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Lock and Dam 2 flood preparation

Lock and Dam 2 flood preparation

Tim Hermann, a Fountain City, Wis., native, and lock and dam operator at St. Paul District’s Lock and Dam 2, in Hastings, Minn., places filled sandbags on a pallet that will be used to create temporary levees i... More

Eugene Alm, a quality assurance representative with

Eugene Alm, a quality assurance representative with

Eugene Alm, a quality assurance representative with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, observes the construction of temporary levees in Georgetown, Minn., April 8. The Corps is actively involv... More

Kurt Heckendorf, Corps area sub engineer, in Fargo,

Kurt Heckendorf, Corps area sub engineer, in Fargo,

Kurt Heckendorf, Corps area sub engineer, in Fargo, N.D, monitors the levee as the Red River of the North begins to recede in Fargo, April 9. Heckendorf, a Wausau, Wis., native, said it’s important to look for ... More

Red River Flood Fight 2011: Sheyenne River washes out road

Red River Flood Fight 2011: Sheyenne River washes out road

A tributary of the Red River of the North, the Sheyenne River, near the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Baldhill Dam washes over a gravel road near April 10.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District's

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District's

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District's Baldhill Dam releases the spring runoff, April 10. The Corps uses the dam to provide controlled releases for flood fighting. The Corps continues to assist l... More

Levee Monitoring 3 - A man in a hard hat and safety vest holding a piece of paper

Levee Monitoring 3 - A man in a hard hat and safety vest holding a pie...

Joel Zietz, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers quality assurance representative, and Fargo, N.D., native, reviews current levee construction plans in Valley City, N.D., April 10. Zietz is a maintenance employee at th... More

Michelle Schneider, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St.

Michelle Schneider, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St.

Michelle Schneider, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District hydraulic engineer, writes down measurements after observing water flows near Berthold, N.D., April 12. Schneider is doing reconnaissance work... More

Karl Schmitz, a Corps of Engineers quality assurance

Karl Schmitz, a Corps of Engineers quality assurance

Karl Schmitz, a Corps of Engineers quality assurance representative, checks the elevation of a temporary emergency levee that was recently built in Sawyer, April 16. Schmitz serves as the dredging coordinator f... More

Louisiana National Guard soldiers attach a sandbag

Louisiana National Guard soldiers attach a sandbag

Louisiana National Guard soldiers attach a sandbag to a Blackhawk helicopter on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Vidalia, La., May 16. The Corps of Engineers and the National Guard are among many agenc... More

U.S. Senator Kent Conrad, left; Lance Meyer, Minot,

U.S. Senator Kent Conrad, left; Lance Meyer, Minot,

U.S. Senator Kent Conrad, left; Lance Meyer, Minot, N.D. city engineer, and Col. Michael Price, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District commander take a tour of floodfighting efforts in Minot, N.D. June... More

Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, employees discuss

Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, employees discuss

Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, employees discuss floodfighting efforts in the Souris River Basin June 2 during the morning briefing. The Corps continues to provide technical assistance to local governme... More

North Dakota National Guard soldiers place poly over

North Dakota National Guard soldiers place poly over

North Dakota National Guard soldiers place poly over temporary emergency levees built by the Corps of Engineers in Minot, N.D., June 2. The Corps and the National Guard are supporting the City of Minot fight hi... More

Charles Boyd, left, levee safety team engineer; Capt.

Charles Boyd, left, levee safety team engineer; Capt.

