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  • 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.

  • September

    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.

  • August

    A view of the terraced flood wall that also serves as walking path along the river.

    Decade of work to reduce flood risk nearly complete in Napa

    More than a decade of work to reduce flood risk in Napa, Calif., is nearly complete as the Sacramento District prepares to build the project’s last phase: a bypass for the Napa River.

  • July

    This graphic outlines the flood risk management and recreation features proposed by the Corps' Truckee Meadows plan.

    Truckee Meadows Flood Control Project nears study completion

    The federal plan to reduce flood risk along the Truckee River near Reno, Nev., moved closer to reality this month as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District released its draft report and environmental impact statement for the Truckee Meadows Flood Control Project.

  • June

    Their choral concert in New York’s Carnegie Hall was a world away from their daily mission with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, but both tasks could lead to a future in “records.” From left to right are Robin Rosenau, Lynne Erickson and LaDonna Hulcy.

    Sacramento District women perform in Carnegie Hall

    Their choral concert in New York’s Carnegie Hall was a world away from their daily mission with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, but both tasks could lead to a future in “records.”