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Draft programmatic environmental assessment on snow and soil moisture monitoring network in the Upper Missouri River Basin available for comment

3/31/2020

A draft programmatic environmental assessment (PEA) for updating and constructing new soil moisture and plains snowpack monitoring stations in the Upper Missouri River basin is currently available for...

Virtual public meeting scheduled for Popo Agie River draft flood risk management plan

3/31/2020

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District, in cooperation with the City of Lander, Wyoming, will host a virtual public meeting on April 9, to gather input on the recommended plan for the Popo...

Road across Gavins Point Dam temporarily closing March 31

3/26/2020

Crest Road crossing Gavins Point Dam near Yankton, South Dakota, will close for an extended period to allow contractors to re-seal the monolith (expansion) joints in the powerhouse. The road will...

Poster with a photo of a bald eagle along with dates and times of the event.

Bald Eagle Days 2018

Join us at the Lewis & Clark Visitor Center for Bald Eagle Days Jan. 26-28, 2018. Program times are 4 and 6 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

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Omaha Outlook 2018

Omaha Outlook 2018 Year in Review Magazine

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A group of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers inspect the permanent earth retention system (PERSWALL) surrounding the U.S. Strategic Command command-and-control facility on Offutt Air Base, Omaha, Neb., March 28. To mitigate the potential for flooding, District engineers constructed a PERSWALL around the building essentially constructing it in a bathtub.

USSTRATCOM new home

After nearly six years of construction and many challenges, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, is more than 98% complete with the U.S. Strategic Command command-and-control facilities at Offutt Air Base, Omaha, Nebraska.

VA Medical Center nears completion

The new 1.2 million-square-foot Aurora, Colo., Veterans Affairs Medical Center replaces an older, dated VA hospital built in Denver in the 1950s and offers Colorado’s veterans state-of-the-art facilities.

4th CAB gets new assault hangar

The Assault hangar is the newest upgrade to the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade and Butts Airfield. When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District completes the hangar, an Apache unit will move in and begin training for future operations. (Photo by Capt. Ryan Hignight, USACE Public Affairs Officer)

USA Today USACE Edition

In this issue: Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, the Army’s chief of engineers and commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, took office in May 2016, accepting responsibility for much of America’s aging infrastructure in the midst of government cuts.