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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District , in cooperation with Bavarian environmental authorities, the garrison and the bauamt keep Grafenwoehr’s waters in check Sept. 7, 2011 by repairing two dams. The dams, built by German troops prior to World War I, are now over 100 years old. During a routine safety inspection in 2009 the dams were found to be deficient. Today, repair work is underway. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Rachel Goodspeed)
Lt. Col. John L. Hudson (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander; Bill DeBruyn (Second from Right), resident engineer; Linda Adcock, project manager; update Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, USACE commander and chief engineer, on the Center Hill Dam Seepage Rehabilitation Project during a tour of the project in Lancaster, Tenn., July 22, 2014. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)
Authorized in the Flood Control Act of 1946, construction on Gathright Dam began in 1974 and completed in 1979. The dam sits about 20 miles upstream from Covington, Va., on the Jackson River in Alleghany County, Va. The dam is a rolled rock fill embankment with a compacted earthen clay core, outlet works and an emergency spillway located at the right abutment. The embankment is 1,310 feet long with a height of 257 feet. The width is 32 feet at the top of the dam with a maximum width of 1000 feet at its base.
(U.S. Army Photo)
The labor-intensive job of diverting fresh water into the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge has become easier since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District replaced the old wooden structures with custom-built diversion gates. The Fresh Water Control System was originally installed as a mitigation feature for the 1977 Savannah harbor deepening project. At a cost of $12.5 million, the new stainless steel structures modernize and automate the process of controlling water in the area. Previously, wildlife managers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could only route water to 3,000 acres of wetlands for waterfowl; with the gate improvements, the water management area has doubled to 6,000 acres. The project was completed in autumn 2011.
Resident Engineer Paul Jalowski talks with a contractor during work on a railroad closure gate structure in Bound Brook, N.J., on October 6, 2011. The closure gate is the final major piece of the "ring" of protection surrounding Bound Brook. Recently during Hurricane Irene, the already completed work around Bound Brook helped mitigate a great deal of flooding (though not all of it), despite the project not yet being completed. (photo by Chris Gardner, New York District public affairs)
R.D. James (Right), assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works, recognizes (Left to Right) Tim Dunn, deputy chief of Operations Division; Eric Pagoria, Construction Branch chief; and Kirsten Ronholt, Office of Counsel, for excellence during a town meeting Nov. 14, 2019 at the district’s headquarters in Nashville, Tenn. (USACE Photo by Mark Abernathy)
The labor-intensive job of diverting fresh water into the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge has become easier since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District replaced the old wooden structures with custom-built diversion gates. The Fresh Water Control System was originally installed as a mitigation feature for the 1977 Savannah harbor deepening project. At a cost of $12.5 million, the new stainless steel structures modernize and automate the process of controlling water in the area. Previously, wildlife managers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could only route water to 3,000 acres of wetlands for waterfowl; with the gate improvements, the water management area has doubled to 6,000 acres. The project was completed in autumn 2011.
The labor-intensive job of diverting fresh water into the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge has become easier since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District replaced the old wooden structures with custom-built diversion gates. The Fresh Water Control System was originally installed as a mitigation feature for the 1977 Savannah harbor deepening project. At a cost of $12.5 million, the new stainless steel structures modernize and automate the process of controlling water in the area. Previously, wildlife managers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could only route water to 3,000 acres of wetlands for waterfowl; with the gate improvements, the water management area has doubled to 6,000 acres. The project was completed in autumn 2011.
Upgrading the storm water street drainage system in Camberwell. The deep cut here is through stable hard clay, avoiding the requirement for full 'shuttering'. This method enables the work to be completed rapidly - the cut, preparation, pipe laying and back fill can be completed within hours rather than weeks!
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District continues work Sept. 7, 2011 on the $380,000 repair, cleaning and grubbing of the Schlatterweiher and Hammerweiher dams at Grafenwoehr training area. The project scope is limited to critical repairs but USACE will also provide plans for reoccurring maintenance in compliance with host nation environmental standards. Read more at www.army.mil/article/64945/ (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Rachel Goodspeed)
The labor-intensive job of diverting fresh water into the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge has become easier since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District replaced the old wooden structures with custom-built diversion gates. The Fresh Water Control System was originally installed as a mitigation feature for the 1977 Savannah harbor deepening project. At a cost of $12.5 million, the new stainless steel structures modernize and automate the process of controlling water in the area. Previously, wildlife managers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could only route water to 3,000 acres of wetlands for waterfowl; with the gate improvements, the water management area has doubled to 6,000 acres. The project was completed in autumn 2011.
