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  • 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

    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.