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It’s no exaggeration: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) environmental work in the United States, and in support of military installations and other international customers around the world, comprises …

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Park Rangers Protecting natural resources and the public

As a boy growing up in the small town of Seneca, S.C., Scott Kelley lived an idyllic childhood in an aquatic paradise: Between Lake Keowee to the north and Hartwell …

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Global Climate Change Adapting the Army Corps of Engineers' mission

In 2007, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported: “Observational evidence from all continents and most oceans shows that many natural systems are being affected by regional climate …

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USACE Reconceptualizes Flood Risk Management

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s (USACE) first disaster response mission was relatively straightforward: When the Mississippi River flooded in 1882, USACE transported supplies in and civilians out. But in …

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This large Burmese python, weighing 162 pounds and more than 15 feet long at the time of its capture in 2009, was caught alive in the Everglades and was found to have eaten an American alligator that measured about 6 feet in length. University of Florida researchers in the photo: Michael Rochford is holding the python's head, and Alex Wolf and Therese Walters are holding the python's body. Precipitous declines in formerly common mammals in Everglades National Park have been linked to the presence of invasive Burmese pythons, and other constrictors, according to a study published Jan. 30, 2012, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. University of Florida photo, Mike Rochford

Invasive Species: Identification, Control, and Management USACE continues to battle non-natives

If zebra mussels, hydrilla, giant salvinia, kudzu, emerald ash borer, Burmese python, Asian carp, and saltcedar are on the areas that you are responsible for managing, you may have a …

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Park ranger Alicia Cannon let Caneyville, Ky., first-graders touch turtles, non-venomous snakes, and ferrets during their visit to Louisville District's Rough River Lake May 19, 2011, for a mini eco-meet. One of the goals of President Barack Obama's America's Great Outdoors initiative is to "build stewardship values and engage youth in conservation and recreation." U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photos

Army Corps Recreation Facilities Offer an Array of Outdoor Activities

Across the country, people are looking for something to do on a free day. Some want to lie in bed and read a book. Some would rather spend the day …

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National Park Service map of Everglades National Park, Fla., which covers more than 1.5 million acres. Also shown is the Big Cypress National Preserve (upper left) and the Biscayne National Park (right). Wikimedia Commons

USACE Everglades Restoration Picks up the Pace

“There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the Earth, remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is …

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Workers from Chesapeake Geosystems, Inc., use a grout mixer. The grout produced will be pumped into a geothermal well site. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Ryan Scanlan

USACE Extols Benefits of Harnessing Ground Source Energy

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You don’t have to coax Dan Sirkis into talking about geothermal energy.

The chief of the Geo-Environmental Section in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Philadelphia District extols the …

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The desire to reduce America's reliance on foreign oil and explore alternative energy strategies is one of our great national challenges, and South Carolina appears to be a front-runner in the quest for offshore wind power. In 2009, the South Carolina Energy Office formed a Regulatory Task Force for Coastal Clean Energy to evaluate regulatory requirements facing any utility or entrepreneur who proposes to install wind turbines off the coast of South Carolina, similar to those pictured here, which are located off the coast of Denmark. Photo courtesy of Nuon.com

USACE Finds Wind Power Gaining Momentum as a Viable Energy Alternative The Army Corps of Engineers is committed to increased energy efficiency

The development of alternative energy options is fast becoming a priority to many Americans and has emerged during the past several years as one of the nation’s great challenges. There …

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USACE's Regulatory Program protects waters of the United States, including navigable waters and federally delineated wetlands, like this one in central Florida. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

The Protection and Permission Mission

Meg Gaffney-Smith and the 1,300 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) regulators she oversees nationwide as the USACE Regulatory Program chief have a tough job on their hands. Every day, …

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