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Area campers wave at the boys of Bald Eagle Boys camp, based in Mills Hall, Pa., as they begin their 1,000-mile journey down the Missouri River at Yankton, Nebraska, on Aug. 3, 2024. The camp specializes in wilderness therapy for boys. (U.S. Army photo by Josh Plueger) — 240803-A-XV591-1002

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Camp counselor Brandon Weaver and 15-year-old Jaiden assemble the fishing rod rack as they complete assembling a custom-build raft on Aug. 2, 2024 in Yankton, Nebraska. The finished raft will float 1,000 miles down the Missouri River to Cairo, Illinois, with a crew of 10 boys and two counselors. (U.S. Army photo by Josh Plueger) — Corps of Adventure

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A raft named the Eagles Nest sits in a cove just of the Missouri River as Bald Eagle Boy Camp counselors and students apply finishing touches on their custom raft on Aug. 2, 2024. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, granted permission for the camp to use the cove for reassembly of their raft that was shipped from Pennsylvania. (U.S. Army photo by Josh Plueger) — Corps of Adventure

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Counselors and students with Bald Eagle Boys Camp of Mills Hall, Pa., float their custom-designed raft up the Missouri River east of Gavins Point Dam on Aug. 2, 2024. The boys camp worked closely with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Omaha District to work out the logistics for camping, reassembling their raft, and floating their 1,000-mile journey down the Missouri River. (U.S. Army photo by Josh Plueger) — Corps of Adventure

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A photo of Fort Peck — 180715-A-RO070-001

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Ribbon-cutting ceremony for new ground fuels station at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Georgia, July 10. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo) — Fuels

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3. Scott Landy (right) and Martin Munoz perform a quality assurance field inspection at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Georgia, July 2023. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo) — fuels

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Marine Corps Col. Matthew McKinney, MCLB commander, gives a key-note speech during a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new ground fuels station, Albany Ga., July 10. — fuels

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New ground fuels station at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Georgia, July 10. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo) — fuels

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Members from the Marine Corps Logistic Base team in Albany, Georgia cut the ribbon on a new ground fuels station. Ms. Kelly Eadie-Leverette, director, logistics support division (center) and Col. Matthew McKinney, base commander, July 10. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo) — fuels

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A survey watercraft assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, collects water surface elevation data along the Missouri River near downtown Omaha, Nebraska, June 27, 2024. The team is collecting data as a precautionary measure against flood waters in June 2024 from the Missouri River. (U.S. Army photo by Declan Barnes) — A survey watercraft assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, collects water surface elevation data along the Missouri River near downtown Omaha, Nebraska, June 27, 2024.

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Isaiah Rubio, left, and Curtis Miller, hydraulic engineers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, prepare to set a staff gage along a levee in Papillion Creek, Nebraska, June 28, 2024. They will use the staff gage to measure water surface elevation as a precautionary measure against flood waters in June 2024 from the Missouri River. Nine USACE levee surveillance teams went onsite to levee locations and engaged with levee sponsors, state, tribal and emergency management officials to continue to monitor river conditions. (U.S. Army photo by Declan Barnes) — 240628-A-TG831-2375

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Corey Boyer, construction representative, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District, oversees the placement of 2,800 sandbags along two levees in Atchison County and Holt County, Missouri, June 26, 2024. The sandbags were requested by local community levee sponsors to reinforce and temporarily raise levee heights in some of the lower laying areas as a precautionary measure against flood waters in June 2024 from the Missouri River. Nine USACE levee surveillance teams went onsite to levee locations and engaged with levee sponsors, state, tribal and emergency management officials to continue to monitor river conditions. (U.S. Army photo by Lisa Crawford) — Corey Boyer, construction representative, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District, oversees the placement of 2,800 sandbags along two levees in Atchison County and Holt County, Missouri, June 26, 2024.

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Omaha District staff man the emergency operations center at the district's headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska, as they assess the 2024 June Severe Weather event on June 27th, 2024.
(U.S. Army photo by Declan Barnes) — Omaha District staff man the emergency operations center at the district's headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska, as they assess the 2024 June Severe Weather event on June 27th, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Declan Barnes)

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Engineers and biologists with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, inform members of the public about upcoming plans for a gate maintenance project at Bear Creek Dam in Littleton, Colorado, on June 25, 2024. — Bear Creek Public Meeting July 10

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Joseph Maxwell (right), operations project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, informs members of the public about upcoming plans for a gate maintenance project at Bear Creek Dam in Littleton, Colorado, on June 25, 2024. — Bear Creek Public Meeting June 25

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Army corps of engineers commander meets with Offutt commander and bellevue mayor — Offutt proactive against potential flood waters

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debris floats down the missouri river — Offutt proactive against potential flood waters

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Army corps of engineers commander speaks to Offutt commander — Offutt proactive against potential flood waters

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Fort Peck Dam

President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the Fort Peck project in 1933, during the midst of the Great Depression. More than 7,000 men and women signed on to work on the dam in 1934 and 1935. Employment peaked at nearly 11,000 dam workers in 1936, and thousands more swarmed to Montana to set up businesses. More than eighteen boomtowns sprang up in the vicinity.

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Tags: Fort Peck, Mainstem Dams, Missouri River

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