Charles Boyd, left, levee safety team engineer; Capt. Steve Bohl, North Dakota National Guard; and Grant Riddick, geotechnical engineer, discuss floodfight operations for the City of Minot in the Minot Emergenc... More

Congressman Rick Berg, right, talks to Roland Hamborg,

Congressman Rick Berg, right, talks to Roland Hamborg,

Congressman Rick Berg, right, talks to Roland Hamborg, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, Souris River area flood engineer, about the temporary levees within the city of Minot, N.D. June 4. The Co... More

North Dakota National Guard soldiers with the 817th

North Dakota National Guard soldiers with the 817th

North Dakota National Guard soldiers with the 817th Engineer Company from Jamestown, N.D., support the Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, by building a sandbag levee in Minot, N.D., June 5. The Corps number... More

Charles Boyd, second from right, a U.S. Army Corps

Charles Boyd, second from right, a U.S. Army Corps

Charles Boyd, second from right, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District engineer, talks with North Dakota National Guard soldiers about protecting a temporary levee in Minot, N.D., June 7. The corps,... More

Soldiers with the North Dakota National Guard wait

Soldiers with the North Dakota National Guard wait

Soldiers with the North Dakota National Guard wait for their sandbag-loaded truck to be unloaded in Burlington, N.D., June 21. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and the National Guard, are cu... More

Soldiers with the North Dakota National Guard places

Soldiers with the North Dakota National Guard places

Soldiers with the North Dakota National Guard places sandbags on a temporary levee in Minot, N.D., June 22. The city of Minot enforced a mandatory evacuation shortly before 1 p.m. The U.S. Army Corps of Enginee... More

The Souris River swells above the temporary levees

The Souris River swells above the temporary levees

The Souris River swells above the temporary levees in Minot, N.D., June 23. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District's number one priority is protecting human life, and they continue to provide techn... More

Water from the Souris River spills over temporary levees

Water from the Souris River spills over temporary levees

Water from the Souris River spills over temporary levees in Minot, N.D., June 23. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, continues building temporary levees around critical infrastructure in the c... More

A Minot Air Force Base airman assist a local citizen

A Minot Air Force Base airman assist a local citizen

A Minot Air Force Base airman assist a local citizen in Sawyer, N.D., June 25. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is currently building a temporary levee to protect citizens from the rising So... More

Lt. Col. Kendall Bergmann, a Comfort, Texas, native

Lt. Col. Kendall Bergmann, a Comfort, Texas, native

Lt. Col. Kendall Bergmann, a Comfort, Texas, native and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District deputy engineer, walks up a ladder after looking at the Lake Darling Dam gates, northwest of Minot, N.D., ... More

An American flag sits among the debris from historic

An American flag sits among the debris from historic

An American flag sits among the debris from historic flooding in Minot, N.D., June 28. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District is providing technical assistance to communities affected by the flooding.

Barry Sullivan, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers debris

Barry Sullivan, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers debris

Barry Sullivan, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers debris mission manager and Vicksburg District employee, conducts surveys in a borrow pit that was used during the 2011 Souris River flood fight. The Corps completed ... More

Corps of Engineers completes Tolna Coulee construction on Devils Lake

Corps of Engineers completes Tolna Coulee construction on Devils Lake

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, spent much of the winter constructing an 800-foot control structure in Tolna, N.D. The structure is designed to regulate the amount of water that would flow ... More

The Motor Vessel Deana Ann moves through the Mississippi

The Motor Vessel Deana Ann moves through the Mississippi

The Motor Vessel Deana Ann moves through the Mississippi River Pool 2, just upriver of Lock and Dam 2 in Hastings, Minn., March 17. The tow is the first of the season to reach Pool 2, which is considered to be ... More

Brandon Olson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul

Brandon Olson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul

Brandon Olson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, survey technician, participates in a joint cold water rescue training event with the Winona, Minn., Fire Department, March 28, on the Mississippi ... More

Randy Urich, environmental section manager, prepares

Randy Urich, environmental section manager, prepares

Randy Urich, environmental section manager, prepares to plant an American elm seedling April 20. This is the third year the Corps has planted seedlings on the Pool 8 islands. Including this year, around 15,000 ... More

Park Ranger Brad LaBadie distributes water safety frisbees

Park Ranger Brad LaBadie distributes water safety frisbees

Park Ranger Brad LaBadie distributes water safety frisbees during the pregame events.

