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.

TAKAHIK River Valley Hikers adopted the dated trail head sign at the Bona Dea Trails and Sanctuary in Russellville and transformed it into a beautiful informative display with flowers.

We are very thankful for all the volunteers that make visiting our parks and lakes more enjoyable. If you’ve spent much time at a Corps park you probably witnessed volunteers performing various tasks from managing gate houses to picking up trash. To learn more about volunteering in the Russellville area please contact the Russellville Project Office at 479-968-5008

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)

Michelle Lockhart (right), a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, and Jon Balzer, a civil engineer and contractor for the Corps, perform a post rainfall event inspection at the excavation site for the auxiliary spillway at the Folsom Dam in Folsom, Calif., April 26, 2012. Runoff that enters the excavation site is treated, monitored and filtered before being pumped into Folsom Lake. Lockhart and Balzer inspected water ponds, which capture runoff, for erosion damage. The auxiliary spillway construction is part of the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project, a joint effort of the Sacramento District, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency to improve the safety of the dam and reduce flood risk for the greater Sacramento area. (U.S. Army photo by Michael J. Nevins/Released)

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.

TAKAHIK River Valley Hikers adopted the dated trail head sign at the Bona Dea Trails and Sanctuary in Russellville and transformed it into a beautiful informative display with flowers.

We are very thankful for all the volunteers that make visiting our parks and lakes more enjoyable. If you’ve spent much time at a Corps park you probably witnessed volunteers performing various tasks from managing gate houses to picking up trash. To learn more about volunteering in the Russellville area please contact the Russellville Project Office at 479-968-5008

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.

Construction started Nov. 19 to stabilize a portion of the east bank of the White River in Augusta Ark.

Bank erosion has been occurring, threatening to wash away Augusta's historic American Legion Hut, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, a city road, and a portion of the city sewer main.

This work is being done with funds from the Section 14 program, whose purpose is to construct emergency streambank protection to prevent natural erosion processes from damaging roads, sewer lines and historic structures, among other things. The work is being cost-shared with the City of Augusta.

Construction is expected to be complete by early spring, 2014.

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)

View of the lake side of Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway as seen by group of Hungarian engineers representing the Floodplain Management Association during briefing and site tour on April 10, 2014. The project is scheduled to be completed by October 2017 and is the centerpiece of a broader multi-agency effort to modernize Sacramento's flood control infrastructure and reduce flood risk for the region. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Michael N. Meyer/Released)

Crews for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District are preparing for levee work this fall along the American River near the Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant in Sacramento, Calif., shown Oct. 3, 2013. The Corps built more than 20 miles of seepage cutoff walls into American River levees between 2000 and 2002, but work was set aside for later where complicated encroachments existed such as utilities, power lines and bridges. (U.S. Army photo by Todd Plain/Released)

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)

A bulldozer fills a haul truck with excavated dirt as construction continues on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ dry bypass project Sept. 24, 2014, in downtown Napa, California. The bypass will shortcut floodwater to avoid a horseshoe-like bend in the river that often backs up and causes flooding into downtown Napa. Construction of the bypass is the latest of several Corps projects to reduce the risk of flooding in Napa, and is scheduled for completion in summer 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Tyler Stalker/Released)

(From right) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District commander Col. Michael Farrell talks to Rep. Doris Matsui, Rep. Tom McClintock, Rep. Ami Bera and Department of Water Resources director Mark Cowin about the project as they walk through one of the bays for the new auxiliary dam April 26, 2014, at Folsom Dam in Folsom, Calif. Contractors for the Corps have placed more than 100,000 cubic yards of concrete since May 2012 to erect the new dam. Elected officials joined the Corps and their project partners for a media event and site tour to highlight the project’s transition from concrete placement to gate installation later this summer. The new auxiliary spillway will allow operators to release water earlier and more quickly during large storm events when it’s completed, slated for October 2017. Photo cropped for emphasis. (U.S. Army photo by Tyler Stalker/Released)

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)

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(From left) Representative Doris Matsui, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District commander Col. Michael Farrell, Rep. Ami Bera and Oregon Iron Works vice president Patrick Leonard pose for a picture in front of a bulkhead gate for the new auxiliary dam April 26, 2014 in Folsom, Calif. The bulkhead gate is the first of 12 giant gates that are being trucked more than 600 miles from Vancouver, Wash., to the project site for installation on the auxiliary spillway project, which is a $900-million cooperative effort to improve the safety of Folsom Dam and reduce flood risk for the Sacramento area. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Michael Meyer/Released)

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.

