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USACE monitoring Isabella Dam and Lake during heavy rains

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is closely monitoring Isabella Dam and Lake in connection with the ongoing severe weather event.


President’s FY24 Civil Works Budget historic for R&D

With the release of the Biden-Harris administration’s fiscal 2024 budget, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works held a joint press conference detailing the proposed civil works budget, including a historic $86 million for research and development with additional R&D funds spread across USACE business lines totaling more than $100 million for R&D.


USACE conducts boundary line maintenance on Lake Dardanelle and Ozark Lake

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is advising landowners adjacent to public lands around Lake Dardanelle and Ozark Lake that contract maintenance crews will be conducting boundary line maintenance along a 34-mile section of government boundary at Lake Dardanelle and a 22- mile section at Ozark Lake.


Women of NAD: Amy Holmes

Amy Holmes, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division strategic integrator, remembers being in college flipping through a course catalog when the idea of majoring in anthropology came to her.


ERDC-CERL team transitions ERDC HVAC controls retrofit technology

A team of researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) and Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) are working to address challenges of energy efficiency for specific older heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems within the Department of Defense.