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  • October

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, Leadership Development Class of 2023 completes their LDP kick-off at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, on Oct. 3-6, 2022. The kick-off introduces the class to the Army by having them participate in or observe training that soldiers and officers complete during their time in the Army, and by learning from Army professionals about the different jobs engineers hold while in uniform. | Photo by Reagan Zimmerman, Kansas City District Public Affairs

    Kansas City District 2023 LDP Kick-off: understanding to support

    A group of 12 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District employees embarked on a four-day training exercise that served as the Kansas City District 2023 Leadership Development Program, or LDP, kick-off event at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri on Oct. 3, 2022. LDP is a program for Department of the Army civilians run by all USACE districts, and each district conducts their program differently. The Kansas City District conducts a year-long program that offers DA civilians the chance to grow.

  • September

    Brandon Meinert, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District building information modeling program manager, presents his research project, which focused on finding more effective ways to enhance the collection, exchange and use of building information throughout the project life cycle, during the ERDC-U graduation on Sept. 15, 2022, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Photo by Patrice Creel, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center.

    Learning alongside each other: Kansas City District ERDC-U graduates

    Two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District employees recently graduated from a six-month program called ERDC University on Sept. 15, 2022, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, through the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. Jesseca Alexander, Kansas City District civil engineer, and Brandon Meinert, Kansas City District building information modeling program manager, were two of six graduates from the program.
  • A member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District staff helps conduct a prescribed fire to help conserve wildlife and ecosystems at Kanopolis lake on July 24, 2020. Photo by Ryan Williams, Kanopolis Lake natural resource manager.

    Setting a drought on fire

    Picture this – it’s July and the temperatures are in the high 90s. Weeds and grasses are mature. You see smoke on a hill in the distance – smoke means fire. You worry because prairie fires can get out of hand and threaten nearby structures. Then, you learn the fire is being deliberately set by a federal agency.

  • August

    Dr. Paul Schroeder (right), Jesseca Alexander and Dr. Carlos Ruiz (left)

    Kansas City District’s Alexander continues ERDC University Project

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District’s Jesseca Alexander is half-way through her major research project with the U.S Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) six-month detail program known as ERDC University, or ERDC-U.

  • July

    The Kansas City District is a member of the Missouri Feral Hog Partnership, comprised of multiple resource agencies and private land owners, led by the Missouri Department of Conservation and U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The goal is to eradicate feral hogs from Missouri.

    Feral Hog Elimination at Missouri Lakes

    When it comes to invasive species, it can be hard to find success stories. The Missouri Feral Hog Elimination Partnership is bucking that trend and seeing success in eliminating feral hogs from private and public lands – including U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Harry S. Truman, Pomme De Terre and Stockton lakes in southern Missouri. 
  • Solar array located at Sylvan Park, Wilson Lake, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sept. 4, 2020.

    Kansas City District embraces sustainability and energy efficiency initiatives

    The Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed several solar field projects that greatly contribute to the sustainability and energy efficiency initiatives at the Wilson Lake Project that help to protect, sustain, and improve the natural and man-made environment completed over the last two years.

  • May

    Attendees of the Dedication tour the Veterans’ Memorial Park

    Veterans Memorial at Stockton Lake dedicated on Armed Forces Day

    A dedication ceremony was appropriately held on Armed Forces Day for the Stockton Veterans Memorial at the Stockton Lake project office. This day paid and ceremony tribute to men and women who serve the United States’ armed forces and was a great opportunity for all to express their gratitude, admiration, and support to the men and women who have answered the noble call of service to their country.

  • January

    New campsites in the Ruark Bluff East Campground line a road at Stockton Lake near Stockton, Mo. The updated campsites are a result of supplemental funding received for damages during the 2019 flood event.

    Stockton and Pomme de Terre use 2019 flood supplemental funding to improve recreation sites

    Pomme de Terre Lake received $85,000 and Stockton Lake received $2.1 million in supplemental funding to repair recreation areas damaged in the 2019 flood event that impacted areas along the Missouri River within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District. The Stockton Lake Project Office used $1.6 million of the $2.1 million to update and relocate 28 damaged campsites at Ruark Bluff East and Orleans Trail campgrounds.

  • December

    Northwestern Division Commander Col. Geoff Van Epps and Kansas City District Commander Col. Travis Rayfield sign the last piece of structural steel for the General Leonard Wood Community Hospital Project before a Topping Out Ceremony at Fort Leonard Wood on Dec. 7, 2021.

    Fort Leonard Wood Hospital Replacement Project marks a big milestone with “Topping Out” ceremony

    Leaders from Fort Leonard Wood and the national, regional and state representatives present, signed the “last beam” which will be installed in its place atop the structure after the event for safety purposes. The construction team lighted an evergreen tree on the top of the structure during the ceremony to represent that milestone in the construction of the building. This “topping out” signals the move ahead to further construction progress on the hospital.

  • November

    For the 31st year, USACE Smithville Lake has hosted yet another successful managed deer hunt for mobility impaired individuals.

    Smithville Lake continues successful tradition for mobility impaired hunters

    Before daylight broke Saturday morning, nearly 100 outdoor enthusiasts mingled over a hot breakfast served in an open barn by local volunteers, while discussing their hopes for the weekend. For most, it’s the weekend of a lifetime, one they anxiously look forward to every year. That morning 49 hunters, each armed with a volunteer, were able to escape everything but nature at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Smithville Lake for the world’s largest known managed deer hunt for mobility impaired individuals. Throughout this two-day event, they are provided with 65 different locations, each set up with a hunting blind, camouflaged from the wildlife and allowing protection from the elements.