22 Sep 2025

Matrix Teams Power Success at USACE Buffalo District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is known for managing some of the most complex infrastructure and environmental projects in the nation. But doing so takes collaboration across a wide range of job roles and expertise. For the USACE Buffalo District, matrix teams make it happen.

22 Sep 2025

Army Fellows Program Builds USACE’s Next Generation of Leaders

For students graduating college, choosing the right first job is a difficult decision, often seen as a trajectory-setting step for an entire career. But for a select group of new employees in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District, a first job has become a transformative experience, helping them up to find their ideal fit and become leaders in the organization.

15 Sep 2025

Rare historic footage surfaces of 1961 Wheeler Lock collapse

ROGERSVILLE, Ala. (Sept. 15, 2025) – A forgotten piece of motion picture history recently surfaced from a retired U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operations manager for the Tennessee River. Jim Davis, who served in the Nashville District from 1968 to 2014, discovered an old Kodachrome movie in his family’s possession containing unseen footage of the wall collapse at Wheeler Lock in 1961.

12 Sep 2025

USACE completes Fort Campbell Middle School for 2025-26 school year

A brand-new chapter in education began this August as more than 700 students walked into the newly constructed Fort Campbell Middle School for the first time. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District delivered the 167,000-square-foot facility prior to the first day of the school year, giving students in grades five through seven a modern, flexible, and inspiring environment in which to learn.

9 Sep 2025

Nashville District invests in tomorrow’s leaders through leadership program

Eighteen employees from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District graduated from the Level I Leadership Development Program, which focused on self-awareness, communication, and adaptable leadership. The six-month course fostered cross-departmental collaboration and emphasized flexible leadership, with participants expressing gratitude for the networking and personal growth opportunities. The program underscores the district’s commitment to developing effective leaders to meet complex, evolving challenges.

9 Sep 2025

USACE and Stockbridge-Munsee Community Collaborate to Improve Fish Passage in Wisconsin Watershed

Fish Biologist Alex Catalano and Biologist Andrew Miller, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Chicago District, recently joined forces with the Stockbridge-Munsee Community (SMC) Ecology Department to evaluate the impact of road culverts on Aquatic Organism Passage (AOP) in the West Branch of the Red River near Bowler, Wisconsin. The collaborative effort, combining local ecological knowledge and federal technical expertise, aims to determine whether two culverts are restricting fish movement — and if so, prioritize solutions that improve connectivity across the watershed.

8 Sep 2025

Sailing to Victory: USACE's Mike Rohde Takes First in the Mackinac Race

Mike Rohde, Chief of Real Estate for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Chicago, Detroit, and Buffalo Districts, sailed to victory last month, taking first place in his group during the prestigious Mackinac Race.

8 Sep 2025

Survey of Trees at Old Fort Niagara Helps Shape Future Shoreline Protection

BUFFALO, N.Y. – A recent survey of trees at Old Fort Niagara in Porter, NY, completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, is helping guide the future of shoreline protection along Lake Ontario, where natural preservation is combined with historic preservation. The district conducted a comprehensive tree survey within the project area for the Old Fort Niagara Emergency Shoreline Stabilization project, which is focused on mitigating wave action that threatens the fort's 18th and 19th-century structures, including the French Castle. The survey was coordinated in partnership with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, which manages the site.

4 Sep 2025

Keeping the Harbors Strong: The Breakwater Assessment Team Protects Great Lakes Infrastructure

The Great Lakes are more than scenic, they are vital to the U.S. and Canadian economies. Together, the ports, harbors and channels that make up the Great Lakes Navigation System support nearly 238,000 jobs and generate more than $28 billion in business revenue each year. From raw materials fueling manufacturing plants to the flow of goods and tourism that sustain local communities, this system touches nearly every part of daily life in the region.

2 Sep 2025

Massive Wall Beams make their move to Chickamauga Lock

After over a decade in storage, massive 120-foot-long concrete wall beams are being transported by barge from Watts Bar Dam to the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project site, marking a key milestone in improving navigation infrastructure on the Tennessee River. These beams, originally fabricated in 2013, are crucial to completing the upstream approach wall, which is now 68% finished. The transport involves careful coordination using hydraulic systems and rotating barges over several weeks, with beam installation underway. Once complete, the new lock will significantly increase efficiency for commercial navigation, processing nine jumbo barges per lockage compared to just one currently.