The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), U.S. Army I Corps, and Assistant Secretary of the Army leadership joined Washington State congressional representatives for an Aug. 7 groundbreaking ceremony on a first-of-its-kind barracks pilot program using sustainable building materials meant to reduce its carbon footprint. Once complete, the new barracks will improve the quality of life for 168 Soldiers at JBLM, Wash.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District Commander Kathryn Sanborn, City of Mountlake Terrace Mayor Kyoko Matsumoto Wright stand center during a photo shoot on the newly installed maintenance bridge over Ballinger Creek, in Mountlake Terrace, Washington. The bridge is one of several minor enhancements included in the fish and wildlife restoration project, which began summer 2023 and was completed this summer. Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02), state officials and city councilmembers were also part of the ribbon cutting party.

Efforts to maintain the transportation routes of one of the Nation’s busiest military bases reached a significant milestone this spring, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, awarded a combined $23.9 million in contracts to Tribal-One and Derian Inc. to remove and replace two failing culvert crossings with road bridges across Clover Creek on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

Washington State University (WSU) students in Pullman can expect to hear sounds of new construction at the former Johnson Hall site, as the next phase of its replacement with the new Plant Sciences Building begins spring 2024.

The President’s Budget request for Fiscal Year 2025 includes $500 million for construction of a downstream fish passage facility at Howard A. Hanson Dam on the Green River. This U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District project will restore the biological connection to more than 100 miles of high-quality salmon spawning habitat upriver from the dam, which currently is a barrier to migrating salmon.