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  • Eastman Lake temporarily closes trail to protect nesting bald eagles

    Lakeview Trail at Eastman Lake near Madera will be temporarily closed immediately through July 31, 2012 to protect nesting bald eagles. Park rangers have posted closure signs on the trail at the Codorniz Recreation Area and Raymond Bridge trailheads.

  • Fun events easier to find with new Corps parks calendar

    Finding fun, family-friendly events at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District’s 10 parks in California is easier now with a new events calendar on our website. The calendar announces all upcoming events that are open to the public.

  • Corps completes Yolo Bypass levee repairs

    West Sacramento levees are no longer sinking as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District wraps up repairs on nearly a mile of levees near the Yolo Bypass.

  • Pine Flat Lake sets new day-use fee

    Pine Flat Lake near Sanger will charge a day-use fee for park access beginning Jan. 1, 2012.

  • Green Valley Creek levees don’t meet Corps maintenance standards

    Inspections by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District have found that four miles of Green Valley Creek levees in Solano County do not meet Corps levee safety standards.

  • Sacramento levee project completed along American River Parkway Trail

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has finished a levee improvement project along the American River Parkway Trail near the California State University-Sacramento campus.

  • Local levee improvements set to begin Nov. 1

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, in cooperation with the California Central Valley Flood Protection Board, will be repairing two levee erosion sites along the south bank of the American River between Watt Ave. and the Mayhew Drain, weather permitting, between November 2011 and July 2012.

  • West Sacramento levee work buttons up before rainy season

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District will conclude this year’s construction of a setback levee along South River Road in West Sacramento in mid-November.

  • Army Corps awards $2.4 million in contracts for work at Beale Air Force Base

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a total of $2.47 million in contracts Sept. 30 for work at Beale Air Force Base, near Marysville. The contracts were $1.24 million to Abide International Inc. of Sonoma for construction of perimeter fence; and $1.23 million to Patriot Construction Inc. of Stockton for repairing the airfield’s vault lighting.

  • Army Corps awards $1.8 million for Sacramento levee repair

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $1.89 million contract Sept. 30 to Hard Rock Construction of Live Oak to raise a 4,000-foot-long stretch of levee located between Howe Ave. and Watt Ave., an average of one foot and improving the waterside slope to Corps’ standards.

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