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  • October

    The 2nd Ave bridge in Lyons, Colo., was impacted as high flows on the St. Vrain River forced the river from its channel flowing through a park and ball field, washing out parts of 2nd Avenue as well as impacting the 2nd Avenue bridge before returning to its natural channel. Regional General Permit 96-07 is being used to authorize larger flood related repair projects not covered under the Nationwide Permits. The Denver Regulatory Office developed RGP 96-07 for flood related activities in Colorado. Activities still require review from the Denver Regulatory Office.

    Colorado flooding brings flood of attention to vital regulatory permitting program

    In mid September, a wet monsoonal pattern stalled along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains bringing heavy rains to the foothills west of Boulder. The resulting flooding impacted roads, bridges and other infrastructure, with rivers carving new channels and eroding riverbanks. Major roadways in the Estes Park area sustained severe damages with limited alternatives to access these areas for repairs. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District activated its Emergency Operations Center Sept. 12, in preparation for the anticipated requests for assistance during and following the resulting flooding. Calls also began to flood the Omaha District’s Denver Regulatory office located on Chatfield Dam near Littleton, Colo.

  • September

    Clements, a health physicist in the Corps of Engineers Huntsville Center Environmental and Munitions Center of Expertise, performs a radiation survey at Hawthorne Army Depot, Nev. in June 2012.

    Corps expert has challenging career

    Julie Clements, is a health physicist in Huntsville Center’s Environmental and Munitions Center of Expertise, Environmental Sciences Division in Omaha, Neb. She works in a demanding environment and carries out multiple missions aimed at keeping workers and the public safe. She says that’s what makes her field of engineering so dynamic.
  • Proof that he can catch a few fish, Johnson's favorite fishing spots are the shafts, Duck Creek and behind the Interpretive Center. He says his spare time is spent fishing and smoking fish.

    Recognizing volunteer’s 10 years as Fort Peck fixture

    Meet Duane Johnson. Of course, anyone camping at Fort Peck Lake in the last 10 years probably knows him. He has been the volunteer campground host at the Downstream and West End Campgrounds in Fort Peck, Mont., since 2003. Every year, for the last 10 years, April through October, he has been a mainstay.

  • July

    GALLUP, N.M.-- One of the complete bowls that was returned to the Navajo Nation in the Corps' repatriation of 425 artifacts, July 9, 2013.

    Stolen artifacts returned to Navajo Nation

    On July 9, the Corps of Engineers repatriated a large cache of sacred artifacts to the Navajo Nation. The Omaha District, with some assistance from the Albuquerque District, returned the artifacts in accordance with the Archaeological Resources Protection Act. The artifacts were looted from Corps of Engineers-managed land and Navajo tribal lands. A total of 710 artifacts were recovered from lands managed both by the Corps of Engineers and the Navajo Nation. Out of these, 425 were determined to be the property of the Navajo Nation, and were returned.
  • The 2013 Missouri River/Lake Sharpe Clean up netted 1,560 pounds of lumber and other rubble, 1,380 pounds of trash and litter, 540 pounds of scrap metal - including a refrigerator, a large plastic culvert weighing approximately 400 pounds and 180 pounds of tires.

    Missouri River/Lake Sharpe Clean-up nets big catches

    Tales weren’t of the “one that got away” or the exaggerated size of a hooked walleye, but, more than 4,000 pounds, or two tons, of trash and debris was collected during the annual Missouri River/Lake Sharpe Clean up Wednesday, July 10. The event, the fourth in the last five years, had more than 40 volunteers working along the river in Pierre-Fort Pierre, S.D.

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