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National Inventory of Dams
USACE is sharing flood inundation maps for its dams in the National Inventory of Dams as well as narrative summaries about what our dams do, benefits they provide and risks they pose, and planned and ongoing actions to manage dam risks.
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Isabella Dam
Work being done on Isabella Dam
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Port of Long Beach
The Los Angeles District is responsible for 14 harbors along the Southern California coast stretching from San Diego Harbor near the Mexican border to Morro Bay Harbor on California's central coast.
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Dredge
The Humboldt Jetty project consists of repairs to the North and South Jetties that maintain the opening and the federal navigation channel into Humboldt Bay.
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Petaluma River
The Petaluma River is located on San Pablo Bay in Sonoma and Marin Counties, California. Operations and Maintenance (O&M) provides for dredging of a channel 200 feet wide to a depth of -8 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) across the flats in San...
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  • November

    Professionals of the LA District comprising diverse specialties host an information and outreach booth at the Día de los Muertos community event and procession Oct. 26 at the LA River Center and Gardens in LA’s Cypress Park neighborhood. Hundreds of community members attended the event, which was organized by Mujeres de la Tierra, a nonprofit group whose mission is to “inspire, motivate and engage women and their children to take ownership and leadership of their neighborhood and local community issues.”

    LA District employees meet community members at Día de los Muertos event

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District professionals comprising a diverse range of specialties attended the Día de los Muertos community event and procession at the LA River Center and Gardens in LA’s Cypress Park neighborhood.

  • October

    Workers remove trash from an abandoned homeless encampment, Sept. 27, 2021, near Whittier, California, as part of a two-week cleanup by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District. About 120 acres of creek and riverbank were cleared during the project.

    Corps river and creek cleanup project removes 575 tons of debris

    Work began daybreak on Sept. 27 in San Jose Creek. Contractors hauled trash, shopping carts, bundles of Arundo donax reeds used to build campsites, abandoned vehicles, propane tanks and gasoline cans from abandoned illegal campsites. Scores of big dumpsters were filled and refilled until the last semi pulled away.
  • The team from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District pause on a abridge, Sept .16, spanning Aliso Creek near Laguna Beach, California. The tour of restored natural habitats was led by OCTA's environmental project manager, Leslie Hill, Restoring the riparian zone brought back numerous species of native birds the most diverse bird habitat in Orange County.

    Corps partners with OCTA mitigation program to preserve Orange County natural habitats

    The case study, involving the Orange County Transportation Authority’s M2 Highway/Freeway Program, is a 30-year conservation planning and permitting program that began in 2005 and brought multiple local, state and federal agencies together.
  • Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general and 55th chief of engineers, center, signed a chief’s report Oct. 14 recommending the Port of Long Beach Deep Draft Navigation Plan to Congress at the Corps’ headquarters in Washington, D.C. The plan could be included in the next Water Resources Development Act. A separate bill to appropriate funding to the plan would also have to be passed by Congress for the plan to move forward to construction.

    Corps’ chief signs report to move Port of Long Beach deep-draft navigation project forward

    Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and the Port of Long Beach are one step closer to improving navigation efficiencies and safety for existing and prospective commerce within the port with the signing of a chief’s report for the project. The Port of Long Beach Deep-Draft Navigation Feasibility Report – which aims to improve and modify existing channels in the port by deepening them to accommodate larger cargo ships – was signed Oct. 14 by Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, the Corps’ commanding general and 55th U.S. Army chief of engineers, at the Corps’ headquarters in Washington, D.C.
  • Col. Julie Balten, right, Los Angeles District commander, joins David Van Dorpe, LA District’s deputy district engineer, in leading the district’s virtual town hall and end-of-year celebration Oct. 5, 2021, from the district’s headquarters building.

    LA District command team recognizes people, highlights accomplishments at end-of-year celebration

    The Los Angeles District command team took time out Oct. 5 to recognize district employees and highlight their countless accomplishments throughout the fiscal year during a virtual town hall and end-of-year celebration that was broadcast from the district’s headquarters building.
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