The invasive zebra mussels originated in Eurasia and
The invasive zebra mussels originated in Eurasia and are believed to have been brought to the Great Lakes in excess water on board shipping vessels. All instances of zebra mussel infestations in the U.S. are a ... More
A sheep’s-foot compactor sits at the site of the future
A sheep’s-foot compactor sits at the site of the future VA clinic in Stockton, California, with a portion of the site that has been raised and leveled in the background, June 29, 2020. Contracted crews with the... More
A view of the back entrance to the new three-bay fire
A view of the back entrance to the new three-bay fire station at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, May 16, 2011. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District oversaw construction of the $4.5 million facility, ... More
Al Faustino, District Counsel for the U.S. Army Corps
Al Faustino, District Counsel for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, has been awarded the Lester Edelman Spirit of Arrowhead Award for Legal Manager of the Year.
Contracted workers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Contracted workers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, install underground utilities in trenches at the site of the future VA clinic in Stockton, California, June 29, 2020, as marking li... More
Son Ha, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco
Son Ha, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District chief of engineering, and Tim Geiger, a mechanical engineer with the USACE Sacramento District, assess a building for potential use as an Alternate Ca... More
Capt. Christina Merritt, 388th Aircraft Maintenance
Capt. Christina Merritt, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron assistant maintenance operations officer, describes F-35 Lightning II capabilities to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division senior lead... More
Army Maj. Gen. Stephen Farmen, Commanding General of
Army Maj. Gen. Stephen Farmen, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, tours Military Ocean Terminal Concord, Calif., on Dec. 9, 2019. Farmen inspected militar... More
A team of Engineers and Project Mangers from Sacramento
A team of Engineers and Project Mangers from Sacramento District walk along the a section of Marysville Ring Levee Phase 2AS. Construction on the levee began on April 16 and will be completed later this year. 2... More
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractor puts the
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractor puts the finishing touches on renovations at the Porterville Developmental Center in Porterville, California April 14, 2020. The Corps is renovating six unoccupied buil... More
SPK’s Art Ceballos, (second from right) technical
SPK’s Art Ceballos, (second from right) technical lead for Marysville Ring Levee, talks to members of the MRL District and the Dept. of Water Resources/Central Valley Flood Protection Board about Marysville Ri... More
Sacramento District employees celebrated the 240th
Sacramento District employees celebrated the 240th Army Birthday on June 12, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Luke Burns)
A team of Engineers and Project Mangers from Sacramento
A team of Engineers and Project Mangers from Sacramento District walk along the a section of Marysville Ring Levee Phase 2AS. Construction on the levee began on April 16 and will be completed later this year. 2... More
Volunteers at Success Lake near Porterville, Calif.,
Volunteers at Success Lake near Porterville, Calif., shovel dirt for use on a walkway in celebration of National Public Lands Day Sept. 24. More than 250 volunteers turned out to help restore walkways, re-paint... More
Current and former employees from the Sacramento District
Current and former employees from the Sacramento District share laughs and stories at the annual Retiree Luncheon, held May 9, 2019 at the Club Pheasant in West Sacramento. The event is an opportunity for the r... More
Looking east along a section of completed El Paso 4-mile
Looking east along a section of completed El Paso 4-mile border barrier along the Rio Grande River. The international border actually runs along the middle of the riverbed, right about where the water is.
Regional Forester Randy Moore addresses guests at the
Regional Forester Randy Moore addresses guests at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Kern River Ranger Station on Nov. 1, 2017.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) team is partnering with the National Park Service, the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Board and the S.F. Health Dep... More
RAMS - Restoration of Abandoned Mine Sites
Abandoned mines are no place for exploring or adventure. They can be extremely dangerous and often deadly for those who do not heed the motto: Stay Out, Stay Alive.