More than 100,000 cubic yards of concrete have been placed at the new auxiliary dam in Folsom since May 2012 and concrete work is nearly complete. Elected officials joined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and project partners for a media event and site tour of the Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway project in Folsom, Calif., April 26, 2014, to celebrate the transition from concrete placement to spillway gate installation later this summer. The auxiliary spillway project is part of a $900-million cooperative effort to improve the safety of Folsom Dam and reduce flood risk for the Sacramento area. (U.S. Army photo by John Prettyman/Released)

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.

TAKAHIK River Valley Hikers adopted the dated trail head sign at the Bona Dea Trails and Sanctuary in Russellville and transformed it into a beautiful informative display with flowers.

We are very thankful for all the volunteers that make visiting our parks and lakes more enjoyable. If you’ve spent much time at a Corps park you probably witnessed volunteers performing various tasks from managing gate houses to picking up trash. To learn more about volunteering in the Russellville area please contact the Russellville Project Office at 479-968-5008

Students from Maple Elementary School take a break for a photo with Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Jo-Ellen Darcy (front row, second from right), U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui (to Darcy’s right) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leaders and park rangers at the Effie Yeaw Nature Center in Carmichael, Calif., Sept. 27, 2011. Corps park rangers led the students on nature walks and outdoor education activities in support of President Barack Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors Initiative, established in April 2010, to reconnect the American people with the outdoors. "Today was all about connecting kids with nature,” said Col. Bill Leady, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District (front row, left), which hosted the event. ”Being outdoors is so important; not just for our health, but for understanding the natural world that we belong to. We all have a responsibility to help protect it, and as the nation's environmental engineers, it's important for us to share that message," he said. (U.S. Army photo/ Michael J. Nevins)

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.

Brig. Gen. Dave Turner (center), commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division, tours levee work currently underway in Sutter County, Calif. Oct. 16, 2013. The Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency project will eventually reduce flood risk along a 41-mile stretch, from just below the Oroville Dam to Yuba City. (U.S. Army photo by Col. Mike Farrell/Released)

Contractors working for the Sacramento District construct the support system for the rising Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway on March 14. The control structure—essentially a second dam—will stand as tall as the Statue of Liberty upon completion, estimated in October 2017, and will help reduce the risk of flooding in the Sacramento region. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Michael N. Meyer/Released)

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)

A team of geologists from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District meets with a consultant review board at the excavation site for the Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway in Folsom, Calif., Feb. 29, 2012. The board, made up of highly-qualified geology, geotechnical and structural experts, was hired to evaluate the integrity of the spillway’s foundation - a requirement for Corps’ civil works construction projects intended to reduce risk to lives to ensure they meet the highest safety standards. The spillway will allow Folsom Dam to release water sooner and more safely. The project is part of the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project, a joint effort of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency to improve the safety of the dam and reduce flood risk for the greater Sacramento area. (U.S. Army photo by Michael J. Nevins/Released)

Granite Construction lab supervisor, Nick Weinmann (right), explains how concrete is tested before being placed for the Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway project in Folsom, Calif., to Hiram Johnson High School students during a tour of the construction site May 20, 2014. The Corps, together with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and state and local partners, is building the spillway to reduce flood risk throughout the Sacramento region. Granite is the prime contractor responsible for building the spillway’s new dam. Photo cropped for emphasis. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Michael N. Meyer/Released)

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.

A custom-built excavator makes its way along the American River in Sacramento, Calif., Oct. 2, 2013. Crews are installing around 3,300 feet of seepage cutoff wall along the north bank of the American River in north Sacramento, Calif. Completion is targeted for mid-October.

The work is part of a joint flood-risk reduction effort between the Corps, the state of California’s Central Valley Flood Protection Board and Sacramento Area Flood Control District. The levee's height and slope will be brought back to pre-construction levels by November 1 – in time for the rainy season. (U.S. Army photo by Todd Plain/Released)

Colonel David Ray, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, looks toward Folsom Lake and the approach channel of the Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway during a site tour May 18. The auxiliary spillway is part of the Joint Federal Project, a $900 million cooperative effort between the Corps, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, California Department of Water Resources and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, and is designed to improve the safety of Folsom Dam and reduce flood risk for the Sacramento area. (U.S. Army Photo by Rick Brown/Released)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District contract specialist Marsha Sells (right) opens and announces bids from local small businesses for a contract to repair a Yolo Bypass levee at the district headquarters building in Sacramento, Calif., June 9, 2011. The Sacramento District will oversee the levee repair work under its West Sacramento Project, a joint effort with the West Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency and the Central Valley Flood Protection Board to improve the levees surrounding West Sacramento, Calif. The contract is expected to be awarded June 16. (U.S. Army Photo/Todd Plain)

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.