Renee Bergmann, left, and Kyle Bergmann listen to Ray

Renee Bergmann, left, and Kyle Bergmann listen to Ray

Renee Bergmann, left, and Kyle Bergmann listen to Ray Nelson, retired U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, park ranger, about life in the Headwaters region before the Corps built reservoirs. The Cor... More

Al VanGuilder, a survey technician of the St. Paul

Al VanGuilder, a survey technician of the St. Paul

Al VanGuilder, a survey technician of the St. Paul district, dons cold weather flotation clothing prior to going on Lake Pepin near Wabasha, Minn., Feb. 13, 2013. Members of St. Paul district conduct annual ice... More

Paul Johnson a survey technician with the U.S. Army

Paul Johnson a survey technician with the U.S. Army

Paul Johnson a survey technician with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, uses a snow tube to collect snow surveys in Forest Lake, Minn., March 4, 2013. The corps is sending a two-man team aro... More

The Motor Vessel Roberta Tabor locks through Lock and

The Motor Vessel Roberta Tabor locks through Lock and

The Motor Vessel Roberta Tabor locks through Lock and Dam 2 in Hastings, Minn., April 8. The tow was the first to break through the ice at Lake Pepin on the Mississippi River and arrive in St. Paul, Minn. Tradi... More

A contractor working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

A contractor working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

A contractor working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, brings in a bulldozer to help build a temporary levee along 2nd Street in Fargo, N.D., to help protect the city from flooding due to... More

Paul Machajewski, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District

Paul Machajewski, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District

Paul Machajewski, Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District contractor lead for the Red River of the North flood fight, monitors a temporary emergency levee along 2nd Street in Fargo, N.D., April 29, 2013. (U.S. A... More

Timothy Murphy, left, and Paul Machajewski, Corps of

Timothy Murphy, left, and Paul Machajewski, Corps of

Timothy Murphy, left, and Paul Machajewski, Corps of Engineers St. Paul District employee supporting the FARGO, N.D., Red River of the North flood fight, meet for the first time at a park in Fargo, N.D., April ... More

Members of the St. Croix Ojibwe Tribe launch their

Members of the St. Croix Ojibwe Tribe launch their

Members of the St. Croix Ojibwe Tribe launch their hand-made birchbark canoes at Big Sandy Lake, near McGregor, Minn., July 31. About 200 people gathered to remember the more than 400 Anishinaabe people that di... More

Volunteers support Wounded Warrior Hunt

Volunteers support Wounded Warrior Hunt

Volunteers and veterans with the Wounded Warrior Project participated in the second deer hunt at the Eau Galle Recreation Area, near Spring Valley, Wis., Dec. 14.

Billie Fink, operations, prepares to hoist materials

Billie Fink, operations, prepares to hoist materials

Billie Fink, operations, prepares to hoist materials out of the lock chamber at Lock and Dam 8, near Genoa, Wis., Jan. 14.

Jeff Kleinert, St. Paul District park ranger, takes

Jeff Kleinert, St. Paul District park ranger, takes

Jeff Kleinert, St. Paul District park ranger, takes a snow survey at Pokegama Dam, near Grand Rapids, Minn., Jan. 23. Park rangers at the Corps’ Headwaters parks take snow measurements throughout the winter and... More

Bill Chelmowski, St. Paul District small boat operation

Bill Chelmowski, St. Paul District small boat operation

Bill Chelmowski, St. Paul District small boat operation and ice survey technician, prepares to drill a hole in the Mississippi River, near Lake City, Minn., Feb. 27, to measure the ice thickness within Lake Pep... More

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District welcomed the Motor Vessel Angela K to Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, Minn., April 16. The vessel was the first line tow to reach St. Paul this year, which mea... More

Nathan Van Loon, operations, and Duane Skjeie, operations,

Nathan Van Loon, operations, and Duane Skjeie, operations,

Nathan Van Loon, operations, and Duane Skjeie, operations, worked as a team recently to save a canoeist and a dog that were in trouble near Lock and Dam 5, near Minnesota City, Minn.

