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  • Sacramento District scientist shrinks time and space to detect dangerous gas

    A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District scientist is playing a leading role in a series of research projects to protect American service members from toxic vapors, make toxic cleanup projects more effective and potentially change how the world monitors airborne chemicals.

  • Corps awards $16.2 million for Sacramento levee construction

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded five levee construction contracts to small businesses, totaling $16,213,075 for flood risk reduction work along the American River in Sacramento.

  • Corps awards $1.4 million solar energy project for Army Reserve in Garden Grove, Sacramento

    U.S. Army Reserve facilities in Sacramento and Garden Grove will soon gain solar energy production capability through a $1.4 million contract awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District.

  • Army Corps of Engineers waives day-use fees on National Public Lands Day, Sept. 29

    Day-use fees will be waived for everyone visiting U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recreation areas in the Sacramento District and across the nation on Sept. 29 in celebration of National Public Lands Day.

  • Extended work hours begin for south Sacramento flood wall

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Working from sun up to sun down, seven days a week; that’s the extended work hours now in effect for crews working under the supervision of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, in order to complete construction of a new concrete flood wall along Morrison Creek in south Sacramento by December.

  • Work doubles on Marysville Ring Levee Project

    MARYSVILLE, Calif. -- Two giant, ultra-modern geotechnical construction rigs work side by side here, implanting a deep-soil-mixed cutoff wall backbone into a section of the Marysville Ring Levee near the town’s high school, as crews begin extended shifts to meet essential weather and endangered species deadlines.

  • 17 Central Valley levee systems lose eligibility for federal rehab assistance

    A total of 17 levee systems in or near Sacramento, Stockton, Chester, and Knights Landing and Gustine are now ineligible for federal rehabilitation assistance after a temporary agreement between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state of California extending eligibility for deficient levees expired in June.

  • American River Bike Trail detour begins Aug. 20

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – To make way for a $5.7 million Sacramento levee slurry wall project, an American River Bike Trail detour is scheduled to begin the afternoon of Aug. 20. The project and detour is expected to be complete by Nov. 30.

  • Army Corps awards $9.6 million contract for energy project at Tooele

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $9.6 million contract Aug. 14 to CDM Constructors Inc. of Bellevue, Wash., for the design and construction of a 1.5 megawatt solar array at Tooele Army Depot in Tooele County, Utah.

  • Black Butte Lake closes Orland Buttes boat ramp due to low water

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has closed one of three boat ramps at Black Butte Lake, located west of Orland, due to low water levels.The Orland Buttes boat ramp is closed but the campground remains open, according to Mary Ann Deeming, a park ranger at Black Butte. Orland Buttes campers can launch at the

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