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  • December

    Kim Carsell, planner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, visits News10’s studios in Sacramento, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012, as part of the Sacramento Metro Chamber’s Leadership Sacramento program. Carsell graduated from the program Dec. 13, 2012. (Photo courtesy of Kim Carsell)

    Leadership Sacramento turns Corps planner into community leader

    Kim Carsell, a planner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, is now a graduate of the Sacramento Metro Chamber’s Leadership Sacramento program and helped complete its largest-ever community service project: building an amphitheater for Sacramento educational non-profit Soil Born Farms.
  • A side view of the new general instruction building at the Presidio of Monterey in Monterey, Calif., shown April 19, 2012. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District oversaw construction of the building, used by the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center to teach military personnel foreign languages.

    In-house design helps transform California military post

    Since 2008, the Sacramento District has all but transformed the Presidio of Monterey, recently overseeing construction on three general instruction buildings for the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. At the close of 2012, construction continues on yet another general instruction building and design for new facilities is nearing completion.

  • November

    USACE Logo and Schematic Background

    Corps identifies selected Isabella Lake Dam modernization plan

    It was also in March of 1953 that the new Isabella Lake main and auxiliary dams were completed after five years of construction, and began serving Kern County and the surrounding cities with flood risk management, irrigation and hydroelectric use. Nearly 60 years later, they continue to serve those purposes, having helped prevent flooding in downstream communities at least 18 times. But today, Isabella Lake’s dams need an upgrade. A Corps-wide survey of its dams in 2005 put Isabella Lake Dam near the top of its list of highest at-risk dams. The Corps identified significant hydrologic, seismic and seepage issues.
  • Linda Finley, deputy for project management for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, speaks to students at Hiram W. Johnson High School in Sacramento, Calif., during a science, technology, engineering and mathematics - or STEM - event Nov. 9, 2012. The district hosted the STEM event for 125 students, discussing STEM-related degrees and careers, and providing three fun and team-focused engineering challenges. “This event is really special,” said Finley. “Coming here as a graduate of Johnson High, Class of 1976, to come back to this school and see the tremendous changes, and incredible support for students that have a skill set towards math and science - it's just such a wonderful, warm feeling for me.”

    Planting a seed for STEM

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – At 8.0, the building's top floor fell, and the looks of worry intensified. As the ground below the building continued to shake - increasing to 10.0 on the Richter scale - everyone waited for the inevitable. Nearly 30 seconds after the ground initially began to shake, it happened; the building crumbled but everyone still
  • Philip Golia’s work clothes have changed quite a bit since this photo of him serving with an Army route clearance team in Afghanistan. He is now a member of the maintenance team at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District’s Black Butte Lake near Orland, Calif.

    Wounded warrior works back to wellness at Corps park in Orland

    Wounded warrior Philip Golia is working his way back to health at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's Black Butte Lake near Orland, Calif.

  • August

    Zebra mussels pose a formidable risk to native lake species and recreation.

    Boaters can save their favorite waters – and their boats!

    Central California boaters and fisherman are being asked to take quick action to save their favorite lakes and rivers from a Western-moving invasion of smelly, damaging, sharp-shelled pests – Zebra and Quagga mussels.
  • Present for the presentation of the award are, from left: Bill Miller, Black Butte Lake senior park ranger; Denice Hogan, Black Butte Lake project assistant; Seth Jentzen, Black Butte Lake park ranger; Jim Nielsen, California Assemblyman, 2nd District; and Kandi Manhart, Glenn County Resource Conservation District executive officer.

    Black Butte Lake staff recognized for youth conservation education

    Black Butte Lake leadership and staff have been recognized for “continually going above and beyond” in supporting local programs that teach youth the value of protecting natural resources.

  • July

    Construction crews wrap up work on a new railroad bridge in Napa, Calif., on July 10, 2012. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed a new bridge, elevating the tracks off the ground as much as six feet, in preparation for construction of a dry bypass channel that will divert water during flood events more quickly down the Napa River. The bridge was constructed as part of a $65 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 contract raised more than 3,300 feet of railroad track and replaced two bridges. The Napa River Flood Control Project is a joint effort of the Corps, city of Napa and the Napa Flood Control and Water Conservation District.

    Sacramento District wraps up vital Napa River ARRA construction contract

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District will wrap up construction Aug. 3 on a significant effort in downtown Napa to raise 3,300 feet of railroad tracks as much as six feet and construct two new bridges to help reduce the city’s flood risk.

  • May

    MONTERY, Calif. — A pile of horseshoes lays partially buried at the construction site of the new general instruction building at the Presidio of Monterey here, in 2011. During construction of the building, a cache of horseshoes and related items were found, and are believed to date from between 1903 and 1912, when four or five cavalry units were stationed at the Presidio of Monterey. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District oversaw construction of the building, used by the Defense Language Institute to teach military personnel foreign languages.

    From horseshoes to “shukran”

    A new general instruction building at Presidio of Monterey in Monterey was completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District in March 2012. It is the second of three general construction buildings the Sacramento District is working on for the post and the Defense Language Institute.

  • April

    USACE Logo and Schematic Background

    Corps extends Isabella Dam draft EIS comment period through May 22

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District extended the public comment period for the Isabella Dam draft environmental impact statement, giving the public an additional 15 days to provide feedback on potential Isabella Dam fixes.

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