Presque Isle native receives top honors at military academy
Cadet Moira Meek a Presque Isle, Mich., native, earns a spot on the most prestigious honors list at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Meek was selected for the list due to exceptional performance in athletics, mili... More
Aerial photographs - Maine - Presque Isle
Maine - Presque Isle Public domain photograph - aerial photo, work of US government, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, October 28, 2020.
Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, October 28, 2020.
Receding shoreline causes trees and vegeation to decay
Receding shoreline causes trees and vegeation to decay at Gull Point in Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, April 22, 2020. The Presque Isle sand nourishment project's primary objective is to preserve Presque ... More
Sgt. Matthew Daubenspeck, a native of Erie, Pa. assigned
Sgt. Matthew Daubenspeck, a native of Erie, Pa. assigned to the 624th Forward Surgical Team in Fairview, Pa., carries a log over an obstacle at the Barber Beast on the Bay on Presque Isle, on Saturday, Sept. 12... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal engineer Weston Cross conducts the annual Presque Isle beach walk at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, April 22, 2020. Data collected on the walk will he... More
Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, October 28, 2020.
Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, October 28, 2020. The Presque Isle sand nourishment project is authorized under Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 1986. Without Federal funds, the peninsula is in dange... More
Erosion at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, April
Erosion at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, April 22, 2020.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District contractor
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District contractor Erie Sand & Gravel LTD. delivers 16,646 tons (12,805 cubic yards) of sand on a boom conveyor belt, Presque Isle, PA, September 17, 2020. The Presque Isle... More
Aerial photographs - Maine - Presque Isle
Maine - Presque Isle Public domain photograph - aerial photo, work of US government, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal engineer Weston Cross, project manager Michael Asquith, and Presque Isle State Park operations manager Matthew Greene conduct the annual Presque Isle beach ... More
Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, October 28, 2020.
Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, October 28, 2020. The Presque Isle sand nourishment project's primary objective is to preserve Presque Isle Peninsula which forms Erie Harbor and is a national landmark by s... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal engineer Weston Cross answers questions from news media during the annual Presque Isle beach walk at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, April 22, 2020. Da... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal engineer Weston Cross conducts the Fall 2020 Presque Isle beach walk at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, October 28, 2020. When the need for annual sand... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District contractor
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District contractor Erie Sand & Gravel LTD. delivers 16,646 tons (12,805 cubic yards) of sand on a boom conveyor belt, Presque Isle, PA, September 17, 2020. The Presque Isle... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal engineer Weston Cross conducts the Fall 2020 Presque Isle beach walk at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, October 28, 2020. In 2020, the Presque Isle san... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District contractor
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District contractor Erie Sand & Gravel LTD. delivers 16,646 tons (12,805 cubic yards) of sand on a boom conveyor belt, Presque Isle, PA, September 17, 2020. The Presque Isle... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal engineer Weston Cross conducts the Fall 2020 Presque Isle beach walk at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, October 28, 2020. The Presque Isle sand nourish... More
USACE Buffalo District awards contract for Presque Isle Beach Nourishm...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District has awarded a $2.486 Million contract for the sand nourishment of Presque Isle, located in Erie, Pennsylvania, APril 9, 2019. (Photo by Weston Cross, USACE Buf... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal engineer Weston Cross conducts the annual Presque Isle beach walk at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, April 22, 2020. Data collected on the walk will he... More
"Back in the '60s and '70s, the Buffalo District nourished
"Back in the '60s and '70s, the Buffalo District nourished Presque Isle's beaches with 70-80,000 cubic yards of sand every year. After we built beach breakwaters in 1992, those numbers were cut in half. We cont... More
Spc. Brandon Craft, a native of Erie, Pa. assigned
Spc. Brandon Craft, a native of Erie, Pa. assigned to the 298th Transportation Company in Franklin, Pa., struggles to emerge from an obstacle at the Barber Beast on the Bay on Presque Isle, on Saturday, Sept. 1... More
Piping Plover banding crew (L to R) Mary Birdsong,
Piping Plover banding crew (L to R) Mary Birdsong, shorebird monitor; Patti Barber, PGC Biologist; Stacey Wolbert, PGC Biologist; Jerry McWilliams, author and naturalist; Tim Hoppe, PGC Biologist; Cathy Haffner... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District project
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District project manager Michael Asquith explains the natural processes at Gull Point in Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, April 22, 2020. The Presque Isle sand nourishm... More
Weston Cross, a coastal geologist with the U.S. Army
Weston Cross, a coastal geologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, evaluates the shores of Presque Isle beaches during the Corps and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Nat... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District contractor
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District contractor Erie Sand & Gravel LTD. delivers 16,646 tons (12,805 cubic yards) of sand on a boom conveyor belt, Presque Isle, PA, September 17, 2020. The Presque Isle... More
Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo
Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources check out at the original Presque Isle road, which was first placed in 1924, d... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District contractor
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District contractor Erie Sand & Gravel LTD. delivers 16,646 tons (12,805 cubic yards) of sand on a boom conveyor belt, Presque Isle, PA, September 17, 2020. The Presque Isle... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal engineer Weston Cross conducts the annual Presque Isle beach walk at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, April 22, 2020. Data collected on the walk will he... More
Weston Cross, a coastal geologist with the U.S. Army
Weston Cross, a coastal geologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, evaluates the shores of Presque Isle beaches during the Corps and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Nat... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal engineer Weston Cross conducts the annual Presque Isle beach walk at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, April 22, 2020. Data collected on the walk will he... More
"Presque Isle is one of the most unique parts of
"Presque Isle is one of the most unique parts of Pennsylvania. It's a mainstay of recreation for Erie County and the entire region. The ocean-like beach brings in four million visitors per year. It's really imp... More
Cathy Haffner, PGC Biologist, bands a 9-day-old Piping
Cathy Haffner, PGC Biologist, bands a 9-day-old Piping Plover chick. Photo credit: Tracy A. Graziano / Pennsylvania Game Commission Photo
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District project
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District project manager Michael Asquith leaves a trail at the annual Presque Isle beach walk at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, April 22, 2020. Data collected on the w... More
Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, October 28, 2020.
Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, October 28, 2020. Construction of the Presque Isle sand nourishment project for the permanent protection of the peninsula incorporating detached breakwaters with annual nour... More
View of Erie Harbor at Presque Isle State Park in Erie,
View of Erie Harbor at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, April 22, 2020. The nearly seven-mile long, 3,200 acre Presque Isle Peninsula forms a natural breakwater protecting the deep draft navigation channel ... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal engineer Weston Cross and project manager Michael Asquith conduct the annual Presque Isle beach walk at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, April 22, 2020.... More
"Everyone I've worked with from the Buffalo District
"Everyone I've worked with from the Buffalo District has been great. I tell them my concerns and they're always open to solving problems in a different way. A good example is from another beach walk when I aske... More
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District constructed
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District constructed breakwall minimizes wave impact during the annual beach walk at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, April 22, 2020. Data collected on the walk will h... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal engineer Weston Cross conducts the Fall 2020 Presque Isle beach walk at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, October 28, 2020. Data collected on the walk wi... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal engineer Weston Cross conducts the Fall 2020 Presque Isle beach walk at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, October 28, 2020. The Presque Isle sand nourish... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal engineer Weston Cross conducts the Fall 2020 Presque Isle beach walk at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, October 28, 2020. Data collected on the walk wi... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District contractor
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District contractor Erie Sand & Gravel LTD. delivers 16,646 tons (12,805 cubic yards) of sand on a boom conveyor belt, Presque Isle, PA, September 17, 2020. The Presque Isle... More
A stockpile of sand at the North Pier/Erie Harbor entrance
A stockpile of sand at the North Pier/Erie Harbor entrance in Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, April 22, 2020. A stockpile is preserved before every annual Presque Isle sand nourishment so the contractor ca... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District contractor
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District contractor Erie Sand & Gravel LTD. delivers 16,646 tons (12,805 cubic yards) of sand on a boom conveyor belt, Presque Isle, PA, September 17, 2020. The Presque Isle... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District contractor
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District contractor Erie Sand & Gravel LTD. delivers 16,646 tons (12,805 cubic yards) of sand on a boom conveyor belt, Presque Isle, PA, September 17, 2020. The Presque Isle... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal engineer Weston Cross conducts the Fall 2020 Presque Isle beach walk at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, October 28, 2020. Data collected on the walk wi... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District coastal engineer Weston Cross conducts the annual Presque Isle beach walk at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, April 22, 2020. Data collected on the walk will he... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District contractor
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District contractor Erie Sand & Gravel LTD. delivers 16,646 tons (12,805 cubic yards) of sand on a boom conveyor belt, Presque Isle, PA, September 17, 2020. The Presque Isle... More
"Working in coastal design and coastal science has
"Working in coastal design and coastal science has always been fascinating to me. I've always had a deep respect for the Great Lakes. They will humble you because it's a dynamic, evolving system. No two project... More
Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, October 28, 2020.
Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA, October 28, 2020. The nearly seven-mile long, 3,200 acre Presque Isle Peninsula forms a natural breakwater protecting the deep draft navigation channel at Erie Harbor.
US COAST GUARD Flu vaccination
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine - Petty Officer Third Class Jesse Suitter prepares to administer an H1N1 flu vaccination to a Transportation Security Administration officer at the Presque Isle Airport Dec. 16, 2009. The D... More
Spc. Justin Snyder (right), a soldier assigned to the
Spc. Justin Snyder (right), a soldier assigned to the 354th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, follows two cadets from the Edinboro University ROTC team up an obstacle sponsored by the Pennsylvania Army National... More
Mated pair of nest Piping Plover at Gull Point. Photo
Mated pair of nest Piping Plover at Gull Point. Photo Credit: Tracy A. Graziano / Pennsylvania Game Commission Photo