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.
Sacramento District's Joe Griffin discards a dust pan
Sacramento District's Joe Griffin discards a dust pan full of debris while helping search for cremains at the site of the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, in February 2019.
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
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
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
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
Approximately 300 people attended the U.S. Army Corps
Approximately 300 people attended the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's Business Opportunities Open House on Feb. 20. Known as the BOOH for short, businesses both small and large took advantage... 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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. 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
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
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
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
Sacramento District invests in employees through Supervisor Excellence...
Graduates of the Sacramento District’s first Supervisor Excellence Program pose for a photo after their graduation from the program at the district headquarters Sep. 24, 2019. The curriculum includes courses in... More
Aerial photo looking south from the Fiddleneck day
Aerial photo looking south from the Fiddleneck day use area and boat launch at New Hogan Lake, California, May 13, 2020. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District aviation team captured these scenic ... More
Core sampling for deep mix method cutoff wall.
Core sampling for deep mix method cutoff wall.
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)
In response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, USACE is supporting
In response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, USACE is supporting the state of California under FEMA mission assignment to provide planning and site assessments for Alternate Care Facilities in California. As part of t... More
Sacramento District's team studying the feasibility
Sacramento District's team studying the feasibility of ecosystem restoration on northern California's Yuba River met with the public Jan. 16, 2018 in Marysville, California. The team shared details of the tenta... More
George Minges, an Emergency Operation Manager with
George Minges, an Emergency Operation Manager with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District, explains features of Sacramento District's new sandbagging machine during a Flood Fight Equipment Seminar and... More
Corps Sacramento District Changes Command
Col. Thomas C. Chapman addresses the crowd during his retirement ceremony at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium July 27. Chapman retires after commanding the Sacramento District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engine... More
In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sacramento District
In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sacramento District is still looking for qualified candidates to join our team.
Dr. Christine Altendorf, Senior Executive Service,
Dr. Christine Altendorf, Senior Executive Service, speaks to employees of the Sacramento District after being inducted into the district’s Gallery of Distinguished Civilian Employees at the district’s 90th anni... More
Approximately 300 people attended the U.S. Army Corps
Approximately 300 people attended the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's Business Opportunities Open House on Feb. 20. Known as the BOOH for short, businesses both small and large took advantage... More
Contruction work continues at Marysville Ring Levee
Contruction work continues at Marysville Ring Levee Phase 2A South on July 24, 2020.
A quarter placed alongside a hummingbird nest puts
A quarter placed alongside a hummingbird nest puts the size of the nest in perspective in Sonoma, California, March 8, 2018, five months after wildfires destroyed thousands of homes. The U.S. Army Corps of Engi... More
Marysville Ring Levee, Phase 2C, deep mix method cutoff
Marysville Ring Levee, Phase 2C, deep mix method cutoff wall in Marysville, California, on June 21, 2020.
A view of the entrance to the new three-bay fire station
A view of the 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, which... More
Sacramento District's Geneva Kraus, left and Joanne
Sacramento District's Geneva Kraus, left and Joanne Goodsell pick through burned debris while helping search for cremains at the site of the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, in February 2019.
Vernal pools, such as this one seen in Solano County,
Vernal pools, such as this one seen in Solano County, are one of the focus areas for conservation amid expected housing and area city expansion that the South Sacramento Habitat Conservation Plan will protect.
Sacramento District Commander Col. Mike Farrell joined
Sacramento District Commander Col. Mike Farrell joined Reps. Doris Matsui and Ami Bera, along with our state and local partners, to announce the completion of nearly 22 miles of American River levee improvement... More
Shown here are parts of the exposed bow-deck from the
Shown here are parts of the exposed bow-deck from the wrecked Clarksburg Ferry. Remains measure 60 feet in length and 24 feet in width, and sits at an approximate 20 degree angle, with its starboard side restin... More
Col. James Handura, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento
Col. James Handura, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District commander, and Alicia Kirchner, deputy district engineer for project management, greet guests after Handura took command of the district at a... 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.
Andra Shavone Homer, Sacramento, California
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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
Looking southwest across Success Lake toward the Highway
Looking southwest across Success Lake toward the Highway 190, located near Porterville, Calif., Nov. 8, 2004. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District completed construction of Schafer Dam in 1961 a... More
Sacramento District's team studying the feasibility
Sacramento District's team studying the feasibility of ecosystem restoration on northern California's Yuba River met with the public Jan. 16, 2018 in Marysville, California. The team shared details of the tenta... More
Dave Mello, a land surveyor with USACE Sacramento District,
Dave Mello, a land surveyor with USACE Sacramento District, provides a briefing about the recently purchased Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) the district will begin using. Mello briefed Sacramento's Commander Col.... More
Construction of the spillway’s left abutment at Richard
Construction of the spillway’s left abutment at Richard L. Schafer Dam, located near Porterville, Calif., May 20, 1967. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District completed construction of Schafer Dam... More
Mike Herman (center, red hat) with SAME (The Society
Mike Herman (center, red hat) with SAME (The Society of American Military Engineers) Sacramento Post, addresses volunteer workers before they start a home repair and improvement project on April 27, 2019.