Inspection Day fog / Feature Photo
It was cold, foggy and muddy along a stretch of the Sacramento River just outside of Hamilton City, California, on Dec 17, but that didn’t prevent members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District... More
Construction workers complete electrical connections
Construction workers complete electrical connections on phase two of a solar microgrid project at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., March 12, 2013. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District managed constr... More
Lt. Col. Curtis Yankie speaks at the MOTCO Pier 2
Lt. Col. Curtis Yankie speaks at the MOTCO Pier 2 replacement project groundbreaking on Jan. 22, 2019
Three year old Zara grins as she accepts a fishing
Three year old Zara grins as she accepts a fishing pole to use during Kid's Fishing Day at the Corps of Engineer's Hensley Lake outside of Madera, California, on April 13.
Side-by-side comparisons show the work completed by
Side-by-side comparisons show the work completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, at the Porterville Developmental Center in Porterville, California from April 8 to April 21, 2020. For ... More
Sacramento District retiree Lou Whitney speaks with
Sacramento District retiree Lou Whitney speaks with Col. Thomas C. Chapman after the change of command ceremony. Attendees came forward following the ceremony to bid farewell to the Chapman family. The ceremony... More
Ms. Karla Nemeth with the California Department of
Ms. Karla Nemeth with the California Department of Water Resources, speaks at the ceremonial groundbreaking for Folsom Dam Raise Project at Folsom Lake, California, Jan. 21, 2020. The project will help further ... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters Senior Program
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters Senior Program Manager Yvonne Prettyman-Beck visits levee construction sites and flood risk management features in Sacramento, California, July 13, 2018. (U.S. Army pho... More
Stacy Pereyda Hill, a contracting specialist with the
Stacy Pereyda Hill, a contracting specialist with the Sonoma Recovery Field Office, looks over a recently cleaned lot in Santa Rosa, California, Feb. 3. A native of Sonoma County, Hill volunteered for the fire-... More
Geographically, the 110 chapters of the Navajo Nation
Geographically, the 110 chapters of the Navajo Nation are spread across the Corps’ Albuquerque, Los Angeles and Sacramento districts. These three districts are part of the Corps’ South Pacific Division, (SPD), ... More
Lake Isabella Poppies by Sid Jones
Lake Isabella Poppies by Sid Jones
Two rangers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Two rangers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, unveil a sign bearing the new name of the former Success Dam during a renaming ceremony in Porterville, California, Oct. 1, 2019. The dam’... More
Michael Jewell, Chief, Regulatory Division for U.S.
Michael Jewell, Chief, Regulatory Division for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District addresses attendees during the celebration event for the South Sacramento Habitat Conservation Plan on Aug. 29 at ... More
1997 Flood Sutter Buttes.
1997 Flood Sutter Buttes. Public domain image related to the State of California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District Commander
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District Commander Col. David Ray, center, joins the Department of Water Resource's Eric Koch, left and Central Valley Flood Protection Board's Bill Edgar in signing a Me... More
Contruction work continues at Marysville Ring Levee
Contruction work continues at Marysville Ring Levee Phase 2A South on July 24, 2020.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) team is partnering with the National Park Service, the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Board and the S.F. Health Dep... More
Contracted workers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Contracted workers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, install conduit for underground utilities at the site of the future VA clinic in Stockton, California, June 29, 2020. The utilities... More
Looking west along the Rio Grande River with the completed
Looking west along the Rio Grande River with the completed El Paso 4-mile border barrier on the right. The international border is marked by a monument on top of the bridge, between the U.S. and Mexico flags, a... More
Col. David Ray, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento
Col. David Ray, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District commander, speaks with district employees and Soldiers during the organization’s annual Safety Day event at the Grand Ballroom in Sacramento, Cal... More
Wildflowers bloom at the Corps of Engineers Black Butte
Wildflowers bloom at the Corps of Engineers Black Butte Lake recreation area on Arpil 11, 2019.
