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  • June

    On Thursday, June 29, staff and volunteers from Alum Creek Lake and the Columbus Sail & Power Squadron (both members of the Central Ohio Safe Boating Council) painted a water safety message on Delaware Dam. The dam has been painted every year since 2004, and 2017 is the 18th painting of the dam!

    Delaware Dam Painting

    On Thursday, June 29, staff and volunteers from Alum Creek Lake and the Columbus Sail & Power Squadron (both members of the Central Ohio Safe Boating Council) painted a water safety message on Delaware Dam. The dam has been painted every year since 2004, and 2017 is the 18th painting of the dam!
  • Environmental Engineer Andrew Patch poses for a photo, June 28, with a Certificate in Water Reclamation from the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering. Patch is the first person in the 168-year history of the university to receive the certificate. (Photo by Matthew Adams, USACE Mobile Public Affairs)

    USACE Engineer first to receive UW-Madison Certificate in Water Reclamation

    Andrew Patch, an environmental engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, has accomplished an historic feat by becoming the first person to receive a Certificate in Water Reclamation from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Roger Schlough, Bonneville Lock and Dam crane operator, navigates a canoe down the Long Tom River in the Willamette Valley, June 13. Schlough floated the river with about 20 others from the Portland District, the Long Tom Watershed Council and a private citizen to get a better understanding of the challenges and issues of maintaining the channel.

    Float trip conveys canoers, concerns on Corps-altered river

    After the alterations, the Long Tom River was straighter, deeper, wider and, combined with an upstream dam, reduced flood risks to the downstream communities. In the years that followed, the Corps managed the river by balancing flood risk and environmental stewardship with less and less funding for maintenance.
  • U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Garsheo “Gus” Black (right) poses with Marines during ERDC’s Corps Day. Black, the ERDC Reachback Operations Center’s Division Chief, was recently named the recipient of the 2016 Family Readiness Individual Excellence Award for his contributions as the ERDC Family Readiness Coordinator.

    “Taking care of employees, families” evident through award

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center can tout that its Family Readiness Program is
  • Brian Collins and Kent Browning of the Technical Support Branch's Waterways Section, aboard the Huntington District's 26 ft. survey boat, plan their route to survey the navigation channel after the demolition of piers from the old Ironton-Russell Bridge. The bridge was demolished once it was replaced by the new Oakley Collins Memorial Bridge that opened in November 2016. Brian and Kent worked closely with the Ohio Department of Transportation and the U.S. Coast Guard's Huntington Marine Safety Unit to reopen the channel once the demolition was complete. Brian and Kent used the array of sophisticated sonar aboard the survey boat to make sure that no obstructions to navigation were present after detonation. Once they gave the "all clear" to the Coast Guard the channel was once again open for commercial traffic.

    Waterways Section Ensures Navigation Channel is Cleared

    Brian Collins and Kent Browning of the Technical Support Branch's Waterways Section, aboard the Huntington District's 26 ft. survey boat, plan their route to survey the navigation channel after the demolition of piers from the old Ironton-Russell Bridge. The bridge was demolished once it was replaced by the new Oakley Collins Memorial Bridge that opened in November 2016.