during the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Expo at Tennessee State University Gentry Center April 6, 2017. He was presented with a glass trophy and certificate for his project, a self-rising levee system.

    Corps employees judge STEM Expo at Tennessee State University

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 7, 2016) – A group of technical experts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District evaluated a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Expo and staffed an exhibit at the Tennessee State University Gentry Center today.
  • Fifteen Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildland Firefighters from Crawford, Venango and Mercer counties conducted a prescribed and controlled burn on U.S. Army Corps of Engineer land leased to them at Shenango Lake March 29.

    Shenango Conducts Prescribed Burn and Fire Management

    Fifteen Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildland Firefighters from Crawford, Venango and Mercer counties conducted a prescribed and controlled burn on U.S. Army Corps of Engineer land leased to them at Shenango Lake March 29.
  • Lt. Gen. Michael C. Wehr (left), President of the Mississippi River Commission, greets Dr. Tran Hong Ha (right), Vietnam’s Minister of Natural Resource and Environment, aboard the Corps of Engineers’ Motor Vessel Mississippi.

    Mekong meets Mississippi in Memphis

    Twelve members of the Mekong River Commission, headquartered in Vientiane, Laos, spent five days in the Lower Mississippi Valley sharing knowledge and learning from their counterparts on the Mississippi River Commission. They arrived in Memphis, Tenn., on April 2 and traveled from there to a variety of locations in the region. The two commissions formed a partnership in 2010 built around common interests in water resource development and management, and sharing of technical expertise and lessons learned.