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  • April

    The water contained and released from Alamo Dam by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, which entered an innovative partnership with state and federal agencies in the 1990s, helps maintain a state park which hosts thousands of visitors every year and sustain 50 miles of downstream riparian habitat along the Bill Williams River all the way to the Bill Williams National Wildlife Refuge. The Corps manages nearly twelve million acres of water across the country and is consistently seeking innovative and environmentally sustainable solutions to the nation's water resources challenges to help strengthen the nation.

    LA District continues innovative partnership

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District has helped develop a strong partnership at Alamo Dam and along the Bill Williams River to continue sustaining our nation’s economic and water resources. Through the collaboration, known as the Bill Williams River Corridor Steering Committee, with other government agencies and partners, the Corps ensured the flows from Alamo Dam maximized taxpayer dollars by maintaining a high level of sustainability for a variety of communities.

  • February

    (Left to right) San Fernando Valley Audubon Society President Dave Weeshof, Los Angeles District Commander Col. Mark Toy and SFVAS Conservation Chair Kris Ohlenkamp lead a group of Corps employees and local environmentalists on a nature walk Feb. 12 at the Sepulveda Dam Basin vegetation management area. (USACE photo by Jay Field)

    Corps to resume Sepulveda vegetation management operations

    During a nearly three-hour nature walk in the Sepulveda Dam Basin Feb. 12, Los Angeles District Commander Col. Mark Toy told representatives of local environmental groups that his operations and maintenance crews would soon resume the vegetation management work that began in December 2012.
  • Keynote speaker, Lowell Morgan speaks to the district’s work force attending the Black Employment Special Emphasis Program (BEP) Committee’s Black History Month kick-off, ceremony held at the district conference room, Feb. 4 in Los Angeles, Calif. The ceremony was held in the District’s 12th floor conference room-the site of all scheduled 2013 BHM events this month.

    District employees celebrate BHM at kick-off ceremony

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Black Employment Special Emphasis Program committee held its Black History Month observance kick-off ceremony at the District's headquarters Feb. 4.

  • January

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Black Employment Program honored Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a day of service by delivering more than 100 pounds of collected toiletries and toys to local shelters in the downtown Los Angeles community. Lashawn Richardson, Debra McCree, Matthews Turner and Arnecia Williams, offload donated items at the Downtown Women's Center. (USACE photo by Brooks O. Hubbard)

    District observes MLK holiday with day of service

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Black Employment Program honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday with a day of service by delivering more than 100 pounds of collected toiletries and toys to local shelters in the downtown Los Angeles community Jan. 22.
  • PHOENIX - Drew Savage, a project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District's Arizona/Nevada Area Office, speaks with business representatives during the first Business Opportunities Open House held Jan. 29 at the Phoenix office. The event was an open forum designed to let business owners learn about contract opportunities and to learn how to do business with the Corps.

    Arizona/Nevada Area Office hosts Business Opportunities Open House

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Arizona/Nevada Area Office hosted its first Business Opportunities Open House at its downtown office Jan. 29. The event was an open forum designed to let business owners learn about contract opportunities and to learn how to do business with the Corps.
  • Trash in the vegetative management area south of Burbank Boulevard. The five-year vegetation management plan is restricted to the 48 acres south of the boulevard and will reintroduce diverse, sustainable native species while maintaining the basin's primary function flood risk management.

    Work halts on Sepulveda Basin vegetation management project

    Work on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District's five-year vegetation management project for the Sepulveda Dam Flood Control Basin has been halted to host further discussion with the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society, Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Steering Committee and other stakeholders.

  • December

    FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District completed construction on a new bridge across Thorpe Rd which more than triples the flow capacity in the area. The "classic-looking" bridge project also contains retaining walls and the wing walls with a malapai rock veneer to provide aesthetic enhancement to the flood risk management project.

    Corps completes Thorpe Rd. Bridge

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District put the finishing touches on the bridge across Thorpe Road over the Rio de Flag in Flagstaff, Ariz. and reopened the thoroughfare to complete the project in December.
  • PHOENIX - Bill Miller, a senior project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District's Regulatory Department in the Arizona-Nevada Area Office, speaks with a group of USACE tribal liaisons during the 9th Annual Tribal Nations Community of Practice meeting which ran from Dec. 5-7 at the Area Office. Meeting participants spoke on several topics including impediments to working with tribes, a discussion with USACE headquarters Office of Counsel on legal issues, regulatory issues and a presentation on Gregory Canyon

    LA District hosts meetings with tribal representatives, Corps tribal liaisons

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District hosted a series of meetings and training sessions the week of Dec. 3 to Dec. 7. Training included discussion from seasoned tribal liaisons and marked the first time the Corps brought together a Tribal Panel of tribal representatives who shared their ideas on how the Corps of Engineers can improve the way it participates with tribes.
  • Rep. Ken Calvert, center right, takes part in ground breaking ceremonies Dec. 8 for March Air Reserve Base's new 16,000 sq. foot airfield traffic control tower and base operations facility. Joining him are, from the left, Col. Tim McCoy, contract partner David Parkes, Col. Bo Mahaney, Moreno Valley Mayor Richard Stewart and David Van Dorpe, District deputy engineer for programs and project management.

    March ARB breaks ground on new airfield traffic control tower and base operations facility

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District joined community leaders Dec. 8 to break ground for the new March Air Reserve Base's nearly 16,000 sq. foot airfield traffic control tower and base operations facility.
  • ECCV operator Alex Watt and Emergency Operations Center intern Tito Carrillo spent a few hours getting the 47-foot vehicle, designed to serve as a temporary mobile command post, decked out for the evening's festivities. The District made its first appearance in the Seal Beach Christmas Parade which featured 110 marching groups and more than 3,600 participants Dec. 7.

