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  • March

    The Sacramento District has completed an $18 million groundwater cleanup and environmental restoration project at the former Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Monterey, Calif., (shown circa 1945) about 15 years and $4.5 million ahead of schedule.

    Corps completes Monterey groundwater cleanup project ahead of schedule

    The Sacramento District has completed an $18 million groundwater cleanup environmental restoration project at the former Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Monterey, Calif., about 15 years and $4.5 million ahead of schedule.
  • Mark Gilfillan, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District tribal liaison is photographed near his office in Grand Junction, Colo.

    Gilfillan helps bridge cultures of Native Americans and Army engineers

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel returning from deployments to Afghanistan bring home a richer cultural awareness – and their experience talking to village elders can improve stateside relationship building with Native American tribes, says Mark Gilfillan, Corps Sacramento District tribal liaison.

  • December

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District levee work is underway Aug. 21, 2013 along the north bank of the American River, just east of its confluence with the Natomas East Main Drainage Canal in north Sacramento, Calif. Complicating the project to install 3,300 linear feet of seepage wall in the levee are land easement rights, an inactive railroad line and an assortment of buried utilities that obstructed the Corps’ work near here more than a decade ago

    Sacramento levee fixes: A year of progress

    Sacramento is among the most at-risk cities in America for catastrophic flooding. An aging system of dams, weirs, bypasses and levees work together to reduce flood risk for the city. But that system, just like a chain, is only as strong as its weakest link, and needs comprehensive modernization.

  • November

    Visitors stand atop newly dredged river sand at the Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge in Antioch, Calif., Nov. 9, 2013, the result of a unique partnership among the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District and the Port of Stockton. The sand – dredged from the Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel to ensure navigability – will help restore the Antioch Dunes ecosystem, creating habitat on the refuge for such endangered species as the Lange’s metalmark butterfly, the Antioch Dunes Evening Primrose and the Contra Costa Wallflower.

    Ship channel dredging helps economy, endangered butterflies

    Lurking below Central Valley waters lays a hidden enemy for California's waterborne commerce, requiring annual assistance from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District to keep it at bay.

  • October

    USACE Logo and Schematic Background

    Sutter Basin study nears final Corps approval

    The Sacramento District’s Sutter Basin Pilot Feasibility Study hit its stride under the Corps’ new, faster planning process. Now it's ready for its final review after being approved Oct. 22 by the Corps’ civil works review board.
  • Lee Bass, retired more than once from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, says the job is more about public service and less about self.

    Right places, right times routed Bass on a Forrest Gump career with Corps

    Lee Bass smiles about a 40-year career that included a number of noteworthy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects that helped make people safer – even though he passed up an offer to work alongside the founding father of Wal-Mart.

  • September

    Central Valley Flood Protection Board members tour the Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway in Folsom, Calif., with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers staff and other federal and state partners Sept. 27, 2013. From left: Michael Villines, CVFPB board member; Jay Punia, CVFPB executive officer; Col. Michael Farrell, Sacramento District commander; Jane Dolan, CVFPB secretary; and William Edgar, CVFPB president.

    Central Valley Flood Protection Board visits Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway

    Central Valley Flood Protection Board members visited the Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway construction site Sept. 27 to receive a project update from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
  • Construction continues on the Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway control structure in Folsom, Calif., shown Sept. 10, 2013. The Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway project is a joint effort of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to reduce flood risk for the Sacramento area and improve Folsom Dam’s safety.

    Inside the construction of Folsom Dam’s second dam

    In California’s Sacramento Valley, residents are watching Folsom Dam's new auxiliary spillway project transform from rock and dirt into a massive, life-saving flood risk reduction project.
  • Great White sightings on inland lakes are not common, but this student learned to call the proper authorities in times of danger.

    Children’s letters to park rangers filled with delight and wonder

    If day-to-day burdens have caused you to forget the simple joys of nature, consider this delightful cure: thank-you notes written by elementary school students to park rangers in the U.S Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District. “Black Butte Lake is fun and the water safety cups are cool. I didn’t get to use my sticky ruler because my dog ate it.” – Xavier
  • Bertha Moynahan gathers speed and throws some spray while sailing on Lake Kaweah, Calif., Aug. 28, 2013.

    America’s Cup not the goal for laid-back Kaweah sailors

    America’s Cup? No thanks, say the laid-back members of the Sierra Sailing Club. These Visalia sailors prefer casual, friendly sailing at the Sacramento District’s Lake Kaweah.

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