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  • December

    From left to right, G. Patrick O’Dowd, executive director, Salton Sea Authority; Col. Julie Balten, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District; and Cindy Messer, chief deputy director, California Department of Water Resources, celebrate after signing the Imperial Streams Salton Sea Feasibility Cost-Share Agreement during a Dec. 16 signing ceremony near the shores of the Salton Sea in Mecca, California.

    Corps, partners sign agreement to move forward on study to aid Salton Sea

    On a sunny December day near the shores of the Salton Sea, three agencies signed an agreement to collaborate on ways to aid the ailing lake. Representatives with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, California Department of Water Resources and the Salton Sea Authority signed a cost-share agreement during a Dec. 16 outdoor ceremony at the North Shore Yacht Club in Mecca.

  • April

    VIDEO Prado Basin Ecosystem Restoration, Chief's Report

    On April 22, Earth Day, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, the 55th Chief of Engineers, signed a Chief’s Report, which recommends a multi-year, multi section plan to tackle loss and/or degradation of aquatic, riparian woodland and floodplain habitats along the Santa Ana River due to numerous issue the waterway has experienced since the 1940s.

  • September

    Robert Klein, project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, center, discusses the Corps’ San Diego Veterans Affairs project with Col. Aaron Barta, LA District commander, right, while Shaun Frost, area engineer with the Construction Division, Southern California Area Office, LA District, left, looks on during an Aug. 29 site visit to the hospital in San Diego, California.

    LA District commander tours San Diego, Riverside project sites

    As the new commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, Col. Aaron Barta understands the importance of visiting project sites firsthand. “Seeing project sites myself and talking to our team members makes it much easier for me to clearly advocate for the Los Angeles District,” he said.

  • December

    Brig. Gen Mark Toy (4th from left) and Col. Kim Colloton (far right) join elected officials and agency representatives for the ceremonial ground breaking of Phase Two of the Murrieta Creek Flood Protection and Environmental Restoration Project Dec. 15 at the Temecula Community Center.

    Murrieta Creek flood reduction project moves to next phase

    Elected officials and agency representatives gathered Dec. 15 at the Temecula Community Center for a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of the next phase of the Murrieta Creek Flood Protection and Environmental Restoration Project.

  • November

    Corps officials brief EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy (left) on Los Angeles County Drainage Area projects during her visit to a Los Angeles River overlook point in Elysian Park Nov. 21. The newly appointed EPA chief visited Los Angeles to get a first-hand view of LA River revitalization efforts.

    EPA chief visits LA River

    Newly appointed EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy visited Los Angeles Nov. 21 to see first hand plans for the LA River's restoration. The EPA chief said she was pleased to view the work that's been done to connect the community to the natural world.
  • TUCSON, Ariz.- Col. Mark Toy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, ceremonially completes the project at the Nov. 2 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Tucson Arroyo Project Phase II B Park Avenue Basins project while a group of students from the nearby Highland Free School cut the ribbon with Ramon Valadez, the Pima County Board of Supervisors chairman. The project, developed in partnership with the Pima County Regional Flood Control District; the City of Tucson; the Tucson Unified School District and the Corps of Engineers is designed to provide for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration along the Tucson Arroyo within the Arroyo Chico watershed.

    District helps dedicate Tucson project

    Members of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District were on hand Nov. 2 for a dedication ceremony of the Arroyo Chico Tucson Arroyo Project Phase II B Park Ave. Basins. The project provides flood risk management in the area and it is also an ecosystem restoration project. The project runs along the Tucson Arroyo in the Arroyo Chico watershed.

  • October

    Col. Mark Toy, Los Angeles District commander speaks during an event at North Atwater Park along the Los Angeles River Oct. 9. The city received a donation of $970,000 to fund the District’s Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study.

    Donation funds feasibility study

    A private company donated funds to the non-profit group Friends of the LA River who, in turn, donated $970,000 to the city for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study.

  • August

    Officials cut the ribbon opening the Tujunga Wash Greenway to the public Aug. 15 in Valley Glen, Calif. Pictured from left to right are Valley Glen Neighborhood Association President Carlos Ferreyra, County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, Public Works Director Gail Farber and District Commander Col. Mark Toy.

    Tujunga Wash now open to public

    Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and Los Angeles County cut the ribbon opening the Tujunga Wash Ecosystem Restoration Project in Valley Glen, Calif., to the public Aug. 15.