Rick Brown, a senior public affairs specialist with
Rick Brown, a senior public affairs specialist with the Sacramento District, monitors the live feed during a virtual town hall at district headquarters August 28, 2020. At the event, Col. James Handura, distric... More
Sutter Buttes Flooding, 1997., Sacramento, California
Sutter Buttes Flooding, 1997. Public domain image related to the State of California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A sign announces the $10.8 million Marysville Ring
A sign announces the $10.8 million Marysville Ring Levee project. A groundbreaking ceremony for the project, lead by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, was held in Marysville, Calif., Sept. 2... More
Therese M. Lafferty, Sacramento, California
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Approximately 300 people attended the U.S. Army Corps
Approximately 300 people attended the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's Business Opportunities Open House on Feb. 20. Known as the BOOH for short, businesses both small and large took advantage... 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
(From left to right) U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop; U.S. Air
(From left to right) U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop; U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Andrew E. Busch, Ogden Air Logistics Center commander; U.S. Army Lt. Col. Andrew Kiger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District deput... More
Sacramento District's team studying the feasibility
Sacramento District's team studying the feasibility of ecosystem restoration on northern California's Yuba River met with the public Jan. 16, 2018 in Marysville, California. The team shared details of the tenta... 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
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
Approximately 300 people attended the U.S. Army Corps
Approximately 300 people attended the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's Business Opportunities Open House on Feb. 20. Known as the BOOH for short, businesses both small and large took advantage... More
A 1962 dedication ceremony at Richard L. Schafer Dam,
A 1962 dedication ceremony at Richard L. Schafer Dam, located near Porterville, Calif. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District completed construction of Schafer Dam in 1961 and the reservoir provid... More
Volunteers from Boys Scout Troop 274 work on a walkway
Volunteers from Boys Scout Troop 274 work on a walkway at Lake Kaweah near Lemon Cove, Calif., Sept. 24, in celebration of National Public Lands Day. Around 100 volunteers turned out to help at Lake Kaweah, one... More
Rising above the hills of the Presidio of Monterey
Rising above the hills of the Presidio of Monterey is the Defense Language Institute’s new general instruction building (GIB), completed in September 2010 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District... More
Second wind turbine brings Tooele Army Depot closer to net zero energy
A second wind turbine towers nearly 300 feet above the nearby Stirling solar array at Tooele Army Depot, Utah, March 22, 2016. The $6.5 million wind turbine project is scheduled to be complete later this year a... More
Yat Hung Chan, a mechanical engineer with the U.S.
Yat Hung Chan, a mechanical engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, assesses a facility in Santa Clara, California, to help determine its potential to serve as an alternate care faci... More
Kathy Bond, a program analyst with the U.S. Army Corps
Kathy Bond, a program analyst with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, listens intently to a guest speaker who shared a deeply personal story about a suicide attempt and living with mental ill... More
Wing dam buoys, shown July 19, 2011, (left), await
Wing dam buoys, shown July 19, 2011, (left), await replacement at the Sacramento District’s Bryte Yard maintenance facility in West Sacramento, Calif. Bryte Yard maintains 54 buoys on the Sacramento River as pa... 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
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
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District project
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District project manager John Hoge explains to Rep. Ami Bera some of the construction challenges his team faced during a ceremony to mark the completion of 22 miles of le... 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
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
Project manager Stacy Pereyda-Hill, left, presents
Project manager Stacy Pereyda-Hill, left, presents information to Congresswoman Doris Matsui about work being done on the Natomas Levee Improvement Project Reach I. Matsui and several other dignitaries viewed t... More
Yat Hung Chan, a mechanical engineer with the U.S.
Yat Hung Chan, a mechanical engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, assesses a facility in Santa Clara, California, to help determine its potential to serve as an alternate care faci... More
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
Volunteers from Boys Scout Troop 274 work on a walkway
Volunteers from Boys Scout Troop 274 work on a walkway at Lake Kaweah near Lemon Cove, Calif., Sept. 24 in celebration of National Public Lands Day. Around 100 volunteers turned out to help at Lake Kaweah, one ... More
Supervisor Patrick Kennedy with the Sacramento Area
Supervisor Patrick Kennedy with the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, speaks at the ceremonial groundbreaking for Folsom Dam Raise Project at Folsom Lake, California, Jan. 21, 2020. The project will help fu... 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
Approximately 300 people attended the U.S. Army Corps
Approximately 300 people attended the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's Business Opportunities Open House on Feb. 20. Known as the BOOH for short, businesses both small and large took advantage... More
A mature Bale Eagle perches in a pine tree along the
A mature Bale Eagle perches in a pine tree along the shoreline of Englebright Lake on January 10. The eagle was spotted during the annual eagle count done by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Parks teams. The co... More
A volunteer collects litter at the shoreline of New
A volunteer collects litter at the shoreline of New Hogan Lake near Valley Springs, Calif., Sept. 24. More than 200 volunteers planted 60 trees, picked up over 1,000 pounds of trash, painted over graffiti, rebu... More
Col. Bill Leady, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of
Col. Bill Leady, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, takes a moment to acknowledge a feline attendee of a groundbreaking ceremony for the Marysville Ring Levee in Marysville, Cali... More
Sandbagging against seepage, Sacramento, California
A team places sandbags in an orchard along the San Joaquin River to prevent seepage during a high water period in 2017.
Students from Davis Senior High School listen as Hunter
Students from Davis Senior High School listen as Hunter Merritt (right), water resources planner for the Sacramento District, introduces himself as part of the moderator panel during the 2019 Agricultural Issue... More
Laura Shiplet (bottom row, second from left) while
Laura Shiplet (bottom row, second from left) while serving as a Lieutenant, combat engineer, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, from 2003-2004.