Robert Burns, Gull Lake Recreation Area summer ranger,

Robert Burns, Gull Lake Recreation Area summer ranger,

Robert Burns, Gull Lake Recreation Area summer ranger, picks up debris following a July 12 storm that dropped nearly 1,000 trees. The park, on the southeast side of Gull Lake and near Brainerd, Minn., had campe... More

Col. Dan Koprowski, the outgoing U.S. Army Corps of

Col. Dan Koprowski, the outgoing U.S. Army Corps of

Col. Dan Koprowski, the outgoing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District commander, left, Major Gen. Michael Wehr, Mississippi Valley Division commander, and Col. Sam Calkins, the incoming St. Paul Dist... More

Nate Campbell, project management, talks about the

Nate Campbell, project management, talks about the

Nate Campbell, project management, talks about the Corps’ missions with a member of the public during an open house aboard to Motor Vessel Mississippi in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota, in 2016.

St. Paul District cultivates need for knowledge management

St. Paul District cultivates need for knowledge management

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Maj. Dwight Howell, St. Paul District quality and knowledge manager, presents the inaugural RED talk at the district's headquarters in St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 19. The RED talks, short for resea... More

Corps launches REDChampions

Corps launches REDChampions

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Kenton Spading, left, and Vanessa Hamer talk during the creation of the St. Paul District’s first REDChampions interview at the St. Paul District, Feb. 17.

Jason Walsh, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center,

Jason Walsh, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center,

Jason Walsh, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, safety specialist, listens to a briefing on Operation Blue Roof at the Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District’s Recovery Field Office in Tam... More

EVERGLADES CITY Fla. – Debris is piled up on the corner

EVERGLADES CITY Fla. – Debris is piled up on the corner

EVERGLADES CITY Fla. – Debris is piled up on the corner of a city street in Everglades City, Florida, Oct. 18. A 4-person team from the Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, was in the city collecting site i... More

SOUTH BAY, Fla. –John Campbell, Corps of Engineers,

SOUTH BAY, Fla. –John Campbell, Corps of Engineers,

SOUTH BAY, Fla. –John Campbell, Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District public affairs chief, highlights the district’s daily inspections of the Herbert Hoover Dike at Lake Okeechobee, near South Bay Florida,... More

MARATHON, Fla. – Mike Rist, Corps of Engineers, Huntington

MARATHON, Fla. – Mike Rist, Corps of Engineers, Huntington

MARATHON, Fla. – Mike Rist, Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, quality assurance inspector, left, talks with Lou Van De Gejuchte, a homeowner in Marathon, Florida, about a housing site inspection Oct. 21.... More

Brian Given, a Huntington District natural resources

Brian Given, a Huntington District natural resources

Brian Given, a Huntington District natural resources program manager deployed as a housing mission manager, checks his computer for new housing inspection sites in Key Largo, Florida, Oct. 24. Given is the miss... More

Cullum Miller, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville

Cullum Miller, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville

Cullum Miller, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, technical services section chief, and a quality assurance supervisor in Florida, reviews a completed blue roof installation in Marathon, Florida,... More

Corps, partners plant trees in honor of Earth Day

Corps, partners plant trees in honor of Earth Day

LYNXVILLE, Wisc. — Andy Meier, St. Paul District forester, trims tree roots during a tree planting on a newly created island near Lynxville, Wisconsin, April 20. The Corps partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildl... More

MOROVIS, Puerto Rico – Scott Turner, Nashville District

MOROVIS, Puerto Rico – Scott Turner, Nashville District

MOROVIS, Puerto Rico – Scott Turner, Nashville District employee and quality assurance inspector, looks at a map highlighting the electrical power grid near Morovis, Puerto Rico, May 15. Turner is a part of the... More

UTUADO, Puerto Rico – USACE and its contractors restore

UTUADO, Puerto Rico – USACE and its contractors restore

UTUADO, Puerto Rico – USACE and its contractors restore power to the S.U. Martha Lafontaine School, near Utuado, Puerto Rico, May 17. USACE is working as part of the Unified Command, along with the Puerto Rico ... More