Buddy Briesmaster, 75th Civil Engineer Group director,
Buddy Briesmaster, 75th Civil Engineer Group director, briefs U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division senior leaders about military construction projects the division has overseen at Hill Air Force ... More
Zach Roy, a visual observer with the U.S. Army Corps
Zach Roy, a visual observer with the U.S. Army Corps Engineers Sacramento District’s Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) aviation section, conducts a pre-flight inspection before a UAS mapping mission at the Folsom D... More
A father and son try their hand at Kid's Fishing Day
A father and son try their hand at Kid's Fishing Day at the Corps of Engineer's Hensley Lake outside of Madera, California, on April 13.
USACE representatives survey the San Diego primary
USACE representatives survey the San Diego primary barrier where it runs into the Pacific Ocean.
Justin, 14, shows off an early morning catch he snagged
Justin, 14, shows off an early morning catch he snagged during during Kid's Fishing Day at the Corps of Engineer's Hensley Lake outside of Madera, California, on April 13.
An aerial view looking north of Richard L. Schafer
An aerial view looking north of Richard L. Schafer Dam, located near Porterville, Calif., Nov. 8, 2004. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District completed construction of Schafer Dam in 1961 and the... More
Representatives of Kiewit-Manson, MOTCO and the Corps
Representatives of Kiewit-Manson, MOTCO and the Corps of Engineers wield sledgehammers during the groundbreaking for the MOTCO Pier 2 replacement project on Jan. 22, 2019
New Hogan Lake sits approximately 30 minutes off Highway
New Hogan Lake sits approximately 30 minutes off Highway 99 in Valley Springs, California. With above normal rainfall this year, New Hogan has an abundance of water and is ready for camping and water sports thi... More
Col. Aaron Barta, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los
Col. Aaron Barta, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, takes part in a discussion about the division’s current and future civil works and military construction projects during a regional... More
Volunteers plant trees at Pine Flat Lake near Sanger,
Volunteers plant trees at Pine Flat Lake near Sanger, Calif., Sept. 24, in celebration of National Public Lands Day. More than 60 volunteers turned out to help plant trees and build a new sand volleyball court ... More
Wharf 2 construction at Military Ocean Terminal Concord
Wharf 2 construction at Military Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO). The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project is part of an effort to modernize military installations and improve overall readiness and capablities. ... More
The marina at Richard L. Schafer Dam and Success Lake,
The marina at Richard L. Schafer Dam and Success Lake, located near Porterville, Calif., March 14, 1968. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District completed construction of Schafer Dam in 1961 and th... More
Corps contractors remove debris from Lake Martin in
Corps contractors remove debris from Lake Martin in central Alabama in July 2011 after tornadoes tore through the state in April. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is managing debris removal from the tornadoes a... More
Sacramento District employees celebrated the 240th
Sacramento District employees celebrated the 240th Army Birthday on June 12, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Luke Burns)
New Hogan Lake sits approximately 30 minutes off Highway
New Hogan Lake sits approximately 30 minutes off Highway 99 in Valley Springs, California. With above normal rainfall this year, New Hogan has an abundance of water and is ready for camping and water sports thi... More
Danny Durkee, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a
Danny Durkee, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a retired employee of the Sacramento District, reviews the latest copy of Blueprint at the annual Retiree Luncheon, held May 9, 2019 at the Club Pheasant in Wes... More
USACE contractors work on 30-foot bollard barrier
USACE contractors work on 30-foot bollard barrier emplacement for the Arizona primary barrier.
Park Ranger Robert Moreno, with the U.S. Army Corps
Park Ranger Robert Moreno, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's Success Lake, provides a safety brief to National Public Lands Day volunteers Sept. 24. More than 250 volunteers showed up ... More
Brig. Gen. Kimberly Colloton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Brig. Gen. Kimberly Colloton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division commander, and senior military and civilian leaders from the division discuss current and future civil works and military constr... More
Two concrete trucks feed a pump truck during the placement
Two concrete trucks feed a pump truck during the placement of concrete on the second floor of the future Stockton VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Stockton, California January 21, 2021. The U.S. Army Cor... More
A USACE representative surveys the San Diego primary
A USACE representative surveys the San Diego primary barrier where it runs into the Pacific Ocean.