    Seal Beach Christmas Parade: An opportunity to feature Corps capabilities and opportunities

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District made its first appearance in the annual Seal Beach Christmas Parade Dec. 7.

  • November

    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.
  • PHOENIX - Rich Fontanilla, the Area Engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District's Arizona-Nevada Area Office, receives the Chief of Engineers Award of Excellence for Environmental Design Nov. 1 from Col. Mark Toy, the LA District commander, for work done at the Tres Rios Environmental Restoration Project, Phase II Flow Regulating and Overbank Wetlands while U.S. Representative Ed Pastor and Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton look on. In partnership with the City of Phoenix and Archer-Western Contractors, Ltd., and Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.the Corps' project "does an outstanding job of natural treatment for wastewater effluent while providing valuable wetland habitat," according to the write up for the award.

    District project earns environmental design award

    Col. Mark Toy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, presented the Chief of Engineers Award of Excellence for Environmental Design to the City of Phoenix and representatives from the District’s Arizona-Nevada Area Office, Archer-Western Contractors, Ltd., and Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., for work done at the Tres Rios Environmental Restoration project, Phase II Flow Regulating and Overbank Wetlands, during a ceremony held Nov. 1 at Phoenix City Hall.

  • September

    The Army Reserve Center project is in the "punch list" stage with safety officials, contractors and District project delivery teams making final inspections before furniture is installed and the customer takes possession in October. The ARC is the headquarters for the 79th Sustainment Support Command which was activated Dec. 1, 2009.

    Joint Forces Training Base home to energy-efficient headquarters

    Soldiers, family members and civilians of the 79th Sustainment Support Command will soon have a new headquarters, organizational maintenance area and acres of parking at the Joint Forces Training Base here. The work is all part of a nearly $25 million project managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District.
  • During the graduation event, Leadership Development Program participants gave presentations for Col. Mark Toy, Los Angeles District Commander, and other senior leaders. Presentations ranged from proposed sponsorship packages so new employees would feel more welcomed into the District to a totally new way of distributing employees across the District to maximize productivity and increase quality of life.

    District celebrates future leaders

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District celebrated a successful completion to another year of Leadership Development Program (LDP) Level I and LDP Level II,during a ceremony held at the District headquarters Sept. 12.

  • August

    Col. Mark Toy, the Los Angeles District commander, presented Dr. Wen Chang with a command coin and a certificate which read in part, the District’s appreciation for Chang’s “outstanding leadership, dedication and technical expertise for the Asset Management, the Programs and Project Management, and the Planning Divisions and in the development of the FY14 Watershed-Based Budget Pilot Proposal for the Santa Ana River Watershed. Dr. Chang currently provides technical and budgeting support within the Natural Resources Management Program. His national perspective in all of these areas has been an invaluable asset to the District.”

    Visiting IWR economist departing District

    Dr. Wen-Huei Chang, a water resources economist from the Institute of Water Services, left the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Aug. 22 after working with three of the District’s divisions on temporary assignment for nearly five months.
  • LUKE AFB, Ariz. -- This artist’s rendering show what a proposed Squadron Operations building for the incoming F-35 squadrons at Luke AFB may look like when it is complete. The Air Force officially announced the base as the site of the Air Force's F-35A Lightning II pilot training center Aug. 1. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District is scheduled to begin construction in Oct. 2012.

    LA District preparing for construction on Luke AFB

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Arizona/Nevada Area Office’s Roadrunner Resident Office is preparing to award between $90 and $110 million in military construction and Operations and Maintenance work at Luke Air Force Base.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and URS Corporation have held ping pong leagues for several years and ultimately hold a championship tournament on the seventh-floor patio of their downtown Los Angeles office building. In the men’s division, it was an all-District final as ACE-IT contractor Bee Cha won three sets to one against David Coltharp (pictured) of the asset management division.

    Familiar faces vie for table tennis glory

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and URS Corporation have held ping pong leagues for several years and ultimately hold a championship tournament on the seventh-floor patio of their downtown Los Angeles office building.

  • July

    James A. Moye, a project engineer in the Roadrunner Resident Office at the Arizona-Nevada Area Office, received the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Kevin Inada Memorial Employee of the Quarter Award for the second quarter in 2012.

    Arizona project engineer named Employee of the Quarter

    James A. Moye, a project engineer in the Roadrunner Resident Office at the Arizona-Nevada Area Office, received the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Kevin Inada Memorial Employee of the Quarter Award for the second quarter in 2012.
  • Col. Mark Toy, Los Angeles District commander, Lt. Col Robert Blankenship, L.A. Recruiting Battalion commander, Bob Huber, City of Simi Valley mayor, J.D. Kennedy, office of Rep. Buck McKeon, and Capt. Jeffrey Warstler, company commander, cut the ribbon ceremonially opening the Los Angeles Recruiting Battalion's newest station in Simi Valley, Calif., June 20. The Los Angeles District manages more than 250 recruiting station leases throughout Southern California, Arizona and Nevada, as part of the Department of Defense Recruiting Facilities Program.

    Recruiters open new station

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District joined the U.S. Army's Los Angeles Recruiting Battalion to celebrate the grand opening of its newest recruiting station in Simi Valley, Calif., June 20.