UTUADO, Puerto Rico – USACE and its contractors restore

UTUADO, Puerto Rico – USACE and its contractors restore

UTUADO, Puerto Rico – USACE and its contractors restore power to the Su Martha Lafontaine School, near Utuado, Puerto Rico, May 17. USACE is working as part of the Unified Command, along with the Puerto Rico Po... More

CAGUAS, Puerto Rico – Capt. Andrew Clark speaks to

CAGUAS, Puerto Rico – Capt. Andrew Clark speaks to

CAGUAS, Puerto Rico – Capt. Andrew Clark speaks to USACE employees at a supply depot in Caguas, Puerto Rico, May 19. USACE began transitioning power grid supplies to the Puerto Rico Power Authority following th... More

PONCE, Puerto Rico – USACE logisticians continue supporting

PONCE, Puerto Rico – USACE logisticians continue supporting

PONCE, Puerto Rico – USACE logisticians continue supporting Hurricane Maria recovery efforts by maintaining supply chains at the port in Ponce, Puerto Rico, May 22. FEMA mission assigned USACE the central respo... More

HUMACAO, Puerto Rico –USACE environmental restoration

HUMACAO, Puerto Rico –USACE environmental restoration

HUMACAO, Puerto Rico –USACE environmental restoration specialists discuss habitat restoration efforts near Humacao, Puerto Rico, May 23. USACE environmental specialists continue supporting Hurricane Maria recov... More

Items for the Puerto Rico grid restoration mission

Items for the Puerto Rico grid restoration mission

Items for the Puerto Rico grid restoration mission are brought to the Aguadilla Airport Laydown Yard in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, May 24. The USACE Bill of Materials Squad on assignment by FEMA oversees the purch... More

Paul Armstrong, Task Force Puerto Rico Recovery safety

Paul Armstrong, Task Force Puerto Rico Recovery safety

Paul Armstrong, Task Force Puerto Rico Recovery safety manager, right, talks with Wayne Plucker, USACE quality assurance inspector, about environmental habitat restoration efforts near Humacao, Puerto Rico, May... More

Daryle Tripp II, USACE debris engineer, monitors debris

Daryle Tripp II, USACE debris engineer, monitors debris

Daryle Tripp II, USACE debris engineer, monitors debris reduction efforts at a temporary disposal reduction site in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, May 31. The USACE contractors have collected more than 4 million cubic y... More

SAND SPRINGS, Okla. – Members of the Oklahoma National

SAND SPRINGS, Okla. – Members of the Oklahoma National

SAND SPRINGS, Okla. – Members of the Oklahoma National Guard and Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District work on filling sandbags to fight flooding, near Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 30. The Corps’ Tulsa District is a... More

Corps provides technical consultation to city, county officials in Tulsa during May floods

Corps provides technical consultation to city, county officials in Tul...

Bill Minock, fleet manager for the Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Logistics Office, ensures a pump is appriately placed to remove ponding water at the Tulsa West Tulsa Levee. Minock, and other Cor... More

John Davis, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth

John Davis, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth

John Davis, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, general supply technician, monitors sandbag filling operations near the Arkansas River in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, May 31. Davis is one of many Corp... More

Water flows downstream of the Elk City Lake spillway

Water flows downstream of the Elk City Lake spillway

Water flows downstream of the Elk City Lake spillway June 3. The lake elevation is currently about 1 foot above the spillway elevation of 825 feet. Following historic rains, the Elk City Lake staff began 24-hou... More

The Toronto Lake Dam as seen from the overlook area

The Toronto Lake Dam as seen from the overlook area

The Toronto Lake Dam as seen from the overlook area June 4. The Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District manages the reservoir to reduce flood risks to downstream communities. The Tulsa District is storing flood wat... More

Mallory Reynolds, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa

Mallory Reynolds, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa

Mallory Reynolds, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, park ranger at John Redmond Reservoir, near Burlington, Kansas, marks a location on the downstream side of the dam’s embankment June 6. Reynolds i... More

