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  • May

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    Public meeting set for levee work at Watt Avenue bridge

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is inviting the public to an outreach meeting to discuss upcoming American River levee work at the Watt Avenue bridge in Sacramento. The meeting will be held: Thursday, May 23 at Arden-Dimick Public Library; 891 Watt Avenue, 6-8 p.m.
  • Black Butte Lake Senior Ranger Bill Miller (left) and Rick Leis, president of the Orland ACES Disc Golf Club, pose by the sign for the 18-hole disc golf course at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District park near Orland, Calif. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Robert Kidd/Released)

    Orland sports club partners with Corps for first-class fun

    An Orland sports club has partnered with the Sacramento District park at Black Butte Lake to offer a first-class disc golf course for northern California.
  • The “Three D” team sets out for fishing – from left are Daniel Hernandez, David Aguiler and Darrel Joy, along with volunteer crew members. Photo cropped for emphasis.

    Wounded warriors play sports together for more than 40 years

    Two wounded veterans from the California Central Valley met in the 1970s during physical rehabilitation and formed a bond of friendship centered on wheelchair sports. They’re still playing together today and we met them during the “Take a Warrior Fishing” event at Success Lake.
  • If your life jacket is ill-fitting, ripped, bleached out or just old and ugly, exchange it for a brand new U.S. Coast Guard-approved type III life jacket during the Life Jacket Trade-in, May 24, at select U.S. Army Corps of Engineer parks in the Sacramento District and other locations throughout the state. This event is sponsored by the California Department of Boating and Waterways. (Photo courtesy California Department of Boating and Waterways)

    Life jacket trade-in at Corps parks

    Bring your old, tired, mustard-stained life jacket to a participating U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District park May 24 and we’ll give you a fresh, new U.S. Coast Guard-approved type III life jacket in return – courtesy of the California Department of Boating and Waterways.
  • An aerial view of Martis Creek Lake on a summer day.

    Kids to Parks Day celebration at Martis Creek Lake

    Camping season has begun at Martis Creek Lake and National Kids to Parks Day, May 18, is a perfect day to celebrate at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District park near Truckee, Calif.
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    Corps awards $255.1 million contract for Folsom Dam spillway’s final construction phase

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $255.1 million contract today to Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. of Fairfield to complete construction on the fourth phase of the new auxiliary spillway at Folsom Dam.
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    Corps releases inspection rating Sacramento River west bank levees

    Inspections by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District rated maintenance of nearly 120 miles of levees along the Sacramento River’s west bank in Glenn and Colusa counties, Calif., as unacceptable.
  • A dad and daughter set out to paddle in lovely New Hogan Lake.

    Day-use fees waived for military families at Corps parks

    Active military service members and their families are invited to enjoy free access to day-use facilities throughout the Sacramento District and at any of the more than 2,500 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers parks across the nation.

  • April

    A gantry crane's boom rests in the down position on Pier 3 at Military Ocean Terminal Concord March 3, 2013 in Concord, Calif. Pier 2 has been inoperable for the past five years and is a key component for MOTCO, which represents nearly 25 percent of the nation’s total ammunition shipping capability. The Department of the Army and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District have been developing three viable scenarios for Pier 2 and/or Pier 3 modernizations - all of which would allow MOTCO to meet its mission safely and efficiently. The district is gathering public input to determine the best approach to modernize the piers, and hopes to outline that plan in the final environmental impact statement expected fall 2014 with possible construction tentatively scheduled in 2016. Photo cropped for emphasis.

    Corps plans to modernize military port's piers

    Since 1942, the Military Ocean Terminal Concord – or MOTCO – has been a vital ammunition distribution center in support of the deploying forces during the Korean, Vietnam and Gulf Wars.
  • A large-diameter auger is used to excavate contaminated soil near building 258, located in the main garrison area of Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., April 2, 2013. The excavation is part of an environmental remediation project at the installation managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District. The excavated soil will be stockpiled outside of the main garrison area, spread by tractor to a thickness of several feet and tilled regularly as part of a cleanup method called ‘landfarming,’ which uses the power of the sun to naturally heat the soil and evaporate contaminants such as gasoline.

    “Landfarming” sustainably cleans soil at nation’s largest Army Reserve post

    At Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., the largest U.S. Army Reserve post in the nation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is using the sun to naturally clean up soil contaminated with gasoline at a former fueling station on the installation.

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