The labor-intensive job of diverting fresh water into the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge has become easier since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District replaced the old wooden structures with custom-built diversion gates. The Fresh Water Control System was originally installed as a mitigation feature for the 1977 Savannah harbor deepening project. At a cost of $12.5 million, the new stainless steel structures modernize and automate the process of controlling water in the area. Previously, wildlife managers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could only route water to 3,000 acres of wetlands for waterfowl; with the gate improvements, the water management area has doubled to 6,000 acres. The project was completed in autumn 2011.
The labor-intensive job of diverting fresh water into the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge has become easier since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District replaced the old wooden structures with custom-built diversion gates. The Fresh Water Control System was originally installed as a mitigation feature for the 1977 Savannah harbor deepening project. At a cost of $12.5 million, the new stainless steel structures modernize and automate the process of controlling water in the area. Previously, wildlife managers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could only route water to 3,000 acres of wetlands for waterfowl; with the gate improvements, the water management area has doubled to 6,000 acres. The project was completed in autumn 2011.
R.D. James, assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works, meets with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District workforce Nov. 14, 2019 during a town meeting at the district’s headquarters in Nashville, Tenn. (USACE Photo by Mark Abernathy)
Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at a press conference at the Corps' Northerly Island Ecosystem Restoration Project site, Chicago, June 17, 2014. At right, Gina McCarthy, Environmental Protection Agency administrator; Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works); Michael Kelly, Chicago Park District superintendent. (U.S. Army Photo by Sarah Gross/Released)
Personnel from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers look at the Great Falls in Paterson, N.J., while traveling around the Passaic River Basin Wednesday September 19, 2012.Ray Schembri (in blue), a longtime hydraulic engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, took a group of USACE personnel working on the Passaic River Basin General Re-evaluation Study (including mostly engineers, but also biologists, real estate specialists and more) around the Passaic River Basin to see in person some of the major hydraulic points of interest so they could get a better understanding of the basin. The study is a partnership between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state of New Jersey to evaluate and compare potential flood risk management alternatives for the Passaic River Basin. Click here to learn more about the study.
No alternatives being evaluated include alterations to Great Falls, rather personnel visited it because of its significance in the basin. (photo by Chris Gardner, New York District public affairs)
Resident Engineer Paul Jalowski shows, on October 6, 2011, how high flood waters rose on the river side of a flood wall in Bound Brook, N.J., during Hurricane Irene when it hit earlier in the year. The Raritan River is behind the railroad track that is behind Jalowski. Recently during Hurricane Irene, the already completed work around Bound Brook helped mitigate a great deal of flooding (though not all of it), despite the project not yet being completed. (photo by Chris Gardner, New York District public affairs)
The labor-intensive job of diverting fresh water into the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge has become easier since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District replaced the old wooden structures with custom-built diversion gates. The Fresh Water Control System was originally installed as a mitigation feature for the 1977 Savannah harbor deepening project. At a cost of $12.5 million, the new stainless steel structures modernize and automate the process of controlling water in the area. Previously, wildlife managers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could only route water to 3,000 acres of wetlands for waterfowl; with the gate improvements, the water management area has doubled to 6,000 acres. The project was completed in autumn 2011.
The labor-intensive job of diverting fresh water into the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge has become easier since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District replaced the old wooden structures with custom-built diversion gates. The Fresh Water Control System was originally installed as a mitigation feature for the 1977 Savannah harbor deepening project. At a cost of $12.5 million, the new stainless steel structures modernize and automate the process of controlling water in the area. Previously, wildlife managers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could only route water to 3,000 acres of wetlands for waterfowl; with the gate improvements, the water management area has doubled to 6,000 acres. The project was completed in autumn 2011.
The labor-intensive job of diverting fresh water into the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge has become easier since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District replaced the old wooden structures with custom-built diversion gates. The Fresh Water Control System was originally installed as a mitigation feature for the 1977 Savannah harbor deepening project. At a cost of $12.5 million, the new stainless steel structures modernize and automate the process of controlling water in the area. Previously, wildlife managers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could only route water to 3,000 acres of wetlands for waterfowl; with the gate improvements, the water management area has doubled to 6,000 acres. The project was completed in autumn 2011.
