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Soo Locks open early for 2021 shipping season

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District prepares to open the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, on March 15, 2021. To prepare the Lock for the opening of the shipping season, workers began watering the lock by opening valves in stop logs placed to hold back the St. Marys River.

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Operations at the Luckey Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program Site cleanup located in Luckey, Ohio, proceeded as normal on Tuesday, February 23, but this was no ordinary day. The cleanup of beryllium, lead, radium-226, thorium-230, uranium-234, and uranium-238 at the site hit three significant milestones that day.

Luckey FUSRAP Site hits Milestone Trifecta

Tychsen Yager, Civil Engineer, Ohio Area Office, and Marc Graham Health Physicist, Environmental Health Team, with truck travelling the 1 millionth mile with contaminated material from the Luckey FUSRAP Site.

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Students tour Nashville District lock

Students from Upperman High School toured Nashville District's Cordell Hull Lock March 10, 2021 on Cumberland River in Carthage #Tennessee. The class is studying logistics and learned the role locks play in shipping and commerce!

“Rocketship” navigates Kentucky Lock

The “Rocketship” out of Cape Canaveral just navigated through Kentucky Lock on the Tennessee River in Grand Rivers Kentucky - Nashville District operates and maintains the lock at the Tennessee Valley Authority project.

LRD New Employee Spotlight

John Allis Chief, Water Management Division New Employee Spotlight

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Avid Crossfitter joins the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division

3/25/2021

New Employee Spotlight: John Allis, Chief, Water Management Division...

ERDC University 2021 selectees announced

3/24/2021

Engineers from four U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) districts have been selected for the 2021 session of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Now in its...

Employee Spotlight: 20 questions in 60 seconds with Suzanne Chubb

12/30/2020

Suzanne Chubb, Regulatory Program Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division (LRD), was recently selected as the October Employee of the Month...

Employee Spotlight: 28 Questions in 60 Seconds with Gaurav Dhital

12/28/2020

"I am very happy to be the part of this great institution(USACE) and I am thankful to all for appreciating my effort to accomplish the goal of USACE," said Gaurav Dhital, LRD November Employee of the...

Nashville District deputy district engineer culminates impactful career

12/11/2020

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 11, 2020) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District honored its retiring deputy district engineer yesterday. Few people were physically present due to COVID-19...

USACE restores nature with nature

12/9/2020

The Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, recently implemented multiple projects to restore aquatic habitat along 2,412 linear feet of the Buffalo River’s hardened shoreline. These projects...

LRD is proud supporter of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM).

10/1/2020

US Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division is proud to support National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). Held each October, NDEAM aims to educate about disability...