Bob Edstrom, St. Paul District project manager, addresses

Bob Edstrom, St. Paul District project manager, addresses

Bob Edstrom, St. Paul District project manager, addresses the public during a meeting in Kellogg, Minnesota, Sept. 26. The district is nearing the completion of the dredged material management plan for Pool 5 a... More

Emergency response activation includes new gadgets

Emergency response activation includes new gadgets

Phil White, St. Paul District readiness operations center chief, discusses the capabilities and benefits of the new dashboard system recently installed. The system pulls real-time data from a variety of platfor... More

Non-standard estate opens doors for dredged material placement sites

Non-standard estate opens doors for dredged material placement sites

Real estate specialists Stephanie Dupey (left) and Penny Caldwell (right), talk to a member of the public at the Pool 2 dredged material management plan public meeting in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, on Dec. 9.

The Motor Vessel Miss Doris pushes 12 barges up the

The Motor Vessel Miss Doris pushes 12 barges up the

The Motor Vessel Miss Doris pushes 12 barges up the Upper Mississippi River in Wabasha, Minnesota, March 18. The tow is the first vessel of the 2020 navigation season to reach Lake Pepin. Located between the Mi... More

Clay Tallman, St. Paul District project manager, reviews

Clay Tallman, St. Paul District project manager, reviews

Clay Tallman, St. Paul District project manager, reviews the daily agenda aboard a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter en route to an alternate care facility site inspection in northeast Minnesota March 31. The U.S. Arm... More

David Voyda, Kansas City District mechanical engineer,

David Voyda, Kansas City District mechanical engineer,

David Voyda, Kansas City District mechanical engineer, checks the ventilation system at a hotel in South Central Minnesota during an alternate care facility site inspection April 1. The U.S. Army Corps of Engin... More

Christine Moss, St. Paul District civil engineer, reviews

Christine Moss, St. Paul District civil engineer, reviews

Christine Moss, St. Paul District civil engineer, reviews a set of building plans during an alternate care facility site inspection in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area April 3. The U.S. Army Corps of ... More

Jake Fall, St. Paul District concrete materials engineer

Jake Fall, St. Paul District concrete materials engineer

Jake Fall, St. Paul District concrete materials engineer observes the first placement of concrete at the site near Horace, North Dakota, July 27. The Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is working in partner... More

Survey monuments are marked prior to being placed at

Survey monuments are marked prior to being placed at

Survey monuments are marked prior to being placed at various locations along the Red River of the North and its tributaries. The Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, in partnership with the Rock Island and Om... More

April McCann, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul

April McCann, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul

April McCann, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District construction representative, inspects the Fargo-Moorhead Metro Diversion Inlet structure, near Horace, North Dakota, Aug. 11.

Steve Eggers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul

Steve Eggers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul

Steve Eggers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District senior ecologist, teaches wetland delineation methodologies during a delineation short course near La Crosse, Wisconsin, Oct. 2.

Corps of Engineers continues planning efforts for dredged material placement plan, eyes public review later this year

Corps of Engineers continues planning efforts for dredged material pla...

Eric Hanson, St. Paul District senior ecologist and environmental planner, conducts a wetland delineation at the Rolling Prairie Site, near Kellogg, Minnesota, Nov. 9, 2020. Hansen is using the information he c... More

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District Survey

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District Survey

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District Survey Technicians Dan DeVaney, left, and Bill Chelmowski ride on an airboat above the ice at Lake Pepin, near Red Wing, Minnesota, Feb. 9. The lake is a part of ... More

PONCE, Puerto Rico – USACE logisticians continue supporting

PONCE, Puerto Rico – USACE logisticians continue supporting

PONCE, Puerto Rico – USACE logisticians continue supporting Hurricane Maria recovery efforts by maintaining supply chains at the port in Ponce, Puerto Rico, May 22. FEMA mission assigned USACE the central respo... More

Eugene Alm, a quality assurance representative with

Eugene Alm, a quality assurance representative with

Eugene Alm, a quality assurance representative with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, observes the construction of temporary levees in Georgetown, Minn., April 8. The Corps is actively involv... More

