Story by Grant Okubo | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District | 02.10.2026
Dr. Cory Koger, senior chemist and water quality program manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, received the national-level Environmental Professional of the Year award Feb. 6 during the district's annual awards ceremony. The award recognizes Koger's work on the Palisades and Eaton Wildfires recovery mission and a 24-year career in environmental cleanup, habitat......
Story by Bradley Hicks | Arnold Engineering Development Complex | 12.19.2024
The Environmental Restoration Program team at Arnold Air Force Base is in the process of putting together a document that will help guide environmental cleanup efforts across the installation. To coincide with this, the team wishes to make the public more aware of the program and get an idea of public concerns, questions members of the public may have and their participation in prior base......
Story by Rebecca Shaw | Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport | 03.18.2024
GULFPORT, Miss. - The United States Navy completed the environmental clean-up operation on March 16, following an unexpected discharge of about 1,800 gallons of diesel fuel from Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) Gulfport’s microgrid system the week prior....
Story by Tom Findtner and Rachel Napolitan | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District | 08.31.2022
Boom! Another explosion went off as a field crew for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District worked to safely clear and detonate munitions remaining from the World War II-era Fort Glenn, an abandoned military installation in the Aleutian Islands 850 miles from Anchorage....
Story by Rachel Napolitan | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District | 05.04.2021
Climbing up the hillside of a remote Alaskan island, an old tramway rusts into the ground beneath it. With gnarled rails, the 2,400-foot structure is a remanent of an abandoned radar facility that provided early warning of approaching enemy aircraft during World War II. The tramway is part of a formerly used defense site that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District worked to clean......
Story by AnnMarie Harvie | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District | 02.01.2018
The Elizabeth Mine in South Strafford, Vermont has transformed from a detriment to aquatic life to an award winning environmental project. The New England District and its contractors continue to improve the site. Published in the Yankee Engineer on page 4 of the February 2018 edition....
Story by Debra Valine | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville | 02.10.2015
A public meeting Feb. 12 in Centreville, Mississippi, will provide interested individuals with information about a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers investigation for potential munitions at the former Camp Van Dorn, a 41,544-acre Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) located in Wilkinson and Amite counties, Mississippi....
