Secretary Telle, Senator Ricketts tour Missouri River, discuss future of flood protection in Nebraska

Adam Telle, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and U.S. Army Col. Robert J. Newbauer, Omaha District commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, look out over the Missouri River from MidAmerican Energy Company's Intake Pump Station in the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, April 9, 2026. Secretary Telle and local and headquarters USACE stakeholders visited several locations along the Missouri River, culminating in a roundtable with local news media. (U.S. Army photo by Joshua Plueger)