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)
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
Beale Air Force men sandbagging 5th Street Bridge approach Yuba City (Sutter County). Note the mass exodus from City of Marysville over 10th Street Bridge spanning Feather River.
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
The Clarksburg Ferry, shown Jan. 13, 1920, eight years before it sank along the west bank of the Sacramento River at Clarksburg, in Yolo County, Calif.
A buoy marks the location of a wing dam (left) on the Sacramento River near West Sacramento, Calif., in July 2008. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District’s Bryte Yard maintenance facility maintain More
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
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
Senator Robert Bennett (third from left) and Rep. Rob Bishop (fourth from right) joined Air Force Maj. Gen. Andrew E. Busch (fourth from left), commander of the Ogden Air Logistics Center, and Norbert Suter (se More
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
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District engineers Christy Jones (left) and Kristy Riley (right) helped judge Folsom High School’s Fourth Annual Cardboard Plywood Whatever Regatta at Beal’s Point State More
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.
The vehicle 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 r More
Learning to fly the Parrot Anafi Unmanned Aerial System for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is not as simple as grabbing the controls and taking off. A safety checklist is the first order o More
Luke Burns, a Public Affairs Specialist with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District inspects the Unmanned Aerial System, Dec 16, 2020.
The Parrot Anafi Unmanned Aerial System breaks down into an easy-to-carry briefcase, making it easy to grab and get out to the action. The District’s UAS team is training two members of the Public Affairs Offic More
Dave Mello, center, lead trainer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's Unmanned Aerial Team, explains assembly and operations procedures to Luke Burns, left, and John Prettyman during train More
Luke Burns, left, and John Prettyman, both Public Affairs Specialists with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District were up bright and early on a cold California morning Dec. 16, 2020 for a full day More
The UAS team prepares the Parrot Anafi Unmanned Aerial System for its first flight of the day during a day of training for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District on Dec. 16, 2020 near Folsom, California.
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
Park Ranger Andy Steele, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's Hensley Lake, and a volunteer work to clear brush from a trail as part of National Public Lands Day Sept. 24. More than 800 More
Volunteers help with trail maintenance at Stanislaus River Parks near Oakdale, Calif., Sept. 24 in celebration of National Public Lands Day. Stanislaus was one of seven U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento D More
Marjorie McDonald, chief of safety at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, will be one of a handful of corps employees coaching small business owners about safety at an annual convention in Spa More
Stan Wallin of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's real estate office, points to where a new access control point will be constructed at U.S. Army Garrison Camp Parks Reserve Training center More
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
A gantry crane's boom rests in the down position on Pier 3 at Military Ocean Terminal Concord March 3, 2013 in Concord, Calif. Pier 2 has been inoperable for the past five years and is a key component for MOTCO More
Natalie Houghton, an environmental specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, uses a special magnet to activate acoustic fish tags prior to them being surgically implanted into 250 st More
A dredge contracted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is shown near the upper San Joaquin River about 40 miles northeast of San Francisco Sept. 17, 2013. The district performs yearly dredg More
The Port Chicago monument is located inside Military Ocean Terminal Concord
A prominate butte looks out over the Stanislaus River Valley near Knights Ferry, Cailfornia May 15, 2015.
Sacramento District employees celebrated the 240th Army Birthday on June 12, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Luke Burns)
The inlet to Lake Kaweah on Oct. 14, 2015. Lake Kaweah is in the foothills of Sequoia National Park and is 1 of the 10 parks and lakes run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento Distinct.
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 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
A passing cyclist stops to learn more about improvements to the Sacramento area flood risk reduction system. The displays were part of an April 8, 2016 ceremony where federal, state and local leaders announced More
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.
Custodial District Support Team members inspect Emergency Command and Control Vehicles (ECCVs) during a three-day simulation exercise held at Black Butte Lake near Orland, California in mid-November. This all-v More
A team places sandbags in an orchard along the San Joaquin River to prevent seepage during a high water period in 2017.
Deviation adds 10,000 acre-feet to Success Lake. Public domain photograph of a lake, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Members of the U.S. Forest Service, Army Corps of Engineers and local community cut the ceremonial ribbon for the Kern River Ranger Station in Kernville, California, on Nov. 1, 2017. From left are Forest Superv More
Sacramento District continues its Federal Emergency Management Agency directed mission to remove non-household hazardous waste from residential lots in Sonoma, Napa, Lake and Mendocino counties in Northern Cali More
State Sen. Mike McGuire, speaks to first-responders, state and federal agencies at the Schaefer Elementary School prior to students returning after their three-month absence, which resulted from the October 201 More
San Francisco District operated Kyen Campgrounds at Mendocino Lake are currently being designed for a temporary housing mission to allow survivors of the California wildfires the means to continue with rebuildi More
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
Quality Assurance Specialist Steve Bernstein discusses debris removal operations in Sonoma County, CA, with Quality Assurance Supervisor Chris Langstaff. Both are with the Bureau of Reclamation and are augmenti More
Amber Machado takes calls throughout her 12-hour day from residents at the Sonoma Recovery Field Office in Santa Rosa, California. She has been in the call center the longest at 41 days. In her regular life, sh More
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
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
More than 200 business professionals from across the region participated in the Business Opportunities Open House, which connects potential contractors with Sacramento District personnel to discuss current and More
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
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 group of young volunteers spread mulch while creating a Butterfly Garden at Success Lake during National Public Lands Day on September 22, 2018.