Dave White, Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service and Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary Army, Civil Works signed a Memorandum of Agreement at the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC, Thursday, May 26, 2011. The purpose of the MOU is to promote a long-term working relationship between the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural resources Conservation Service and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works on collaborative efforts to improve the management of water and related natural resources under the missions and authorities of NRCS and the Department of the Army, Civil Works mission through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. USDA Photo by Bob Nichols.
The labor-intensive job of diverting fresh water into the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge has become easier since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District replaced the old wooden structures with custom-built diversion gates. The Fresh Water Control System was originally installed as a mitigation feature for the 1977 Savannah harbor deepening project. At a cost of $12.5 million, the new stainless steel structures modernize and automate the process of controlling water in the area. Previously, wildlife managers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could only route water to 3,000 acres of wetlands for waterfowl; with the gate improvements, the water management area has doubled to 6,000 acres. The project was completed in autumn 2011.
Newly planted salt marsh cordgrass grows where construction debris once littered the shoreline of Scuffletown Creek choking out the natural wetlands on Wednesday, August 4, 2010. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District and the City of Chesapeake, Va., restored about one acre of natural wetlands along Scuffletown Creek, a tributary of the Elizabeth River in Chesapeake, Va., in an effort to bring the river system back to a healthy thriving waterway after centuries of industrial activity impaired it. (U.S. Army Photo/Patrick Bloodgood)
The labor-intensive job of diverting fresh water into the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge has become easier since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District replaced the old wooden structures with custom-built diversion gates. The Fresh Water Control System was originally installed as a mitigation feature for the 1977 Savannah harbor deepening project. At a cost of $12.5 million, the new stainless steel structures modernize and automate the process of controlling water in the area. Previously, wildlife managers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could only route water to 3,000 acres of wetlands for waterfowl; with the gate improvements, the water management area has doubled to 6,000 acres. The project was completed in autumn 2011.
Col. Kirk Gibbs, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, toured Arizona-Nevada Area Office projects Sept. 6-8.
Gibbs' first day was spent meeting with staff, holding a brown-bag luncheon, and presenting awards. Of note, Troy Olson, resident engineer for the Roadrunner Resident Office, and Larry Triphahn, a supervisory civil engineer in the Arizona-Nevada Area Office, received the Achievement Medal for Civilian Service for their support of emergency flood fighting efforts for the White Mountain Apache community of Cedar Creek.
On his second day, Gibbs and staff got boots on the ground holding several meetings with City of Phoenix officials and then visiting the Santa Cruz Wash near Maricopa, Arizona. Kim Gavigan, chief of the water resources planning section, briefed the colonel on the flood risk management study for the Lower Santa Cruz River. Much of the flood plain is located between two major municipalities, Phoenix and Tucson, and is in Pinal County which, according to the study, was the second fastest growing county in the United States during the past decade.
"What has stuck with me the most from this visit? Simply put, our people and the relationships throughout the state of Arizona," said Gibbs. "Our people in the Arizona office are dedicated to our mission and enjoy what they do. It is such a positive working environment out here and I sincerely believe that it is a team of teams - everyone enjoys supporting each other and working together to get the job done."
The District has a robust military construction program as well, recently awarding a contract for nearly $24 million to construct an F-35A squad operations and maintenance hangar at Luke Air Force Base. On his third day, Gibbs visited base projects and met with staff and stakeholders.
"We will continue to have a very strong military program in the state of Arizona," added Gibbs. "Luke Air Force Base, and the Air Force in general, trusts us, and we do exceptional, quality work for them in many of their key programs. The relationships throughout Arizona are built on trust, and ultimately that leads to results."
The old operators' quarters at Mansfield Hollow Dam, Mansfield, Conn. Mansfield Hollow Dam lies on the confluence of the Natchaug, Fenton and Mt. Hope Rivers, in Mansfield, Conn. The dam is part of a network of six flood control dams in the Thames River Basin constructed and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This network helps to reduce flooding in communities within the Thames River Basin by regulating water levels on upstream tributaries in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
Tommy Long (Left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District resident engineer, gives an update on the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project while overlooking ongoing construction to R.D. James, assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works, during a walking tour Nov. 14, 2019 at Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Nashville District is constructing a new 110-foot by 600-foot navigation lock at the Tennessee Valley Authority project. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)
The labor-intensive job of diverting fresh water into the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge has become easier since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District replaced the old wooden structures with custom-built diversion gates. The Fresh Water Control System was originally installed as a mitigation feature for the 1977 Savannah harbor deepening project. At a cost of $12.5 million, the new stainless steel structures modernize and automate the process of controlling water in the area. Previously, wildlife managers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could only route water to 3,000 acres of wetlands for waterfowl; with the gate improvements, the water management area has doubled to 6,000 acres. The project was completed in autumn 2011.
