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  • September

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    Sacramento District helps develop efficient regional-based permitting for the future

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District regulatory team has worked with civic leaders, federal and state agencies, and conservationists to help shape development and ecosystem preservation for perhaps the next 50 years in a huge piece of California’s Central Valley.

  • Corps parks seek volunteers for National Public Lands Day

    Interested in doing a day of volunteering to help maintain and clean-up the Sacramento District’s Parks? Plan for it now, because National Public Lands Day is coming up on Saturday, Sept. 30.

  • August

    Southern Operations Area Manager Calvin Foster

    Corps employee nearing half-century of service

    Calvin Foster is the Southern Operations Area Manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District. He will turn 66 in September and has served more than four-and-a-half decades, but he's not quite ready to be done yet.
  • It is hard to corral the entire Bryte Yard team for a group photo. From left to right are: Tony Theard, Vince Diaz, Mike Guidry, Aaron Brandenburg and Ken Kuo. James Helm was away on Coast Guard Reserve duty when the photo was taken.

    The “Can-Do Team” of Bryte Yard

    When staff in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District need quick, professional assistance with a task that seems way outside the box, who do they call? Bryte Yard!

  • June

    Heidi Simko, a regulatory assistant for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, is presented the Commander's Award from Col. David Ray, Sacramento District commander on May 24, 2017. Simko was named District Regulator of the Year for 2016, earning the Randy Snyder Regulatory Excellence Award.

    Simko named Sacramento District Regulator of the Year

    Heidi Simko, a regulatory assistant for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, has been named the 2016 District Regulator of the Year and awarded the Randy Snyder Regulatory Excellence Award. She earned the award for her “outstanding reliability, can-do spirit and unwavering commitment to the team and the regulatory mission throughout the year,” said Mike Jewell, chief of Regulatory Division.