27 Jul 2021

Splitting a levee to make it stronger: Installing cutoff walls

By now, just about everyone in the Sacramento & Natomas regions should know they’re living in one of the most at-risk areas in the nation for flooding. The region is literally ringed with levees that prevent neighborhoods from becoming Venice without the gondolas.The potential for catastrophic flooding is why U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento

19 Jul 2021

Did You Know … USACE helps clean up sites containing unexploded military ordnance?

Throughout the past two centuries, large sections of land have been used across the United States for training military personnel. In order to ensure our forces are fully prepared and our equipment will function as intended, many parcels of land have also been used for live-fire exercises. Not only that, but unexploded ordnance dating as far back

30 Jun 2021

Final environmental documents released for USFS visitor center relocation in Lake Isabella

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has released its final supplemental environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for the relocation of the U.S. Forest Service visitor center at the Isabella Lake Dam Safety Modification Project in Kern County.

22 Jun 2021

Chief’s Report signed for Lower Cache Creek flood risk management project

A plan to improve levees near the City of Woodland and construct new levees north of the city to help prevent Lower Cache Creek from flooding into the developed portions of Woodland was signed June 21, 2021, by Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, commanding general for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

7 Jun 2021

USACE, Mechoopda Tribe celebrate first in Tribal Partnership Program

Standing near the waters of a meandering California creek about 15 miles southeast of Chico, members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District and the Mechoopda Tribe of Chico Rancheria recently celebrated two first-of-a-kind milestones: The first single-purpose ecosystem restoration study in the nation under the Tribal Partnership

4 Jun 2021

West Sacramento new construction start stands out in FY22 President’s Budget

Funds to start constructing flood risk management improvements around West Sacramento’s perimeter headlines U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District projects included in the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2022, which was announced on May 28.

27 May 2021

The Army’s recreation mission goes back further than you think

It might surprise you to hear the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is one of the largest providers of outdoor recreation in the Nation. If it doesn’t, you must be one of the 260 million folks who visit USACE recreation areas every year. But why would the Army have any recreation mission at all? The Army’s involvement in the Nation’s legacy of

20 May 2021

USACE awards $10.8 million contract to complete Hamilton City levee improvements

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $10.8 million construction contract to James Fisher Jr. Excavating of Willows on May 14 to complete levee improvements in Hamilton City.

10 May 2021

Volunteers are key to effective Emergency Operations Center

Have you ever watched a news segment showing devastation following a major flood, earthquake, hurricane or other natural disaster? As the camera pans the scene, there are almost always people in the shot who are helping guide victims toward the help they need,  making home inspections, analyzing structural safety, answering questions and more.

27 Apr 2021

Avenue 146 still closed at Success Lake

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is continuing construction to realign Avenue 146 and widen the existing Tule River Spillway at Success Lake in Porterville, California.Avenue 146, including the Rocky Hill Recreation Area remains closed to all public foot traffic and vehicle access until further notice, due