The labor-intensive job of diverting fresh water into the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge has become easier since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District replaced the old wooden structures with custom-built diversion gates. The Fresh Water Control System was originally installed as a mitigation feature for the 1977 Savannah harbor deepening project. At a cost of $12.5 million, the new stainless steel structures modernize and automate the process of controlling water in the area. Previously, wildlife managers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could only route water to 3,000 acres of wetlands for waterfowl; with the gate improvements, the water management area has doubled to 6,000 acres. The project was completed in autumn 2011.
The labor-intensive job of diverting fresh water into the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge has become easier since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District replaced the old wooden structures with custom-built diversion gates. The Fresh Water Control System was originally installed as a mitigation feature for the 1977 Savannah harbor deepening project. At a cost of $12.5 million, the new stainless steel structures modernize and automate the process of controlling water in the area. Previously, wildlife managers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could only route water to 3,000 acres of wetlands for waterfowl; with the gate improvements, the water management area has doubled to 6,000 acres. The project was completed in autumn 2011.
R.D. James, assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works, meets with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District workforce Nov. 14, 2019 during a town meeting at the district’s headquarters in Nashville, Tenn. (USACE Photo by Mark Abernathy)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District leadership accepted the invitation of Navajo Nation Council Delegate Walter Phelps to participate in a round-table discussion at the Leupp Chapter House Dec. 6.
Col. Kirk Gibbs, district commander, David Van Dorpe, deputy district engineer, Ed Demesa, chief of the planning division, and Quana Higgins, district tribal liaison, joined the partnering engagement with Navajo Nation’s Resources and Development Committee.
"The signing of the District's first Tribal Partnership Program agreement is an important milestone, and one that we were proud to achieve with Navajo Nation," said Gibbs. "It is critical that we continue to communicate and strengthen our partnership so that we can move forward with the Watershed Study and help Navajo Nation with their water resource challenges."
Navajo Nation Vice President Jonathan Nez spoke about his vision and administrative priorities saying, "The Navajo Nation is committed to a continued partnership with the Corps through the upcoming watershed study."
Principal hydrologist for Navajo Water Resources Jason John stated, the Nation usually pursue grant opportunities but hasn't partnered in the sense that they share in the cost of the studies as under Tribal Partnership Program with USACE.
"The removal of the Sovereignty Immunity Waiver clause in our Federal Cost Share Agreements enabled them to sign the agreement with us," said Higgins.
Under the TPP, the Corps, in cooperation with tribes and other federal agencies, can complete watershed assessments or determine the feasibility of projects that will substantially benefit Indian tribes.
Next on tap is a scoping charrette, an intensive workshop, to be held by the end of January 2018. This effort will develop the Project Management Plan and define any necessary amendments to the Watershed Assessment Cost Share Agreement.
Newly planted salt marsh cordgrass grows where construction debris once littered the shoreline of Scuffletown Creek choking out the natural wetlands. The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the City of Chesapeake, Va., restored about one acre of natural wetlands along Scuffletown Creek, a tributary of the Elizabeth River in Chesapeake, Va., in an effort to bring the river system back to a healthy thriving waterway after centuries of industrial activity impaired it. (U.S. Army Photo/Patrick Bloodgood)
Upgrading the storm water street drainage system in Camberwell.
Having just placed these two concrete pipes in the trench using the excavator behind him, the operator fitted the black sealing discs into the lifting holes, the last job after aligning the two pipes and fitting the neoprene sealing rings to the pipe joint, on which he is actually standing.
Looking N from I-64 near 29th St.
Each of the three locks at McAlpine Locks has a visible yellow stripe along the top of its far wall.
Nearest to the camera is the 600-foot lock (completed in 1921); one of its open lower gates can be seen at left.
Next is the decommissioned 360-foot lock (completed in 1872, though modified since then); its closed upper gates can be seen at right, beyond the metal-roofed building, and at far right, just below the red fire hose box, is the permanent bulkhead installed when the lock was closed for good in 1970.
Farthest from the camera is the 1200-foot main lock (completed in 1961); the first towboat to lock through was the "Philip Sporn" (doc. # 274333).
