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Park Ranger Audrey White took time during the Severe Weather Expo in Tulsa, April 15, to talk to Corpstruction about water safety, and recreation. White is assigned to the Lake Texoma Project Office. She talks about how her perspectives on life jacket wear and water safety evolved after becoming a park ranger, and about the work the staff at Lake Texoma are doing to promote recreation.
Lake Texoma is a Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Project constructed for flood control. The dam was completed in 1944. In addition to flood control, the structure and reservoir have hydropower, recreation, water supply missions.
Lake Texoma receives more than 6 million visitors annually.
4/20/2023
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Taft Price is a forecaster in the Hydraulics and Hydrology section of the Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Prior to joining USACE he spent 25 years in television as a meteorologist for local news stations in Oklahoma.
Price's interest in weather and severe weather began when the roof on his family's home was blown off by a tornado. He joined us for the Corpstruction during the Severe Weather Expo at Woodland Hills Mall in Tulsa to talk about how it all began and how he enjoys his new career at the Corps of Engineers.
4/19/2023
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A Tulsa District meteorologist and park rangers attended the Severe Weather Expo to talk weather and water safety at Woodland Hills Mall in Tulsa, April 15.
Local, state and federal agencies, news companies and businesses provided representatives to engage the public on weather safety and weather-related responses associated with inclement weather.
4/19/2023
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Taft Price, a forecaster from Hydraulics and Hydrology section, Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is interviewed during the Severe Weather Expo at Woodland Hills Mall, in Tulsa, April 15.
Price spent 25 years in broadcast news as a television meteorologist before coming to the Tulsa District. Price credits a tornado as the catalyst for his interest in weather and severe weather.
4/19/2023
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Park Ranger Audrey White of the Lake Texoma Project Office prepares to interview for the Corpstruction Podcast during the Severe Weather Expo, April 15 at Woodland Hills Mall in Tulsa.
White has been with the Tulsa District about two years and said her perspective on life jackets and water safety have changed since working as park ranger at Lake Texoma. The lake has one of the highest visitation rates for recreation in the Tulsa District.
4/19/2023
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Tulsa District weather forecaster, Taft Price and Park Rangers Conner Rychlik Audrey White of the Lake Texoma Project Office pose for a photo at the water safety booth during the Severe Weather Expo April 15 at Woodland Hills Mall in Tulsa.
Price is from the Tulsa District's Hydraulics and Hydrology section and the trio spoke with visitors about severe weather and water safety at the water safety booth.
4/19/2023
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Dawn Carney and Tim Paulus of Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers visited the Tulsa District ahead of the Fire Protection, Mechanical, Electrical, Control Systems National Community of Practice Meeting to help plan the event. The FMEC meeting will bring in more than 100 engineers to Tulsa District and additional virtual attendees. The event is scheduled for May 2-3.
4/18/2023
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Tim Paulus, Mechanical Engineering Community of Practice Lead, and Dawn Carney, Fire Protection, Mechanical, Electrical and Control System Section Chief from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters, visited the Tulsa District, April 11-13 to help plan the Fire Protection, Mechanical, Electrical and Control Systems COP meeting.
Carney and Paulus sat down with Corpstruction to talk about the biennial event, which will take place May 2-3. Engineers from throughout the USACE will converge on Tulsa for the national meeting.
To listen to their interview visit https://dvidshub.net/r/w6yncu or via Apple and Spotify podcast apps.
4/18/2023
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Dan Carney and Tim Paulus of USACE Headquarters visited with Corpstruction to talk about the upcoming Fire Protection, Mechanical, Electrical and Control Systems Community of Practice Meeting in Tulsa in May.
4/18/2023
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Tulsa District will host an Open House April 27 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the Wright City High School Cafeteria at 601 School Street, Wright City, OK, 74766 to allow public review of the 2023 Draft Pine Creek Lake Master Plan, Finding of No Significant Impact, and Environmental Assessment.
The public open house will give an overview of the proposed changes to the current Pine Creek Lake Master Plan, provide instructions on how to submit comments, and provide an opportunity for the public to ask questions and provide feedback.
4/17/2023
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Tulsa District will host an Open House April 27 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the Wright City High School Cafeteria at 601 School Street, Wright City, OK, 74766 to allow public review of the 2023 Draft Pine Creek Lake Master Plan, Finding of No Significant Impact, and Environmental Assessment. The public open house will give an overview of the proposed changes to the current Pine Creek Lake Master Plan, provide instructions on how to submit comments, and provide an opportunity for the public to ask questions and provide feedback.
4/17/2023
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District held a ribbon cutting ceremony March 31, 2023, to mark the completion of the replacement of the Eufaula Dam Spillway bridge and the theme of the celebration was partnership. Tulsa District worked with the Federal Highway Administration, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation and the University of Oklahoma on the three-year project that incorporated innovative construction solutions.