Tennele, a service dog with Canine Companions for Independence lies with her recipient, Abbi Roman, on a CT scan machine while Abbi’s mother Chris looks on. Abbi, who has autism, relies on Tennele to be a calmi More
Sgt. 1s Class Derrick Wade thanks his fellow team mates at Bagram for all of their support during his tour with USACE in Afghanistan.
Half Dome by Rhiannon Kucharski Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Yosemite National Park, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Lt. Col. Curtis Yankie speaks at the MOTCO Pier 2 replacement project groundbreaking on Jan. 22, 2019
Laura Shiplet (far right) while serving as a Lieutenant, combat engineer, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, from 2003-2004.
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
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 2019.
Col. David Ray, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District commander, speaks with retired U.S. Navy captain, Robert Katin, at Post 16 of the American Legion in Stockton during a March 21 town hall discuss More
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
Real Estate team members Bill Casale (left) and Lisa Ng (right) talk to an attendee during the 2019 Business Opportunities Open House on March 27, 2019 in Sacramento, California. The BOOH gives contractors a ch More
Since safety is one of our major ongoing goals at the Corps of Engineers, Deb Lewis, a program manager for mega projects and also a biologist, provided a few safety tips in case you happen to have a close encou More
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 300 students from Orland’s Fairview and Sierra More
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
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 300 students from local elementary schools. St More
Wildflowers bloom at the Corps of Engineers Black Butte Lake recreation area on Arpil 11, 2019.
Rods and Reels are passed out to participants of Kid's Fishing Day at the Corps of Engineer's Hensley Lake outside of Madera, California, on April 13.
South Pacific Division Commander Brig. Gen. Kim Colloton (left) speaks with engineers at the Isabella Dam Safety Modification Project during a tour of the project April 17, 2019. Colloton assumed command of the More
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
The final product, complete with a drought-resistant front yard, is seen after volunteers spent the day working on this home in Rancho Cordova on April 27, 2019. The group of workers volunteered with SAME (The More
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
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
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
Ralph Soares, 70, begins his volunteer workday early on a recent Saturday morning, scrubbing and cleaning picnic benches at the Corps’ New Hogan Lake in Valley Springs, California.
A team from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District inspects work being done at the Marysville Ring Levee on May 19, 2019.
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
Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, USACE Commanding General and 54th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, reviews barrier wall construction information during a flyover of about 100 miles of border near Yuma, Arizona.
Col. David Ray, commander of the Sacramento District, looks on as Drew Lessard, area manager at the Bureau of Reclamation’s Central California Area Office, introduces the senior representatives of USACE and Rec More
USACE contractors weld 18-foot bollard panel for Arizona primary barrier.
Brig. Gen. Kim 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 constructio More
Brig. Gen. Kimberly Colloton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division commander, speaks to senior military and civilian leaders from the division about current and future civil works and military co More
Contractors construct bollard barrier panels at the San Diego Field Office fabrication yard.
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
This infographic provides a pictorial overview of significant and recorded U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District Emergency Operations over the last 41 years, helping communities rebuild after disaste More
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
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District received $2.1 billion dollars through the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123) Long Term Disaster Recovery Investment Plan to keep five critica More
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
Col. David Ray, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District commander, is awarded the Silver Order of the de Fleury Medal from Brig. Gen. Kim Colloton, South Pacific Division commander, prior to Ray relinq More
Maj. Gen. Anthony Funkhouser, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Commanding General for Military and International Operations, receives a mission briefing from U.S. Army Lt. Col. Curtis Yankie, 834th Transport More
Sacramento District’s Dr. Seth Cohen, right, Collaboration and Public Participation Center of Expertise, Institute of Water Resources, and Patricia Fontanet, Water Resources Planner, answer questions during the More
Vernal pools, such as this one seen in South Sacramento 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.
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
Sacramento City Councilmember Jeff Harris, Congresswoman Doris Matsui and other dignitaries tour an area of work being done on the Natomas Levee Improvement Project Reach I on Sept. 30, 2019.
Col. James Handura, Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, delivers remarks at the renaming ceremony for the Richard L. Schafer Dam in Porterville, California, Oct. 1, 2019. The dam, prev More
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
Nick Lesourd, Natural Disaster Program Manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, explains to participants various drills they will be participating in during a Flood Fight Equipment Sem More
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
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
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