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  • July

    U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts talks to Col. Robert Newbauer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District commander, and other project leaders during a tour of rehabilitation efforts on the R-562 levee system June 15, 2026.

    Sen. Pete Ricketts visits levee rehabilitation project near Peru

    U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts joined Col. Robert Newbauer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District commander, and project leaders for a tour of rehabilitation efforts on the R-562 levee system June 15, 2026.

  • January

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, oversees progress on the butterfly valve rehabilitation project, Dec. 10, 2025, at the Fort Peck Dam in Montana.

    Fort Peck breathes new life into two butterfly valves

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, is overseeing the rehabilitation of two 65-year-old, 216-inch diameter, 135,000-pound butterfly valves inside Powerhouse 2 at the Fort Peck Dam in Montana.

  • August

    Scott Sterling, a natural resources specialists and ranger with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District’s Garisson Project in North Dakota, hands a food barrel to Kyle Parker at the Lake Sakakawea boar ramp, July 17, 2025.

    Garrison Dam team meets a paddling pal

    Kyle Parker, a Wisconsin native and canoe enthusiast, reached the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District's Lake Sakakawea Marina boat ramp, July 17, 2025. Parker is paddling from the tip of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, to the southernmost tip of Florida.

  • July

    Patricia Gilbert-Ball, a natural resources specialist and park ranger with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District’s Fort Peck Project in Montana, handles a honeybee hive at the project’s Bee Haven Pollinator Garden and Interpretive Trail, July 19, 2025.

    Herd Highlight: Patricia Gilbert-Ball, natural resource specialist and district’s only beekeeper

    Patricia Gilbert-Ball, a natural resources specialist and park ranger with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District’s Fort Peck Project in Montana, is also the district's only beekeeper.
  • Sheridan Mayor Richard Bridger (right) and Col. Robert Newbauer (left), commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District, cut the ceremonial ribbon July 10, 2025, marking the completion of the first phase of the Little Goose Creek ecosystem restoration project in Sheridan, Wyo.

    Sheridan celebrates creek revival, eyes downtown transformation

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 10, 2025, to celebrate the completion of a three-year ecosystem restoration project at Little Goose Creek near Sheridan, Wyoming, which reestablished historic oxbows, reconnected fish passage and revitalized riparian habitat once lost to mid-century flood-control efforts.

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