A history of the canal, locks and dam on the Ohio River at Louisville can be found at Triumph at the Falls: The Louisville and Portland Canal (free PDF).
Ohio River mile 607.
Louisville, Kentucky.
February 1988.
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Downstream of the Mansfield Hollow Dam, Mansfield, Conn. Mansfield Hollow Dam lies on the confluence of the Natchaug, Fenton and Mt. Hope Rivers, in Mansfield, Conn. The dam is part of a network of six flood control dams in the Thames River Basin constructed and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This network helps to reduce flooding in communities within the Thames River Basin by regulating water levels on upstream tributaries in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
Newly planted salt marsh cordgrass grows where construction debris once littered the shoreline of Scuffletown Creek choking out the natural wetlands. The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the City of Chesapeake, Va., restored about one acre of natural wetlands along Scuffletown Creek, a tributary of the Elizabeth River in Chesapeake, Va., in an effort to bring the river system back to a healthy thriving waterway after centuries of industrial activity impaired it. (U.S. Army Photo/Patrick Bloodgood)
Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at a press conference at the Corps' Northerly Island Ecosystem Restoration Project site, Chicago, June 17, 2014. At right, Gina McCarthy, Environmental Protection Agency administrator; Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works); Michael Kelly, Chicago Park District superintendent. (U.S. Army Photo by Sarah Gross/Released)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Debris Vessel Reynolds zeroes in on a piece of driftwood floating in the Baltimore Harbor Wednesday, March 2, 2016, while a dredge works nearby in Fort McHenry Channel as part of a Baltimore District maintenance dredging contract. Removing debris that could be hazardous to navigation and maintaining channel depths are two ways the Corps keeps Baltimore Harbor safe for shipping and other navigation. (U.S. Army Photo by Chris Gardner)
Click here for more information about this dredging work in Baltimore Harbor
Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), speaks at a press conference at the Corps' Northerly Island Ecosystem Restoration Project site, Chicago, June 17, 2014. At right, Gina McCarthy, Environmental Protection Agency administrator; Michael Kelly, Chicago Park District superintendent; Mayor Rahm Emanuel. (U.S. Army Photo by Sarah Gross/Released)
When your area of operation covers roughly 226,000 square miles... expect to spend a lot time on the road.
Taking to the highway Jan. 25, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Commander Col. Kirk Gibbs visited two of the more remote projects in the District inventory.
"Alamo and Painted Rock Dams are very important to the watershed and Arizona's overall flood risk management," said Gibbs. "The professionalism of our dam tenders at each of those locations and their ability to build great relationships with State Parks, as well as other agencies throughout the state, prepares us to work together in the event of extreme rain events to protect people, structures and agriculture."
Public safety is the Corps' number one priority. Flood risk management structures reduce risk, but they don’t eliminate it.
"Our dams and the surrounding land is very well maintained, added Gibbs. "The District is proud of our professionals who work hard and are dedicated to our critical mission in these remote locations. I am honored to serve alongside them."
Because of the isolation, the Corps provides two houses on each project site.
Painted Rock was completed in 1959, Alamo a decade later. In total, the Corps owns and operates nearly 700 dams nationwide.
USACE's Civil Works mission provides a key foundational component of the nation's public infrastructure that facilitates economic growth, quality of life, environmental health and national security.
Deckhands Ben Birney and Matt Bustard aboard the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Debris Vessel Reynolds operate the vessel’s crane and basket to remove a large piece of wooden piling that was floating loose in Baltimore Harbor Wednesday, March 2, 2016. A piling of this size could pose a significant hazard to navigation to ships in the harbor of all sizes. (U.S. Army Photo by Chris Gardner)
Dwayne Ponds (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District project geologist, explains the ongoing work to place concrete and construct a new navigation lock to R.D. James, assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works, during a walking tour Nov. 14, 2019 at Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Nashville District is constructing a new 110-foot by 600-foot navigation lock at the Tennessee Valley Authority project. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)
Ben Birney, deckhand aboard Debris Vessel (DV) Reynolds, operates the vessel’s crane to unload debris collected March 2, 2016. DV Reynolds is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Baltimore District, vessel that operates in and around Baltimore Harbor patrolling channels for debris that could be hazardous to navigation like the driftwood and large piece of piling being offloaded. In 2015, the Corps removed approximately 390,000 pounds of debris from in and around Baltimore Harbor as part of its debris removal mission. (U.S. Army Photo by Chris Gardner)