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Corps to observe National Dam Safety Awareness Day at Perry Lake

5/22/2013
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District will hold a media opportunity session at Perry Lake on May 31 from 1-3 p.m. in observance of National Dam Safety Awareness Day.

Army Corps to hold public meeting for habitat work at Benedictine Bottoms

5/14/2013
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District will hold an open house public meeting for the Benedictine Bottoms Shallow Water Habitat Restoration Project Friday, May 17, from 2 to 3 p.m. at the U.S.D. 409 Atchison Public Schools – Community Meeting Room, 626 Commercial in Atchison, Kan.

Army Corps releases report on notching

5/8/2013
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District briefed stakeholders at Arrow Rock, Mo., on May 7 about potential erosion concerns caused by notches on the Missouri River.

Army Corps announces plan for aquatic habitat restoration at Benedictine Bottoms

5/7/2013
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District has issued a public notice announcing plans to restore shallow water habitat on the Missouri River just north of Atchison, Kan.

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Four barges were used during Friends Invovled with Smithville Habitat (FISH) day Saturday, April 13, 2013. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers partnered with the Missouri Department of Conservation and Clay County Parks for this 2nd annual event. Photo by Trisha D. Dorsey.
The original turbine at the Stockton Lake Power Plant is installed in the early 1970s. Significant activity will occur in the area of the plant in the spring of 2013 when it is removed and placed on permanent display near the Power Plant switchyard.
The left bank of Deep Creek has eroded dangerously close to I-70 in two locations. Located in Riley County, Kan., this project is one of four Section 14, Emergency Stream Bank Stabilization Projects underway in the Kansas City District. A combination of willow stakes and stone protection is being used. As the willow stakes mature, their roots, along with the stone, will help stabilize the channel.
Park Ranger Samantha Walker from Clinton Lake in Kansas helps children catch fish at the 17th Annual Kaw Valley Eagles Day. The event was sponsored by the Jayhawk Audubon Society, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Unified School District 497. Photo by Diana McCoy.
Amanda Chirpich, project engineer for the Buildingg 120 Renovation Project, briefed the Northwest Division Commander Col. Anthony Funkhouser (left), and Kansas City District Engineer Col. Anthony Hofmann (right) at the central atrium of the new Combined Arms Research Library (CARL) at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., on Jan. 23, 2013. The project is on schedule for completion this spring. Photo by Robert G. Woodall Jr.
Col. Anthony J. Hofmann presents the USACE Chief of Engineers Award on Jan. 4, 2012, to senior representatives from JE Dunn and their project staff along with the designer for the Building 465 Renovation project at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The project received the Merit Award for restoration. Photo by Jennie L. Wilson.
Allen Reavis (blue shirt), the mayor of Atchison, Kan., and Kirk Thompson (tan shirt), a public land manager for the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism tour Dalbey Bottoms on Dec. 7, 2012. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held to commemmorate the completion of three chutes along the Missouri River.

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