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  • November

    Mark Ohlstrom has lived by the words respect, integrity and professionalism since his U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, career began 35 years ago.  Those words on his office white board were erased when he retired on Nov. 1, but they will remain with those he worked with through the decades.
    5 Nov 2013

    Mark of Excellence

    For the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, Engineer Division chief, the words respect,
  • The district’s second player, Anne Holdener, is in her rookie season. Holdener, a budget analyst for Mud Mountain and Howard Hanson Dams, goes by the derby name Holdener Hosstage. Donning number 33, she played in her first career bout in April with her team, the Rainier Roller Girls, losing a last second, back-and-forth battle to the Grunge City Rollers.
    5 Nov 2013

    Cruisin' for a bruisin'

    For some, extracurricular activities are traditional sports like bicycling, running, basketball,
  • September

    The Fort Lewis Main Post Chapel was open to the public Nov. 9, 1934 and has fulfilled many needs since then.  But it needed some upgrades to bring it into the 21st Century.  Seattle District answered the call and made structural improvements to help attendees with mobility issues and added some communications upgrades while preserving the building’s charm and history.  The $5.5 million renovation also included some life safety and comfort additions such as air conditioning and a fire alarm and sprinkler system.
    25 Sep 2013

    Restoring the Soul of Fort Lewis

    For almost 80 years, colorful stained glass, towering wooden columns and shining organ pipes have
  • August

    A number of free educational activities take place throughout the year at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, operating projects including Chief Joseph Dam, Wash.; Libby Dam, Montana; Albeni Falls Dam, Idaho; Mud Mountain Dam, Wash.; and Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, Wash.  For more information about what programs are available and when, go to http://www.nws.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/LocksandDams.aspx.
    2 Aug 2013

    Teaching today for a better tomorrow

    Though the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, operates a number of locks and dams for
  • May

    Engineer Leah Wickstrom, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, works in a reserved environment full of engineers and scientists by day, but by night -- it’s dress rehearsals, dazzling costumes, opening nights and her name in lights.
    1 May 2013

    Balancing Act

    Living a double life is typically considered scandalous, often full of tabloid headlines and
  • April

    A local shellfish grower at Stratford-Meyer Geoduck Farm offers Corps regulators a tour of the geoduck farm near Vaughn, Wash.  Recently, all the state’s shellfish farms simultaneously needed to submit preconstruction notices, which the Seattle District would need to review and use to make permit decisions.
    11 Apr 2013

    Regulatory survives tidal wave of permit actions

    With an annual value of more than $107 million, Washington leads the country in farmed shellfish
  • March

    The newly aligned and constructed channel for Tributary Creek is a work in progress.  The area in the center is roughly where the old mill foundation was located as compared with the historic photo taken circa 1933.
    29 Mar 2013

    Cleaning up Jack Waite Mine

    Out of sight isn’t always out of mind, much like contamination from decades of mining in the Coeur
  • The Lewis Army Museum at Joint Base Lewis-McChord has been known by many names and served many functions.  It’s been a hotel, refuge for families visiting hospitalized Soldiers and an officer’s club.  Now it’s a museum and a state-of-the-art training facility.  It underwent extensive renovation to meet current safety codes, but still retains the historic features as required by being listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  Though many artifacts can be viewed here today, the building itself is also an exhibit.
    21 Mar 2013

    Building a strong foundation

    Originally it was a Salvation Army Inn with 155 rooms. During World War I, this Salvation Army war
  • February

    An artist’s rendering depicts a bird’s eye view of the West Compound, which houses most administrative, housing and personnel support facilities.
    21 Feb 2013

    Joint Base Lewis-McChord builds to plan for special forces

    Facilities can’t be built fast enough to accommodate the rapidly growing 1st Special Forces Group at
  • Washington's Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s Jackson Avenue Barracks are a garden-style one-plus-one design, which encourages residents to interact with one another. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, architects won the 2008 Chief of Engineers Design and Environmental Honor and USACE Design Team of the Year awards for the concept.
    7 Feb 2013

    JBLM barracks design improves Soldier quality of life

    Architects from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, considered more than bricks and
  • January

    The staff of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Technical Center of Expertise, or TCX, for the Preservation of Historic Structures and Buildings located at the Seattle District offers the Corps, military installations and federal agencies best practices and informed decision making for historic structures.  Restoring, rehabilitating or preserving these resources helps shrink carbon footprints, conserve materials and energy, and reduce landfill waste.  The TCX crafted a plan to restore and manage the Jenkins House.
    23 Jan 2013

