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  • July

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District’s Shaista Khan is part of a project delivery team tasked with designing training facilities and barracks that will house women entering the Afghan security forces in the cities of Kabul and Herat.

    Empowering women in Afghanistan through interior design in Sacramento

    If you took a moment to ponder global security, it probably would not cross your mind that an interior designer in downtown Sacramento could be playing a role in stabilizing Afghanistan. But that is exactly what’s happening. In order to help battle insurgency and keep peace in Afghanistan, Afghan women are currently being recruited for duties in the Afghan National Army, Police and Air Force.
  • Coralie Wilhite, a geological engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, gives the thumbs up after rappelling down a rock face along the bank of the American River near Folsom Dam to mark rock bolt anchor locations as part of the Joint Federal Project.

    Corps geologist learns the ropes

    It’s said a really good geologist needs to know a bit of everything: physics, chemistry, geography, math, biology, engineering … and how about climbing skills that would make Spiderman jealous? Read about Coralie Wilhite, a Sacramento District engineer on her way up!
  • Seeking a view of Colorado from up high, Matt Montgomery is seen here climbing Longs Peak, elevation 14, 259 feet. Longs Peak is located in Rocky Mountain National Park, outside Estes Park, Colorado.

    Love for American West inspires Corps regulator

    Protecting the natural resources of Western Colorado is a job that’s tailor-made for Matt Montgomery, a lifelong outdoorsman and senior regulatory project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District in Grand Junction, Colorado.

  • June

    Joe Griffin (left), senior archeologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Cody Wilcoxson use mobile screening stations to examine excavated dirt in the Xiangkhoang Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic on Mar. 19, 2016. Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency deployed to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of a pilot unaccounted for since the Vietnam War era. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Ford, USAF/RELEASED)

    Corps archeologist leads expedition to recover a Vietnam War-era pilot’s remains

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Dripping sweat and coughing on dusty air, Joe Griffin prepares to make yet another trek up a rocky hillside. Over the course of a month, he will take this short hike hundreds of times. Luckily, the altitude of Laos’s mountainous Xiangkhoang Province provides a small measure of relief from the heat and humidity. Each trip up the mountain concludes with Griffin sifting through buckets upon buckets of dirt and soil, searching for a clue – any clue – to find the remains of an American pilot who crashed nearly a half century ago.

  • May

    Sacramento District regulatory staff in Colorado helped provide training to members of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe in early May, helping the tribe prepare their own wetland preservation program in Southwestern Colorado.

    Corps helps Southern Ute Tribe develop wetland program

    Sacramento District regulatory staff in Colorado helped provide training to members of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe in early May, helping the tribe prepare their own wetland preservation program in Southwestern Colorado.
  • Members of South Yuba River Citizens League and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District’s Yuba River Ecosystem Restoration Study team confer during a May 5 tour of SYRCL restoration work at Hammon Bar on the Yuba River.

    Yuba River preservation group shares experience with Corps

    Members of the Sacramento District’s Yuba River Ecosystem Restoration Study team toured the ecosystem restoration project at Hammon Bar with leaders of the South Yuba River Citizens League on May 5. SYRCL and their partners replanted riparian growth on Hammon Bar in an effort to provide habitat for fish and other wildlife.
  • Nick Applegate emits a vibe of positive energy and strong, quiet purpose that may help explain how the Northern California native was named U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Planner of the Year.

    Economist Nick Applegate accepts challenge, achieves Planner of the Year

    Staring into spreadsheets and running countless computer models doesn’t make for exciting news photos, but Nick Applegate says economic risk analysis is central to finding water solutions that keep Californians safe and give the Nation the most value for dollars invested. Read about Applegate’s award-winning work here.
  • Kristen Hansen accepts award as Sacramento District Regulator of the Year. (Photo courtesy Mike Jewell)

    Hansen named Sacramento District Regulator of the Year

    Kris Hansen, from our Reno, Nevada, regulatory office, has been awarded the Sacramento District Regulatory Excellence Award for her work in 2015. Hansen was instrumental in completing a complicated permit decision for a new large highway, the Reno-Sparks Southeast Connector.

  • April

    Nancy Haley, left, chief of the Northern California regulatory branch for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, and Kelly Briggs, California Department of Water Resources environmental program manager, worked on numerous projects in common for their respective agencies over the past few years. From that shared experience, the pair developed a series of workshops where personnel from the Corps and state water agencies communicated details about their interwoven processes in order to help all Californians.

    Corps / DWR workshops boost synergy on shared challenges

    Sacramento District hosted a three-workshop series this winter with California’s Department of Water Resources with one goal in mind: clarify Corps / DWR interactions and turbocharge the two agencies’ partnership on behalf of all Californians.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District was a participant at the 2015 Lake Tahoe Summit on Aug. 24, 2015, hosting an informational booth and taking a boat tour to learn more about aquatic invasive species. The annual event is open to the public and rotates between California and Nevada. This year’s summit was at the Round Hill Pines Resort Beach and Marina, Nevada. As the nation’s environmental engineers, the Corps is tasked with restoring degraded ecosystems, constructing sustainable facilities, regulating waterways, managing natural resources and cleaning up contaminated sites from past military activities.

    Corps a leading federal ecosystem restoration agency in Lake Tahoe Basin

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is one of the leading federal ecosystem restoration agencies in the Lake Tahoe Basin and has worked with local, state and other federal partners since 1997 to preserve the lake’s prized clarity by restoring natural inflows and controlling invasive species. Corps involvement in the Lake Tahoe Basin is shaped by two programs -- the Tahoe Partnership and the Tahoe Section 108 programs.

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