4/6/2023
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From left, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jaime Pinkham, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District Operations Division Chief Rex Ostrander, USACE Tulsa District Commander Col. Timothy Hudson, and Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation Tim Gatz at the Eufaula Dam Spillway Bridge Ribbon Cutting ceremony March 31, 2023. Mr. Pinkham assists with developing policy direction and supervision of the USACE Civil Works program which includes projects such as the bridge replacement over Eufuala Dam.
4/6/2023
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A view of the newly replaced and repoened Eufaula Dam Spillway Bridge March 31, 2023.
4/6/2023
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commander Col. Timothy Hudson, (seated left), and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jaime Pinkham, (seated right), listen as Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation Tim Gatz speaks at the Eufaula Dam Spillway Bridge Ribbon Cutting March 31, 2023 celebrating the replacement and reopening of the bridge. The USACE and ODOT partnered on the bridge replacement.
4/6/2023
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Mr. Jaime Pinkham Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works speaks at the Eufaula Dam Spillway Bridge ribbon cutting ceremony March 31, 2023.
4/6/2023
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At center, Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation Tim Gatz and Principal Deputy and Assistant Secretary of the Army Civil Works Jaime Pinkham hold an oversized pair of scissors and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District Commander Col. Tim Hudson holds the ribbon for a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the replacement and reopening of the Eufaula Dam Spillway Bridge, Mar. 31, 2023, at the Memorial Overlook site with the bridge in the background. The ribbon cutting was attended by USACE staff and state and local officials and guests.
4/6/2023
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You probably never think about this product but it’s nearly impossible to travel anywhere in modern-day United States without encountering it at some point in your journey.
Whether you use personal, public, or private transportation the odds of you going anywhere without it are relatively low.
Our host, Brannen Parrish, visited the Fears Laboratory at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma and observed testing on concrete beams.
On this episode of Corpstruction, he interviewed Dr. Royce Floyd an engineering professor whose focus is on testing concrete, and Omar Yadik, an engineering student about their findings. OU engineers are making some fascinating discoveries about how corrosion, weather and other elements impact the strength of construction industry’s most prolific product.
They also discuss how these findings could affect critical infrastructure down the road.
4/6/2023
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Construction is currently underway to build a $ 19,94 million Fire Rescue Center on Altus Air Force Base, located in southwestern Okla. The project requires the construction of this facility to relocate the functions of the 97th Civil Engineering Squadron's firefighting personnel and their mission.
4/5/2023
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EUFAULA, Okla. — Balancing the environmental resources surrounding public lands with the desires of the recreating public can be challenging for those tasked with managing this delicate process. The shoreline management plan program is one way the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers works to maintain this balance.
4/3/2023
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The Tulsa District Lower Red River Area lake projects took advantage of low pool elevations during the 2022 off-season to collect tires disposed along the shorelines. In total, USACE lake staff, with the help of Oklahoma State Park staff, removed 480 tires from Lower Red River area lakes. The tires have been stockpiled and will be picked up to be recycled by a Department of Environmental Quality permitted recycler.
3/21/2023
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TULSA, Okla. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Tulsa District will host an Open House March 30 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the Clayton Public School cafeteria at 329 North 1st Street in Clayton Okla., 74053, to allow public review of the 2023 Draft Sardis Lake Master Plan, Finding of No Significant Impact, and Environmental Assessment.
3/16/2023
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working in partnership with the Port of San Francisco on the San Francisco Waterfront Study. The purpose of the study is to preserve and fortify the Embarcadero Seawall, a 100-year old structure that over time has deteriorated and is subject to flood and seismic risk, and sea level rise.
3/7/2023
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We joined Brad Clark, the lead engineer of the project delivery team for the Pre-Engineering and Design phase of the Tulsa West Tulsa Levee rehabilitation project in Little Rock, Arkansas. Clark is the Geotechnical Branch Chief of the Dam Safety Production Center and oversees geotechnical engineers working on various projects in the Southwestern Division.
2/24/2023
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Johnny Bray, the powerplant maintenance manager at Eufaula Dam, completed his last shift, December 29. He worked for the Tulsa District for 40 years and served at powerhouses at Webbers Falls Lock and Dam 16 and Denison Dam before returning home to Eufaula, Oklahoma to work at the powerhouse at Eufaula Dam.
12/30/2022
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Johnny Bray is the powerhouse manager at Eufaula Dam. He oversees the maintenance of the structure and hydropower facilities to ensure the powerhouse can reliably produce its 90 Megawatts of Electricity when needed. He recently received the De Fleury Medal, the highest honor a USACE civilian can receive, in honor of 40 years of service to the nation. Bray began his career at the Webbers Falls Powerhouse in December 1982 and served at Denison Dam on Lake Texoma and eventually returned to the Lake Eufaula powerhouse only a few miles from where he grew up.
