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  • May

    Skull Valley Reservation, Utah.

    District, Goshute Tribe and interagency partners work toward flood resiliency in Skull Valley

    If you want to build resistance to floods, you first need a team with a plan. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District and interagency partners are building a floodplain management plan with the Skull Valley Goshute Tribe in Utah.

  • April

    Elvan Childs, senior project manager, visits downtown Marysville, California. Childs is managing the Corps’ effort to reduce Marysville’s flood risk through the Marysville Ring Levee project.

    Communication, perseverance are keys to project manager’s success in her dream job

    Elvan Childs, a senior civil works project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, says clear and open communication is the key ingredient for successful project management. She cheerfully states that project management is her “dream job”... though it took 24 years and 11 job changes to achieve that dream and come to California.

  • March

    Mike Nielson, a Corps Hydrologic Technician, right, plays the newly-created educational game, “Flood Fighter: Nevada,” during a recent brown bag lunch at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District offices in order to gain feedback from the audience. Water resources planner Hunter Merritt, left rear, takes notes while listening to ideas and suggestions.(U.S. Army Photo by J. Paul Bruton/Released)

    Should I go with the flow?: New educational game simulates water management challenges

    It’s beginning to drizzle. Heavy rains are expected within the hour. The lake and rivers continue to rise. At what point would you open the gates and let water flow? That's the challenge presented in a new educational game produced by the State of Nevada Department of Water Resources in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District.

  • February

    Patricia Fontanet stands in front of California State Capitol.

    Employee Spotlight: Patricia Fontanet

    Please introduce yourself:My name, Patricia, is actually pronounced in Spanish (pah-tree-see-ah). I

  • January

    April Ratcliff, interior design technician, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District.

    A Designing Mom

    April Ratcliff lives a triple life as a mom, college student and Sacramento District interior design technician, but that doesn’t stop her from achieving her goals. Read her story about “always growing and moving forward.”