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Dr. Manya Singh, a study manager-Environmental Justice, LA District, talks with attendees about her

LA District Planners Highlight USACE Environmental Justice and Engineering with Nature Initiatives

The symposium brought together governments, non-profit organizations, community-based organizations, scientists, academics, agency representatives, land managers and other interested parties to discuss emerging concerns about the Los Angeles River in the era of climate change. Megan Whalen, a watershed program manager

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Solar panels on a building at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, show signs of damage following Hurricane Harvey in August 2017. Their restoration is one of many projects resulting from the Navy’s expanded partnership with Huntsville Center’s Resource Efficiency Manager Program. (U.S. Navy photo)

Resource Efficiency Managers Expand Partnership with Navy Installations

Following years of energy-saving successes at Naval Base Guam, the Navy is expanding its partnership with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s Resource Efficiency Manager Program. Huntsville Center’s REM program improves installation energy programs by developing site energy

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The aftermath of the Almeda wildfire in Oregon in 2022 can be seen through a burned-out van. Members of the Kansas City District’s debris project response team deployed to Oregon in 2022 after a wildfire as part of a technical monitoring mission. (USACE photo by Christine Paul)

Ready, Willing and Able: Kansas City District’s Debris Planning and Response Team Ready to Respond When Disaster Strikes

When a disaster occurs, whether natural or manmade, and the state in which it occurred is not equipped to handle the response and cleanup afterwards, the governor may declare a State of Emergency, which is needed prior to a request

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