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  • October

    Sacramento District retiree Larry Smith stands with his arms crossed.

    Celebrating 95 years: Q&A with retiree Larry Smith

    On October 7, 2024, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District celebrated 95 years as a district. As we celebrate our anniversary, check out our Q&A series where we asked some of our retirees about their favorite parts of working at USACE. In this feature, we talk to Larry Smith, who began working at USACE in 1974.
  • Sacramento District retiree Steven Freitas smiling.

    Celebrating 95 years: Q&A with retiree Steven Freitas

    On October 7, 2024, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District celebrated 95 years as a district. As we celebrate our anniversary, check out our Q&A series where we asked some of our retirees about their favorite parts of working at USACE. In this feature, we talked to Steven Freitas, who began working at USACE in 1983.
  • Sacramento District retiree Linda Finley smiling

    Celebrating 95 years: Q&A with retiree Linda Finley

    On October 7, 2024, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District celebrated 95 years as a district. As we celebrate our anniversary, check out our Q&A series where we asked some of our retirees about their favorite parts of working at USACE. In this feature, we talk to Linda Finley, who started working at USACE in 1978 as a student engineer.

  • May

    USACE Logo and Schematic Background

    The Army’s recreation mission goes back further than you think

    It might surprise you to hear the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is one of the largest providers of outdoor recreation in the Nation. If it doesn’t, you must be one of the 260 million folks who visit USACE recreation areas every year. But why would the Army have any recreation mission at all? The Army’s involvement in the Nation’s legacy of

  • October

    Over many years, Paul Charles Boudousquie continuously refined his 1872 reference map of Mobile Bay. For many years it served as a trusty reference for sailors navigating the bay, helping improve the economy of the region following the Civil War. (Courtesy of Boudousquie Family)

    Family Legacy of Service Stands the Test of Time

    More than 100 years after Paul Charles Boudousquié ended a 30-year career with USACE, his “magnum opus” compelled his great-grandson to learn more about his remarkable life and career as an Army Engineer. This legacy of service remains a profound inspiration for a Sacramento District employee.

  • August

    Steve Pappas, ECORP Consulting field director, answers questions from members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District regulatory team during a visit to an archaeological dig near El Dorado Hills, Calif., July 31, 2014. ECORP has been contracted to help research and catalog historic sites on this project site.

    Sacramento District archaeologist helps preserve “layer cake” of history

    Over 1,900 acres of Northern California property located between Folsom and El Dorado Hills is like “a layer cake of modern history,” according to Erin Hess, an archaeologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District Regulatory Division. “This area includes everything from remnants of placer mining, hydraulic mining, dredge mining, dairy operations, roadside inns from the 1800s all the way up to Cold War-era missile research facilities,” said Hess.

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