At the end of calendar year Bray will leave the powerhouse for the last time as a USACE employee. We spoke with him about his career and upcoming retirement.
12/23/2022
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Corpstruction host, Brannen Parrish interviews Michael Ware of the Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Regulatory Program.
Ware discusses the USACE's regulatory authority under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.
Ware is a supervisory regulatory specialist at the Tulsa District. The Langston University graduate began his career with the Tulsa District as a Park Ranger in the 1990s. He became a regulatory specialist in 1995.
Ware also discusses the Regulatory Program's role in minimizing human impacts to natural habitats and ecosystems, as well as its other Congressionally-mandated authorities and responsibilities.
12/16/2022
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After graduating from University of Memphis (formerly Memphis State University), Lee Conley embarked on a 10 year career of active duty service with the U.S. Army. He then went on to work for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at various locations while advancing to positions of progressively greater responsibility within the Southwestern Division. He started out with the Fort Worth District and worked at the Southwestern Division in Dallas, Texas, then the Little Rock District and eventually arrived at the Tulsa District where he served as the Deputy District Engineer for Programs and Management.
We spoke to Lee Conley about his 35 year career, what he helped the District accomplish, and his future plans.
12/16/2022
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Eugene Goff is the Operations Project Manager for the Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Kansas Area. The area includes eight reservoirs that provide vital flood risk mitigation, recreation and water supply for the Kansas communities. Eugene talked with Corpstruction about the many initiatives and activities taking place in Kansas and how he works with state and federal officials in the area to ensure the Corps effectively meets its mission requirements and takes advantage of opportunities to improve services.
6/13/2022
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Marion Lake Manager, Brock DeLong, talks about the impacts of a harmful algal bloom on recreation at Marion Lake and the reopening of campgrounds and boat ramps after the Kansas Department of Health and Environment lowered the risk rating level from "Hazard" to "Warning". Marion Reservoir is located in Marion, Kansas and is one of eight Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoirs in the "Sunflower State."
6/11/2022
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The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosted a tabletop exercise April 19, related to the Tulsa West Tulsa Levee, Cimarron and Arkansas Rivers at the Central Center in Centennial Park.
Hosted by the Tulsa District Emergency Management Office, the TTX provides an avenue to educate local government agencies and organizations about the Tulsa District’s missions while communicating the shared risks and responsibilities between municipal, state and federal agencies.
4/20/2022
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Steve Holden & Randi Clifton, Park Rangers from the Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers show off their water safety booth at the Tulsa Boat Show at Tulsa Expo Center, Feb. 3.
The event allowed rangers to make contact with thousands of individuals over the course of the event.
4/4/2022
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Sgt. Maj. Patrickson Toussaint, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Command Sergeant Major, visited Tulsa District, Dec. 7-9.
Toussaint talked about the four major priorities of the USACE Commander and Chief of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon - people, readiness, partnerships and revolutionize.
Toussaint visited various Tulsa District Military Construction and Civil Works field offices. He met with and recognized employees for their contributions to the USACE mission.
12/10/2021
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85th Birthday Message to the Port of Brownsville, Texas from Brig. Gen. Christopher Beck, SWD Commander, USACE.
12/2/2021
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Within a matter of hours, the road over Eufaula Dam became the site of the highest concentration of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete in Oklahoma, Aug. 19.
With panels over approximately 20 percent of the bridge deck placed, contractors began pouring the UHPC to bond the prefabricated panels.
8/25/2021
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Each year World Ranger Day is observed on July 31 marking the founding of the International Ranger Foundation. We are spotlighting some of our rangers who represent our ranger corps and the range of work they do as protectors of USACE-managed lands and waters.
7/28/2021
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THE TULSA DISTRICT’S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE RECENTLY HOSTED A DISASTER RESPONSE EXERCISE WITH TULSA FIRST RESPONDERS AND HELPING AGENCIES.
THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS INITIATIVE BROUGHT TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM TULSA RESPONSE AGENCIES TO IMPROVE INTEROPERABILITY.
7/27/2021
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Each year World Ranger Day is observed on July 31 marking the founding of the International Ranger Foundation. We are spotlighting some of our rangers who represent our ranger corps and the range of work they do as protectors of USACE-managed lands and waters.
7/27/2021
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Each year World Ranger Day is observed on July 31 marking the founding of the International Ranger Foundation. We are spotlighting some of our rangers who represent our ranger corps and the range of work they do as protectors of USACE-managed lands and waters.
7/27/2021
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We spotlight some of our rangers who represent our ranger corps and the various aspects of the work they do as protectors of USACE-managed lands and waters. Meet Supervisory Regulatory Project Manager, and former park ranger, Michael Ware.
7/26/2021