Photo by Robert DeDeaux | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District | 07.25.2023
Mario Maldonado, an ordnance explosive safety specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, pictured during a site visit of the Nellis Remedial Action Munitions Response Site 02 and Site 03 July 25 in North Las Vegas. Site 02 remediation progress is moving according to schedule and will potentially conclude in late 2024. Maldonado works on several Formerly Used Defense......
Photo by Robert DeDeaux | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District | 07.25.2023
From left to right, Randy Tabije, South Pacific Division Formerly Used Defense Site program manager; Kay Chang-Minami, Los Angeles District FUDS project manager; and Harry Hendler, district environmental lead and FUDS program manager, stand together for photo after answering questions for Clark County residents during a public meeting discussing the Nellis Remedial Action FUDS Project July 25......
Photo by Robert DeDeaux | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District | 07.25.2023
Los Angeles District environmental lead and Formerly Used Defense Site program manager Harry Hendler, pictured in white, answers questions for Clark County residents during a public meeting discussing the Nellis Remedial Action FUDS Project July 25 at the Aliante Library in Las Vegas....
Photo by Robert DeDeaux | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District | 08.04.2021
A Cochise County resident reviews the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area's history as a U.S. Army Fort Huachuca formerly used defense site during a public meeting Aug. 4 in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Representatives with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District hosted the public meeting to educate residents of potential hazards associated with munitions that may remain......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District | 08.25.2020
Crews work to recontour excavated areas to match the surrounding topography and replace the organic layer at the Cape Prominence Formerly Used Defense Site. Before the contaminated soil was removed, the field team carefully set aside and preserved the vegetative mat. This approach enhanced site restoration and promoted natural revegetation. This project was managed by the U.S. Army Corps of......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District | 08.23.2020
A helicopter slings contaminated soil from the upper camp to the lower camp at the Cape Prominence Formerly Used Defense Site. To minimize the impact of remediation activities and prevent the need to construct a road, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District used a helicopter to transport people, equipment, supplies and contaminated soil between the two cleanup areas....
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District | 08.19.2020
A crew member excavates contaminated soil at the Cape Prominence Formerly Used Defense Site for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District. During the 2019 and 2020 field seasons, the team removed more than 1,400 tons of contaminated soil from the remote cleanup location....
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District | 08.15.2020
View looking down the tramway from the upper camp to the lower camp at the Cape Prominence Formerly Used Defense Site, an award-winning environmental cleanup project for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District. The 2,400-foot tram connected two camps that moved people and supplies during World War II when it operated as a U.S. Army Signal Corps radar facility....