Representative Josh Harder, of California's 10th
Representative Josh Harder, of California's 10th Congressional District, speaks to guests during a Nov. 8, 2019 ceremonial groundbreaking in French Camp, Calif., where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will buil... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park rangers and Wilderness
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park rangers and Wilderness Inquiry volunteers teamed up at Black Butte Lake, California, on April 11, 2019 to educate and train nearly 400 students from local elementary schools. S... More
Tim Geiger, a mechanical engineer with the U.S. Army
Tim Geiger, a mechanical engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, assesses a building for potential use as an Alternate Care Facility in Northern California, on March 31, 2020. USACE ... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters Senior Program
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters Senior Program Manager Yvonne Prettyman-Beck visits levee construction sites and flood risk management features in Sacramento, California, July 13, 2018. (U.S. Army pho... More
A fence surrounds the construction site for phase one
A fence surrounds the construction site for phase one and two of a solar microgrid project at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., March 12, 2013. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District managed constructi... More
Lt. Col. Curtis Yankie speaks at the MOTCO Pier 2
Lt. Col. Curtis Yankie speaks at the MOTCO Pier 2 replacement project groundbreaking on Jan. 22, 2019
Graduates of Leadership Development Program, Level
Graduates of Leadership Development Program, Level 3 after receiving congratulations from Sacramento District leaders at the district’s 90th anniversary dinner in Sacramento Oct. 11, 2019. From left: District C... More
Looking over a map of Zion National Park (clockwise
Looking over a map of Zion National Park (clockwise from left) park ranger Tim Knauss, Sacramento District's Darrin Rummel and Corrie Stetzel, Zion Park Ranger Annette Werderich, and Sacramento District's Lori ... More
Gerry Slattery, program manager for the Folsom Dam
Gerry Slattery, program manager for the Folsom Dam Raise project, gives a briefing on the recently completed Folsom Dam Dike 8 to Ernest Conant, California-Great Basin regional director at the Bureau of Reclama... More
An Air Force F-22 Raptor sits in front of the new Fuel
An Air Force F-22 Raptor sits in front of the new Fuel Composite Overhaul Test Facility at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Sept. 9, 2010. Built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, the $39.2 mill... More
Sacramento District's Hope Schear works around burned
Sacramento District's Hope Schear works around burned debris while helping search for cremains at the site of the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, in February.
A team of Engineers and Project Mangers from Sacramento
A team of Engineers and Project Mangers from Sacramento District walk along the a section of Marysville Ring Levee Phase 2AS. Construction on the levee began on April 16 and will be completed later this year. 2... More
A volunteer picks of trash Michael Johnson drops trash
A volunteer picks of trash Michael Johnson drops trash during a National Public Lands Day event held at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's Success Lake on September 22, 2018.
An attendee reads pamphlet giving an overview of the
An attendee reads pamphlet giving an overview of the Sacramento District during the Business Opportunities Open House on March 27, 2019, in Sacramento, California. The BOOH gives contractors a chance to meet re... More
A USACE representative surveys the San Diego primary
A USACE representative surveys the San Diego primary barrier where it runs into the Pacific Ocean.