Rich Shueneman, Corps sub area engineer and Mankato,

Rich Shueneman, Corps sub area engineer and Mankato,

Rich Shueneman, Corps sub area engineer and Mankato, Minn., native, explains the current status of levee construction in Valley City, N.D., April 10. Shueneman said the Corps is nearing completion on the initia... More

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District's

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District's

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District's Baldhill Dam releases the spring runoff, April 10. The Corps uses the dam to provide controlled releases for flood fighting. The Corps continues to assist l... More

Ed Eaton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District

Ed Eaton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District

Ed Eaton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District hydraulic engineer, observes a river gage on the Souris River near Sawyer, N.D., April 11. Eaton is doing reconnaissance work along the Souris River Bas... More

Karl Schmitz, a Corps of Engineers quality assurance

Karl Schmitz, a Corps of Engineers quality assurance

Karl Schmitz, a Corps of Engineers quality assurance representative in Sawyer, N.D., takes a measurement on a temporary emergency levee April 12. Schmitz is a dredging coordinator for the U.S. Army Corps of Eng... More

A Louisiana National Guard soldier guides a Blackhawk

A Louisiana National Guard soldier guides a Blackhawk

A Louisiana National Guard soldier guides a Blackhawk helicopter placing sandbags on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Vidalia, La., May 16. The Corps of Engineers and the National Guard are among many ... More

Col. Michael Price, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St.

Col. Michael Price, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St.

Col. Michael Price, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District commander, left, briefs U.S. Senator Kent Conrad on floodfighting efforts in Minot, N.D. June 1. The Corps of Engineers continues to assist lo... More

Water floods areas along the Souris River Basin near

Water floods areas along the Souris River Basin near

Water floods areas along the Souris River Basin near Minot, N.D., June 2. The Corps of Engineers is currently reinforcing levees within the City of Minot and other communities along the river to protect citizen... More

North Dakota National Guard soldiers place poly over

North Dakota National Guard soldiers place poly over

North Dakota National Guard soldiers place poly over temporary emergency levees built by the Corps of Engineers in Minot, N.D., June 2. The Corps and the National Guard are supporting the City of Minot fight hi... More

Jake Fall, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District,

Jake Fall, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District,

Jake Fall, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, materials engineer, measures the elevation of a temporary emergency levee in Minot, N.D., June 3. The Corps has built more than 10 miles of levees wit... More

Congressman Rick Berg, right, talks to Roland Hamborg,

Congressman Rick Berg, right, talks to Roland Hamborg,

Congressman Rick Berg, right, talks to Roland Hamborg, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, Souris River area flood engineer, about the temporary levees within the City of Minot, N.D., June 4. The C... More

A Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, contractor

A Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, contractor

A Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, contractor builds a ring dike around a temporary emergency levee in Minot, N.D. Protecting human life is the Corps number one priority and the Corps continues to evaluat... More

Charles Boyd, second from right, a U.S. Army Corps

Charles Boyd, second from right, a U.S. Army Corps

Charles Boyd, second from right, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District engineer, talks with North Dakota National Guard soldiers about protecting a temporary levee in Minot, N.D. June 7. The corps, ... More

Soldiers with the North Dakota National Guard wait

Soldiers with the North Dakota National Guard wait

Soldiers with the North Dakota National Guard wait for their sandbag-loaded truck to be unloaded in Burlington, N.D., June 21. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and the National Guard, are cu... More

A temporary levee in Minot, N.D., nears overtopping

A temporary levee in Minot, N.D., nears overtopping

A temporary levee in Minot, N.D., nears overtopping from the Souris River June 22. The city of Minot enforced a mandatory evacuation shortly before 1 p.m. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, al... More

The Souris River swells above the temporary levees

The Souris River swells above the temporary levees

The Souris River swells above the temporary levees in Minot, N.D., June 23. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District's number one priority is protecting human life, and they continue to provide techn... More

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