Mitigation Banks under the Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404

Josh Bennett

Justin Elkins, Mitigation Banking Program Manager, conducts a site visit to inspect wetland that was established as part of Mitigation Banking.

2019 Small Business Conference

Mary Ann Herrick

2019 Small Business Conference

Bluestone Celebrations

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On July 9, 2019 the Bluestone Dam Safety Assurance Team were joined by U.S. Congresswoman Carol Miller from the 3rd District of West Virginia and representatives from Senator Manchin and Senator Capito, as well Hinton City Mayor Joe Blankenship, the WV Division of Natural Resources Director Stephen McDaniel, and Tim Tailor from Brayman Construction to help celebrate major accomplishments since the receipt of full funding in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.

Dam Safety in Laos

Justin Pummell

Ed Stowasser, Hydraulic Engineer, Huntington District, Dam Safety Production Center recently returned from a trip to Laos in support of United States Indo-Pacific Command, the US Department of State, the US Embassy in Vientiane, and the Lao PDR Ministry of Energy and Mines. He served on a team of subject matter experts to provide technical review and advice to the Government of Laos’ Dam Safety International Advisory team. This effort was part of the Government of Laos’ national dam safety initiative to help the Government of Laos conduct a safety review of foreign owned and operated hydropower facilities throughout the country.

Bluestone Dam Edges Closer to Completion

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The makeover at Bluestone Dam has been a slow process – but the final part of the process is now underway. Located on the scenic New River in southern West Virginia, the dam is a massive concrete structure built in the 1940s to reduce flooding across the state. It’s enjoyed a long history of success, preventing more than $6 billion in flood damages during its lifetime - but the ability of the dam to withstand a major storm was called into question in the late 1990s.

R3F Marietta Repair Station Repairs Gathright Dam (NAO) Gate

​The Marietta Repair Station (MRS) mobile repair party has returned to base from Gathright Dam (NAO) with the damaged components from the water quality gate operator.

Burnsville Lake Hosts First Aid and CPR Training

The Burnsville Lake new office addition was used to host a joint first aid and CPR training for 18 staff members from both Burnsville and Sutton Lakes and 5 volunteers.

​ ​PCXIN-DM Staff Celebrates Efficient Data Collection

In October 2017, the Institute for Water Resource (IWR) challenged the Waterborne Commerce Statistics (WCS) Team nationwide with finding efficiencies in data collection and processing on the WCS mission. The Planning Center of Expertise for Inland Navigation's Data Management Branch located within LRH, which processes approximately forty percent of the nation's Waterborne Commerce Statistics annually, decided to focus on increasing automation, and in turn reducing data entry.

COL Evers presents Ashley Pierson with the Commanders Award

The Burnsville Lake's Lake Project Assistant, Ashley Pierson, was recently honored by the USACE Wilmington District for her time on deployment for Hurricane Florence recovery. She received the Commander's Award for Civilian Service for her efforts as the Temporary Housing Mission Manager in North Carolina.

LDP Graduation

The Huntington District celebrated the 3rd graduating class of LDP1 on 24 April 2019. This course was developed to provide initial leadership training and development to the workforce.

Science and Sutton Lake go hand in hand!

​We are excited about our partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and WV DNR on this mussel study! USFWS, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the WVDNR partnered together to test the feasibility of extensively culturing freshwater mussels in three U.S. Army Corps of Engineer reservoirs in WV. USFWS and the WVDNR placed three cages with ~30 Largemouth bass infested with Pocketbook glochidia (larval mussels) in Sutton reservoir on 6/7/2018.

MG Toy Visits Supplemental Project Sites

MG Mark Toy visited supplemental projects in Martin and Paintsville, Ky. as well as Milton W.Va. to gain an appreciation of their status. MG Toy was able to meet with project team members, partners from the WVNG and visit businesses that will directly benefit from the projects once completed.

LRD Commanding General Visits Bluestone Dam

BG (P) Toy, Commanding General, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division visited Bluestone Dam to gain a greater appreciation of the current status of the Bluestone Dam Safety Assurance (DSA) Mega Project and tour Bluestone Dam and its active construction sites. He was able to develop a better understanding and give support for implementation of procured work as well as Phase 5 as approved by a 2017 Dam Safety Modification Report Supplement (DSMRS). The Senior Project Manager Aaron Smith briefs BG (P) Toy while LTC Miller, Commander, Huntington District looks on.

Sutton

Sutton Dam

New Technology at R.D. Bailey

The R. D. Bailey Lake Dam was recently updated with new technology: automated piezometers which were installed on December 9, 2017.

Water Quality Intensive Surveys

Steve Foster, Kamryn Tufts, Andy Johnson, Emma Kist, Christy Stefanides, and Thaddaeus Tuggle, Huntington District Water Quality, collected water chemistry and chlorophyll in the lake, tail waters, and inflows of Bluestone, Burnsville, Summersville, and Sutton Lakes.

Leesville Lake

The view of the intake structure while gathering water samples at Leesville Lake in Bowerston, Ohio.

Summersville Lake

Summersville Lake

Marmet Locks and Dam

Marmet Locks and Dam

Feb 06 2015

Regulatory on the River

The Project Managers take a seat on their floating classroom on a barge connect to the “Laurel J.”

Apr 17 2014

Tom Jenkins Lake

Tom Jenkins Lake

Dec 09 2013

London Locks

London Locks and Dam

Dec 09 2013

Summersville Dam

Summersville Dam