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, …
The work of many organizations can be likened to theatrical performance. Employees are given duties to carry out in the world of commerce and enterprise much as actors are given …
It’s hard to imagine a busier region than Washington’s Green River Valley. The industrialized estuary south of downtown Seattle straddles the Green River from its mouth, where it is known …
If the Corps of Engineers can’t do it, who will?” asked Don Kisicki, deputy chief of Interagency and International Services (IIS) at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, referring to …
That the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Native Americans have, until recent times, had an antagonistic and unfortunately one-sided relationship, is a matter of historical fact. But over …
The Florida Everglades are, in effect, America’s water garden. This vast collection of marshes, swamps, forests, rivers, and tributaries in southern Florida is home to myriad species of animals, fish, …
The General Survey Act of 1824 authorized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to formulate surveys for waterways that were of commercial or military importance, or were used for …
In 1996, the Civil Military Emergency Preparedness (CMEP) Program began working with former Warsaw Pact nations in Europe and Central Asia to build regional and international relationships, and develop a …
For the past five years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) put its portfolio of approximately 675 dams through the first level of rigor in its risk analysis methodology, …
Not long ago, flood risk management was considered to be the work of individual communities. Within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), decisions were made at the district or …