    Center helps federal planners manage historic structures

    Historic buildings and structures are part of the nation’s heritage and legacy. Preserving and
  • From left, Col. H. Charles Hodges, Joint Base Lewis-McChord commanders; Lt. COl. Jason Wing, Warrior Transition Battalion commander; Jacqueline Seabrook, Soldier and Family Assistance Center director; and Col. Dallas Homas, Madigan Healthcare System commander; cut the ribbon during the Installation Management Command's ceremony for the Soldier and Family Assistance Center and Open House for the Warrior Transistion Battalion Headquarters held Jan. 7 at Joint Base Lewis McChord.  The building was a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, military construction project and was built by Doyon Government Group.
    10 Jan 2013

    Corps completes another military construction project for JBLM

    Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, helped celebrate the completion
  • December

    Doug Weber, infrastructure assessment action officer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, looks at building damages, Mantoloking, N.J., during an infrastructure assessment after Hurricane Sandy. The Corps of Engineers Infrastructure Assessment Planning and Response Teams (IA-PRTs) augment local efforts to inspect buildings that are primarily residential, and to manage inspections of public works facilities following a major disaster, as assigned by FEMA. The IA mission is intended to be highly flexible and scalable in order to meet the specific and changing needs of impacted communities during response and recovery efforts.
    7 Dec 2012

    Sandy devastates East Coast; Corps sends relief

    Even before Hurricane Sandy made landfall along the East Coast, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Col. Albert K.B. Lyman, a native Hawaiian who was later the first ethnic Hawaiian to attain the rank of general or admiral in the U.S. Armed Forces, was the Army’s Hawaiian Department Engineer during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He commanded the 34th Engineer Combat Regiment, the 804th Engineer Aviation Battalion, plus the 3rd Engineer Combat Battalion of the 25th Infantry Division; and worked on building anti-aircraft gun sites and bomb-proofing bunkers and coastal fortifications.
    7 Dec 2012

    Army Engineers fought and lived through attack on Pearl Harbor

    FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii --  Dec. 7, 1941, was the opening scene of World War II, and the U.S. Army
  • Jeff Regh, (center) an electrical engineer from Libby, Mont. deployed to Kandahar as a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South project engineer to build high-quality facilities for the burgeoning Afghan National Security Forces. Regh normally serves at the Seattle District’s Libby Dam and Lake Koocanusa in Montana.
    3 Dec 2012

    Building Strong from Rocky Mountains to peaks of Afghanistan

    KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Nestled below the rugged peaks of the wild and pristine Cabinet
  • November

    The Seattle District started construction of the Riverview Park Project, a $3 million project to build approximately 750 feet of new stream channel. Sponsored by the City of Kent, the new channel will flow through the middle of what will become a city park.  This is the first side channel construction under the Green/Duwamish Ecosystem Restoration Project. The channel, which opened recently, will provide critical Chinook salmon rearing habitat and establish a winter refuge for fish during high flows in the main stem of the Green River.
    2 Nov 2012

    Restoration project provides critical habitat, reduces flood risk

    For more than 100 years Washington’s Green Duwamish River system in had been altered in a way that
  • September

    WASHINGTON -- As part of President Obama’s initiative to fuel the economy and create jobs by promoting travel and tourism, the administration today announced a new design, improved navigation tools and expanded content for Recreation.Gov, the interagency website that guides visitors to 90,000 sites on federal lands such as national parks, wildlife refuges, waterways, forests and recreation areas.
    26 Sep 2012

    Obama Administration announces redesign of Recreation.Gov as part of initiative to boost tourism, strengthen economy

    WASHINGTON -- As part of President Obama’s initiative to fuel the economy and create jobs by
  • Oscar Eason Jr. was recently recognized for his 50 years of federal government service.  During this time, he’s achieved numeorus accomplishments both in his job and in the community.   He’s served as the president of Blacks In Government and is the current president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People president for the Alaska, Oregon and Washington State-Area Conference.
    20 Sep 2012

    The Golden One: for more than 50 years, he's served his country, community

    In 1958, 22-year-old mechanical engineer packed his Texas bags and headed north to work for Boeing
  • May

    To provide a cleaner waterfowl feeding ground in the midst of an area contaminated from historic mining operations, the Seattle District, recently finished transforming agricultural lands into wetland habitat at a privately owned farm east of Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
    18 May 2012

    Transforming agricultural lands into wetlands: Corps cleans lands, provides cleaner feeding ground

    To provide a cleaner waterfowl feeding ground in the midst of an area contaminated from historic mining operations, Seattle District, recently finished transforming agricultural lands into wetland habitat at a privately owned farm east of Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
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