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  • March

    Phil Serpa, right, and Richard Lee, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Operations Division, explain the Prado Dam spillway modification project for Travis Tutka, senior Dam and Levee Safety Branch program manager, using an overview photo of the site, March 9, near Corona, California.

    Senior dam safety program manager visits Prado Dam spillway project

    To get a first-hand look at Prado Dam and better understand upcoming modifications to its spillway, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ senior Dam and Levee Safety Branch program manager Travis Tutka toured the spillway, exterior and deep interior of the dam, March 9, at Corona, California.
  • The north view of the Painted Rock Dam can be seen in this March 24 picture near Gila Bend, Arizona. Painted Rock Dam is a major flood control project in the Gila River Drainage Basin, constructed and operated by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District.

    LA District leaders tour Painted Rock Dam project

    Col. Julie Balten, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, and David Van Dorpe, deputy district engineer for the LA District, toured the Painted Rock Dam, a flood risk-reduction project, located on the Gila River in Maricopa County March 24 near Gila Bend.

  • September

    The commander of the South Pacific, Col. David Turner, visited numerous projects and met with district personnel during a trip to Southern California.

    South Pacific Division commander visits district projects, people

    Col. David Turner, the commander of the South Pacific Division, went on a whirlwind tour of several Los Angeles District projects during a visit to the area Aug. 19-23. Turner, who took command of the division in June, was joined by James Dalton, the Corps of Engineers’ chief of engineering and construction, and Brad Schwichtenberg, deputy chief of the division’s regional integration team.