Photo by Patrick Adelmann | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District | 07.02.2024
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District Park Rangers Ryley Rosenbusch, left, and Alex Klepac rescued a teenager at Stillhouse Hollow Lake after the teen attempted to swim to an island 1,000 yards from the shore without a life jacket. They found the teen clinging to a semi-submerged piece of driftwood. The teen was badly sunburned and completely exhausted from his ordeal. But overall,......
Photo by Patrick Adelmann | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District | 07.02.2024
A 1,000-yard swim to an island is no walk in the park. For a young teen at Stillhouse Hollow Lake it became an ordeal. Sitting off Outlook Park, the island was a temptation to the young man. That temptation led to lifesaving efforts by two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Fort Worth District Park Rangers as the teen attempted the swim the channel without a life jacket....
Photo by Patrick Adelmann | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District | 02.28.2024
Life jacket loaner stations, like the one pictured, are in multiple locations across Stillhouse Hollow Lake. Many of the life jackets are donated by organizations like the LV Project which promote water safety. “A life jacket is going to be there to help you stay above water in the event something unexpected happens when you're out there swimming,” said Alex Klepac, a ranger with the......
Photo by Trevor Welsh | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District | 05.26.2021
BELTON, Texas (May 26, 2021) The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Information Technology Laboratory’s Robotic Assessment of Dams, visited U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District’s Stillhouse Hollow Lake to test a prototype site characterization vehicle known as “DamBot.” DamBot is a robotic platform carrying a variety of sensors such as......
Photo by Trevor Welsh | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District | 05.26.2021
BELTON, Texas (May 26, 2021) The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Information Technology Laboratory’s Robotic Assessment of Dams, visited U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District’s Stillhouse Hollow Lake to test a prototype site characterization vehicle known as “DamBot.” DamBot is a robotic platform carrying a variety of sensors such as......
Photo by Trevor Welsh | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District | 05.26.2021
BELTON, Texas (May 26, 2021) The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Information Technology Laboratory’s Robotic Assessment of Dams, visited U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District’s Stillhouse Hollow Lake to test a prototype site characterization vehicle known as “DamBot.” DamBot is a robotic platform carrying a variety of sensors such as......
Photo by Trevor Welsh | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District | 05.26.2021
BELTON, Texas (May 26, 2021) The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Information Technology Laboratory’s Robotic Assessment of Dams, visited U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District’s Stillhouse Hollow Lake to test a prototype site characterization vehicle known as “DamBot.” DamBot is a robotic platform carrying a variety of sensors such as......
Photo by Trevor Welsh | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District | 05.26.2021
BELTON, Texas (May 26, 2021) Chuck Ellison, research mechanical engineer with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Information Technology Laboratory’s Robotic Assessment of Dams, operates a prototype site characterization vehicle known as “DamBot” during testing at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District’s Stillhouse Hollow Lake. DamBot is a......
