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    Aerial view of levee setback construction progress along L-536.

    Omaha District executes historic $1.65 billion program

    There were many challenges this year; recovering from the catastrophic Lower Missouri River Basin flooding event of 2019, protecting the workforce and public safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, and hurricane first responder deployments. But in the face of unprecedented adversity, USACE Omaha District rose to each challenge through leveraging industrious teamwork and continuing to successfully support its worldwide missions. The District ended the year executing its largest program ever at $1.65 billion.
  • Contractors use heavy equipment to extinguish a coal fire at an abandoned Navy coal mine in Cumberland, Washington, August, 2020. At the request of the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation, the USACE Omaha District's rapid response team was asked to provide assistance. (Courtesy photo by Mr. Jeremy Ayala)

    District’s rapid response team helps extinguish coalmine fire in Washington state

    In June, after an unsuccessful attempt by local firefighters to put out a smoldering fire at an abandoned Navy coalmine in Cumberland, Washington, the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation reached out to the USACE Omaha District’s technical center of expertise rapid response team for assistance.

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