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  • December

    Photo of towboat pilot

    District employee charts final course toward master boat pilot license

    Larry Morgan Jr. has worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District since 2000. He has served at the Missouri River Project Office and on the Missouri River most of his career as a deckhand, equipment operator and maintenance supervisor. One title that has eluded him is master towboat pilot. Inspired by an early mentor, and with the help of an accomplished towboat pilot, that will soon change, as he nears completion of an unrestricted master of towing vessel license.

  • 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.

  • October

    (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Delanie Stafford)

    Omaha District, tribally-owned company partner for Missouri River maintenance

    In a demonstration of collaboration and innovation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, recently partnered with Flatwater Group to enhance maintenance operations along the Missouri River.

  • August

    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

    SOUTH YANKTON, Neb. -- A group of ten boys and four counselors with the Bald Eagle Boys Camp of Mill Hall, Pennsylvania, navigate 1,000 miles of the Missouri River with help from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

  • January

    Repairs on Levee L-550 in Atchison County, MO

    Restoring a Missouri River Basin Levee

    After catastrophic flooding breached a federally managed levee system in northwestern Missouri, an approach that utilized mechanical sand removal and leveraged local subcontractors expedited project completion and increased the final resiliency of the surrounding community.

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