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SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION - Waterfront Draft Flood Study Released
South Pacific Division joined partners from The Port of San Francisco at the historic Ferry Building Jan. 26, to announce release of the draft San Francisco Waterfront Coastal Flood Feasibility Study for a 60-day review and public comment. SPD...
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SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT - USACE, EBMUD officials sign milestone project partnership agreement in Alameda
Leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District and East Bay Municipal Utility District signed a milestone project partnership agreement Jan. 26, 2024, paving the way for construction of the first recycled water pipeline to...
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SACRAMENTO DISTRICT - Wave of Construction Kicks Off at Folsom Dam
Danny Baldwin, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractor, checks a dozer arm for proper operation at Folsom Dam Dike 1 in Granite Bay, California, November 15, 2023. The USACE Sacramento District is raising the dike up to 3.5 feet in accordance with...
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LOS ANGELES DISTRICT - Update, tour give Corps’ South Pacific Division better picture of Whittier Narrows Dam Safety Modification Project
Doug Chitwood, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District lead project engineer, left of center, talks with Col. James Handura, commander of the Corps’ South Pacific Division, right, during a site tour Jan. 18 on the Rio Hondo side of...
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ALBUQUERQUE DISTRICT - Record turnout, eagle sightings during annual eagle surveys at two USACE lakes
Three eagles perched in a tree are seen through a telescope at John Martin Reservoir, Colo., during the annual mid-winter bald eagle survey there, Jan. 12, 2024.
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  • April

    Map of Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project with names of towns and project points along the way.

    USACE seeks public comment on Pajaro River environmental document

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District (USACE) has achieved another key milestone in its efforts to advance construction on the Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project. USACE conducted an environmental analysis in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA). The Supplemental Environmental Assessment (EA) dated April 2024 for the Pajaro River at Watsonville, California, Reach 6 Flood Risk Management Project addresses design refinements for the authorized flood risk management project along Corralitos Creek in the City of Watsonville. Reach 6 remains on schedule to start construction later this year.

  • March

    Eric Ravelli, deputy of the Office of Small Business Programs with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, left, speaks with participants at the Business Opportunities Open House March 13 at the Midtown Hilton Garden Inn in Phoenix. Small businesses represented more than 75 percent of the participants. This is Ravelli’s seventh year hosting the event for the LA District.

    District hosts Business Opportunities Open House

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District hosted the spring Business Opportunities Open House March 13 at the Midtown Hilton Garden Inn in Phoenix.
  • Col. James Handura, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division, looks up at the front of the VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Stockton, California.

    Investing in employee safety should pay dividends

    Col. Chad Caldwell accepts that the business of building and operating massive infrastructure
  • two men holding a tree that has been recently transplanted into a hole in a field near some water

    USACE Shows Commitment to Environmental Sustainability in Stockton

    Before leadership in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gives the go-ahead on any of the Sacramento District’s multimillion-dollar projects, they ensure that the district has taken proper steps to minimize the environmental impact of operations.

  • February

    Eight white men and women sit around wooden tables with computers in front of them and TVs on the wall behind them.

    District holds flood fight training as it pours outside

    As atmospheric rivers drenched California once again, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District held their annual Flood Fight Team training Feb. 5 to enhance their technical expertise in understanding USACE and state existing emergency and flood fight related policies and best practices. Emergency Management Chief Holly Costa and Dam and Levee Safety Program Manager Cyrus Yaghobi taught the half-day training, which was attended by the San Francisco team in-person at the district’s headquarters and joined by the Sacramento District’s flood fight team virtually.
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