Englebright Dam, shown here June 10, 2010, is located between Grass Valley and Marysville, Calif., in Nevada and Yuba counties. Completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District in 1941, the dam was authorized by Congress for the storage of hydraulic gold mining debris on the Yuba River. The concrete arch dam spans 1,142 feet across and is 260 feet high. Englebright Lake is 9 miles long with a surface area of 815 acres, an elevation of 527 feet and 24 miles of shoreline. The lake and dam are managed by the Sacramento District. (U.S. Army Photo/ Michael J. Nevins)

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.

Napa Residents watch as a crane lifts and moves a new 70-foot-long pedestrian bridge into place over the Napa Creek April 9, 2013 in Napa, Calif. The bridge replaced an old vehicle bridge that was too low and often blocked debris in the creek, causing flooding into the neighboring homes and businesses. Installing the bridge was the last major phase of a $14.8 million flood risk reduction and habitat restoration project, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The project is a joint effort by the Corps, the city of Napa and the Napa Flood Control and Water Conservation District and is set to be finished in May. (U.S. Army photo by Floyd Bolton/Released)

130715-A-QE256-022 – The levee system along Cache Creek in Yolo County, Calif., shown July 15, 2013. During winter months the levee channels water toward the Yolo Bypass and the Sacramento River, but remains mostly dry in the summer. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is looking at possible ways to reduce flood risk along the creek. (U.S. Army photo by Patrick Bray/Released)

Paul Zianno (center), chief of civil works for acquisition and management for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District Isabella Lake Dam Safety Modification Project, discusses impacted properties and proposed real estate actions with local residents at a public meeting March 27, 2014 in Lake Isabella, Calif. (U.S. Army photo by John Prettyman/Released)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District workers are installing new City of Sacramento's Sump Station 10 lines near the River Park neighborhood of Sacramento, California, shown Oct. 3, 2014. The seepage cutoff wall is complete and crews are now filling in a gap where construction was complicated by the station's pipes, which run through the levee.

(U.S. Army photo by Todd Plain/Released)

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)

A team of geologists from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District led by Coralie Wilhite (front left) and consultant Dr. Richard Goodman (front right), a retired professor of geology and rock mechanics at the University of California – Berkeley, examines the excavation site for the Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway in Folsom, Calif., Feb. 29, 2012. Goodman was part of a consultant review board hired to evaluate the integrity of the spillway’s foundation - a requirement for Corps’ civil works construction projects intended to reduce risk to lives to ensure they meet the highest safety standards. The spillway will allow Folsom Dam to release water sooner and more safely. The project is part of the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project, a joint effort of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency to improve the safety of the dam and reduce flood risk for the greater Sacramento area. (U.S. Army photo by Michael J. Nevins/Released)

Jon Revolinsky (right), a project engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, gives a briefing to engineering students from California State University-Sacramento at Folsom Lake in Folsom, Calif., April 25, 2012. Revolinsky and other Corps personnel from the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project provided a tour of the construction site for the auxiliary spillway to the future engineers. (U.S. Army photo by Michael J. Nevins/Released)

Erik James (right), acting levee safety section chief for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, points out where the Corps is working on the Marysville Ring Levee during a project site tour in Marysville, Calif., April 30, 2014. Upgrades to sections of 7.6-mile-long ring levee are designed to help reduce flood risk from the Yuba and Feather rivers for nearly 12,000 residents. The project’s first phase, which built a seepage cutoff wall along a nearly one-mile section of the levee, was completed in 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Tyler Stalker/Released)

Crews for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District are drilling 70-feet-deep monitoring wells in preparation for levee work along the American River near the Howe Avenue bridge in Sacramento, Calif., shown June 27, 2014. The Corps built more than 20 miles of seepage cutoff walls into American River levees between 2000 and 2002, but work was set aside for later where complicated encroachments existed such as utilities, power lines and bridges. (U.S. Army photo by Todd Plain/Released)

Col. Michael Farrell, commander for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, signs one of the bays on the new auxiliary dam in Folsom, Calif., during a media event and site tour on April 26, 2014. Elected officials and project partners came together to celebrate the transition from concrete placement to gate installation this summer on the new dam, which will allow operators to release water earlier and more quickly during large storm events. The auxiliary spillway project is part of a $900-million cooperative effort to improve the safety of Folsom Dam and reduce flood risk for the Sacramento area. Photo cropped for emphasis. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Michael Meyer/Released)

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)

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