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Army engineers transfer remote armory to support Alaska community
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District transferred a National Guard armory to the community of Scammon Bay on Dec. 21, 2022. This real estate transaction marks the first divestiture of military property within the state under the Bob Stump Act during Fiscal Year 2023. Eight more facilities are scheduled for turnover in the coming years.
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Army engineers remove World War II-era explosives from national historic landmark on a remote Alaskan island
Boom! Another explosion went off as a field crew for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District worked to safely clear and detonate munitions remaining from the World War II-era Fort Glenn, an abandoned military installation in the Aleutian Islands 850 miles from Anchorage. Under the Department of Defense’s Formerly Used Defense Sites Program, the team removed more than 2,200 items classified as either discarded ammunition or unexploded ordnance, while recovering 56,000 pounds of metallic debris at the remote outpost during summer field seasons in 2020 and 2021.
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Army engineers partner for 25 years with federal biologists to study duck nesting ecology in Alaska
The whistling sound of beating wings moves through the forest as a common goldeneye duck lands in a nest box mounted to the side of a tree near the Moose Creek Dam in North Pole, Alaska. Focused on laying its eggs within the cozy confines of this manmade wooden structure, the bird is unaware of its vital role in a unique scientific study.
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USACE monitors flood risk from breakup conditions in Chena River basin after record snowpack
When days become longer and temperatures get warmer in the interior region of the state near Fairbanks, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District uses snow survey data to forecast potential flood conditions on the Chena River during the spring breakup season.
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Regulatory Public Notices
POA-2023-00052 Nazuruk Channel PN
3/31/2023
POA-2023-00145 Moose Creek PN
3/29/2023
POA-2023-00117 Turnagain Arm PN
3/21/2023
Revised Public Notice POA-2003-00502-M20, Knik Arm
3/20/2023
POA-2015-00451 Wetlands adjacent to Kuskokwim River PN
3/17/2023
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District welcomes new chief of Regulatory Division
4/3/2023
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Sara Longan assumed duties as the chief of the Regulatory Division for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District in March. In her new position, she is responsible for administering and...
USACE Regulatory staff available at Mat-Su Borough
3/29/2023
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District is available to answer Regulatory program permitting questions at the Matanuska-Susitna Borough’s one-stop permit center beginning Thursday, April 6...
Army engineers transfer ownership of remote armory to support Alaska community
12/23/2022
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District transferred ownership of an Army National Guard armory to the community of Scammon Bay on Dec. 21, 2022. This real...
USACE denies regulatory permit for gold mining project near Nome
9/9/2022
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Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District denied IPOP, LLC’s permit application to dredge and dispose of material in wetlands and waterways of the U.S. near Nome, Alaska. USACE...
Corps regulatory open house scheduled in Ketchikan
9/7/2022
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District will be available to discuss and answer questions about the regulatory program at an informational open house in Ketchikan...
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