Linda Finley, chief of the Mega Projects Center for
Linda Finley, chief of the Mega Projects Center for the Sacramento District, explains some of the efforts her team is working on, including the Isabella Dam Safety Modification Project and partnering with the D... More
Col. James Handura, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento
Col. James Handura, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District Commander, and Cheree Peterson, Programs Director for USACE’s South Pacific Division, joined VA leaders, members of Congress and many veteran... More
Col. Mike Farrell, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento
Col. Mike Farrell, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District Commander, addresses the crowd during an intimate ceremony near the Howe Avenue bridge on April 8, 2016 to announce the completion of nearly 2... More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) team is partnering with the National Park Service, the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Board and the S.F. Health Dep... More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District supervises the use of an innovative drone system towing a magnetometer to search for munitions 14 miles east of Marysville on Jan 24, 2019. The testing took ... More
Dredged material is placed near the upper San Joaquin
Dredged material is placed near the upper San Joaquin River Sept. 17, 2013, about 40 miles northeast of San Francisco. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District performs yearly dredging in the Sacram... More
Cheree Peterson, SES, director of programs for the
Cheree Peterson, SES, director of programs for the South Pacific Division, delivers her remarks at a signing event for the Folsom Dam Water Control Manual, June 12, 2019. The newest version of the manual suppor... More
Brenda Burman, commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation,
Brenda Burman, commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, and Brig. Gen. Paul Owen, commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division, listen as Gerry Slattery, Program Manager for the Folsom Dam P... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District safety
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District safety specialist Curtis Morris holds a Corps Safety and Health Requirements Manual, what he calls the “safety bible.” Morris recently returned from Alabama wher... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park rangers and Wilderness
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park rangers and Wilderness Inquiry volunteers teamed up at Black Butte Lake, California on April 11, 2019 to educate and train nearly 400 students from local elementary schools. St... More
Contracted workers with the Army Corps of Engineers
Contracted workers with the Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District monitor the site of construction on the future Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Stockton, California between concrete placements i... More
Construction crews install a 700-foot-long cutoff wall
Construction crews install a 700-foot-long cutoff wall to reduce seepage and stability issues along Reaches 8 and 9 of the Sacramento River East Levee, part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's American River C... More
New Hogan Lake sits approximately 30 minutes off Highway
New Hogan Lake sits approximately 30 minutes off Highway 99 in Valley Springs, California. With above normal rainfall this year, New Hogan has an abundance of water and is ready for camping and water sports thi... More
A gate at the west end of the El Paso 4-mile border
A gate at the west end of the El Paso 4-mile border barrier as seen from the U.S. edge of the Rio Grande River. Much of the El Paso 4-mile access road is located on the south side of the border barrier, but wel... More
Thomas Fitzgerald III, Director of the Veterans Affairs
Thomas Fitzgerald III, Director of the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, receives and American flag from Congressman Jerry McNerney, of California’s 9th Congressional District, during a Nov. 8, 201... More
California Army National Guard members of the 132nd
California Army National Guard members of the 132nd Multi-Role Bridge Company (MRBC), based out of Redding, California, conduct weekend drill training at Black Butte Lake recreation area Sept. 17.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District delivered a state-of-the-art training center to The Army School System at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, Nov. 5, 2019. Lt. Col. Laura Shiplet, district dep... More
Mark Bennett, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific
Mark Bennett, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division quality program manager, leads a discussion about the division’s current and future civil works and military construction projects during a regi... More
Mark Bennett, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific
Mark Bennett, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division quality program manager, leads a discussion about the division’s current and future civil works and military construction projects during a regi... More
Maj. Gen. Anthony Funkhouser, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Maj. Gen. Anthony Funkhouser, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Commanding General for Military and International Operations, tours a memorial for those who were killed and injured in a 1944 explosion at then... More
Portrait of Prof. P.C. Boudousquie, who served as a
Portrait of Prof. P.C. Boudousquie, who served as a draftsman and assistant engineer in the Mobile District from 1870 to 1900. (Courtesy of Boudousquie Family)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park rangers and Wilderness
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park rangers and Wilderness Inquiry volunteers teamed up at Black Butte Lake, California, on April 11, 2019 to educate and train nearly 400 students from local elementary schools. S... More
The east end (project began on west end) of the completed
The east end (project began on west end) of the completed El Paso 4-mile 18-foot bollard barrier where it meets the existing 18-foot mesh barrier. The foundation of the completed barrier was constructed higher ... More
California Army National Guard members of the 132nd
California Army National Guard members of the 132nd Multi-Role Bridge Company (MRBC), based out of Redding, California, conduct weekend drill training at Black Butte Lake recreation area Sept. 17.