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LOS ANGELES DISTRICT -LA District, county partners share updates, best practices during Seven Counties Flood-Control Directors Meeting
Dusty Williams, technical adviser with the National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies, center, provides his portion of opening remarks Nov. 7 during the 2024 Seven Counties Flood-Control Directors Meeting at the LA District...
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SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT - Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation's wastewater project gets financial boost with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers agreement
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District Commander Lt. Col. Timothy Shebesta shakes hands with Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation Tribal Council Chairperson Jeri Lynn Thompson following the signing of an agreement Dec. 18 that will provide extensive...
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ALBUQUERQUE DISTRICT - USACE-Albuquerque District welcomes 39th commander
The new commander of the Albuquerque District, Lt. Col. Matthew Miller, holds the USACE flag after receiving it from South Pacific Division Commander Col. James Handura during the change of command ceremony in Albuquerque, N.M., July 18, 2024.
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  • December

    Tanya Lewis, chairwoman for the Yavapai-Apache Nation in Arizona, left, and Col. Andrew Baker, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, right, shake hands after signing a project agreement Dec. 16 for design and construction assistance for the Yavapai-Apache Nation Wastewater Treatment Plant in Arizona. The project aims at providing a sustainable treatment method that will improve the overall health, sanitation and security for the Yavapai-Apache Nation, the environment and all communities that rely on the Verde River.

    LA District, Yavapai-Apache Nation sign project agreement for wastewater treatment plant

    A project agreement between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and the Yavapai-Apache Nation was recently signed to solidify federal support for a wastewater treatment plant on the Nation’s reservation at Camp Verde, Arizona.

  • October

    Col. Andrew Baker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers LA District commander, right, and Stacy Gorin, executive director of the Southern California Mountains Foundation, left, celebrate after signing a commemorative document acknowledging a Cooperative Partnership Agreement – the first one of its kind in this region – between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and the Southern California Mountains Foundation Oct. 17 in Hesperia, California.

    Corps commemorates partnership with Southern California Mountains Foundation during signing ceremony

    Representatives with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and the Southern California Mountains Foundation celebrated a new partnership agreement during a signing ceremony Oct. 17 at the John Swisher Community Center in Hesperia.

  • August

    Col. Andrew Baker, center left, listens during an after-action review Aug. 28 about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s response to Tropical Storm Hilary, starting with day one leading up to the storm, throughout the storm and the two days following the storm.

    LA District preps for Hurricane Hilary, keeps public safe, captures water from storm

    In the week leading up to Hurricane Hilary – the first tropical storm to make landfall in Southern California in more than 80 years – the wheels were already in motion for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District.

  • March

    From left to right: Robert Burch, CEO of RA Burch; Col. Julie Balten, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander; Brig. Gen. Curtis Taylor, commanding general of the National Training Center and Fort Irwin; Col. Jason Clarke, Fort Irwin garrison commander; and Lt. Col. John Williams, deputy commander for Operations Group, National Training Center, break ground for the new Simulations Center March 23 at Fort Irwin, California.

    Corps, partners break ground on new Simulations Center at Fort Irwin

    Senior leaders with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Fort Irwin broke ground March 23 on a new Simulations Center at the installation, which is home to the National Training Center. “It has been a 10-year journey to get us here, but this is a critical inflection point in Fort Irwin’s history, and, more importantly, in where we are going as an Army,” said Brig. Gen. Curtis Taylor, commanding general of the National Training Center. “It just so happens that this project came to fruition in just the right time.”

  • December

    From left to right, G. Patrick O’Dowd, executive director, Salton Sea Authority; Col. Julie Balten, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District; and Cindy Messer, chief deputy director, California Department of Water Resources, celebrate after signing the Imperial Streams Salton Sea Feasibility Cost-Share Agreement during a Dec. 16 signing ceremony near the shores of the Salton Sea in Mecca, California.

    Corps, partners sign agreement to move forward on study to aid Salton Sea

    On a sunny December day near the shores of the Salton Sea, three agencies signed an agreement to collaborate on ways to aid the ailing lake. Representatives with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, California Department of Water Resources and the Salton Sea Authority signed a cost-share agreement during a Dec. 16 outdoor ceremony at the North Shore Yacht Club in Mecca.

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