The Corps Environment - October 2014

By U.S. Army Corps of EngineersDecember 30, 2014

October issue of The Corps Environment
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The October issue of The Corps Environment is now online.

As the nation's environmental engineer, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages one of the largest federal environmental missions: restoring degraded ecosystems; constructing sustainable facilities; regulating waterways; managing natural resources; and, cleaning up contaminated sites from past military activities. The Corps Environment highlights many of the environmental and sustainability efforts the Army Corps of Engineers is engaged in across the country.

In this issue:

First ESPC executed for civil works project;

New Energy & Sustainability Course coming in 2015;

Kentucky wetland, stream mitigation partnership project;

2014 USACE sustainability awardees making an impact;

HQ sustainability developmental assignments;

Living laboratory along Lake Michigan's shores;

Savannah bird island home to hundreds of nests;

Miami harbor project successfully relocating corals;

and much more...

Related Links:

Army Environmental Command

Army.mil: Environment

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

USACE Environmental Operating Principles

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