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  • December

    Col. Travis Rayfield spoke to the construction crew during the Enclosure ceremony at St. Louis Nov. 30, 2022.

    Enclosure ceremony marks construction milestone at Next NGA West campus

    From the outside, it might look like the Next NGA West campus is ready for business. However, there is still a lot of work to be done before the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency’s new campus in St. Louis, Missouri, is ready for occupancy.
  • This daughter and father dynamic duo is made up of Aubrie Saulsberry, daughter, left, and Arthur Saulsberry, father. Both work in different sections at the Kansas City District office in Kansas City, Mo. This photo taken by Jennie Wilson on Nov. 30, 2022. Arthur helped influence Aubrie into considering federal employment and she also had examples and stories from her mother and grandfather.

    Father-daughter combo: USACE Kansas City District benefits

    Parents and families often offer those first glimpses of career visions that come to our sons and daughters. For Aubrie Saulsberry, she has known all of her life that her father, Arthur Saulsberry, has worked for the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for many years as the Chief of Small Business Programs. She heard from him that he loves working as a civilian for USACE and after an early start in the St. Louis District, has thoroughly enjoyed serving the small business community in Kansas City.

  • October

    Lineman industry professional participate in the 38th International Lineman’s Rodeo at the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame in Bonner Springs, Kansas, on Oct. 15, 2022. The rodeo is a chance for industry professionals to come and compete in four different events to practice their skills alongside each other, either as a journeyman team or as an apprentice. | Photo by Reagan Zimmerman, Kansas City District Public Affairs

    From Florida, Puerto Rico to Kansas: 249th Engineer Battalion practice industry skills at 38th International Lineman’s Rodeo and beyond

    Soldiers from the 249th Engineer Battalion, Prime Power, put their lineman skills to the test when they competed in the 38th International Lineman’s Rodeo at the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame in Bonner Springs, Kansas, on Oct. 15, 2022. Teams and apprentices from four of the five companies within the battalion competed: three active companies, Alpha Company, Charlie Company and Headquarters and Headquarters Company, and the battalion’s reservists, Delta Company.
  • 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.