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  • January

    A construction boat places rock on the river in the bottom left with the river and trees in the background.

    Missouri River navigation restoration efforts hit major milestone despite challenges

    2024 will mark five years since the historic flood of 2019 in Kansas City and the surrounding region. Water levels on the Missouri River reached heights not seen for decades and caused an estimated $2.9 billion in damages across the Midwest. While the historic flooding impacted many in the area in ways they will likely not soon forget, it might be hard to believe that just a couple of years after the historic flooding, the region entered a period of historic drought. With water levels now at historic lows, repairing the river’s navigation channel to its pre-flood condition has not been an easy feat.
  • Joseph Wittrock was awarded the Research Assistant of the Year at CERL’s Luncheon and Award Ceremony in Champaign, Illinois on Dec. 7, 2023.

    ERDC’s Wittrock named CERL Research Assistant of the Year

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) named Joseph Wittrock the lab’s 2023 Research Assistant of the Year.
  • The holiday displays line the roadway at the Festival of Lights auto tour at Wappapello Lake during the 2023 event held throughout December. This event sponsored by the Wappapello Lake Area Association and River Radio has continued for 31 years allowing local businesses, churches and clubs the opportunity to share their holiday spirit by festively decorating a campsite in the Redman Creek West Recreation Area.

    2023 Annual Festival of Lights Auto Tour illuminates Redman Creek West Recreation Area at Wappapello Lake

    This festive competition and public event, held annually since 1992 features holiday displays sponsored by local businesses along with appearances by Mr. and Mrs. Claus where visitors get to drive through a festively decked out auto tour in the Redman Creek West Campground located in Wappapello, Missouri.  Supported by volunteers from the Wappapello Lake Area Association and River Radio, area businesses drape lights on campers, tractors, and trees and add in their favorite wooden cutouts and holiday mascots that all come together in hopes of winning this year’s contest and spreading Christmas cheer to all that come to visit. Categories included first, second, and third place of the best decorated campsites.
  • Col. Ronald Sturgeon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District commander, presented Matthew Delano, Geotechnical and Hazardous, Toxic, Radioactive Waste branch chief, with a Certificate of Retirement and a Department of the Army Meritorious Civilian Service Medal after 43 years of federal service during his retirement ceremony, Jan. 3, 2024. Family and teammates gathered to celebrate Delano’s accomplishments and share kind words about the impact he has had on the people, culture and mission of the branch.

    USACE supervisory geologist retires after 43 years

    Matthew Delano’s 43-year career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, essentially began when he entered the University of Georgia’s student employment office during his sophomore year of college.
  • Three park rangers stand under a US Army Corps of Engineers tent, stand in front of the Dalles Lock & Dam with snow all around.

    From Villain to Victor: History of the Bald Eagle Watch

    Bald eagle watches are a popular winter event in many states with wintering eagle populations. Watches began after eagle populations crashed in the 1960s to share information about challenges threatening the birds’ survival.