Posted on May 29, 2023
This edition highlights protecting and preserving our environment, in support of Environmental Operating Principle #4. Content includes commentary from Maj. Gen. Kimberly Colloton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Deputy Commanding General for Military and International Operations, discussing how collaboration is essential to addressing climate change. This issue also features initiatives from across the Army environmental community that are protecting and preserving our environment for current and future generations.
Content includes:
- USACE New York District shares safety best practices utilized at the Maywood Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) site to advance remediation efforts, protect workers.
- USACE Nashville District highlights how a Cheatham Lake biologist and park ranger is overseeing the conservation, preservation, restoration and use of natural and cultural resources.
- U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville shares how they are answering the charge to electrify Army’s vehicle fleet.
- USACE Institute for Water Resources discusses how a climate change adaptation tool has been translated to French and Arabic.
- USACE Jacksonville District highlights breaking ground on a massive reservoir that will help deliver clean water to the Florida Everglades.
- USACE Galveston District shares how the world’s rarest and most endangered sea turtle species is nesting on a replenished beach.
Read these articles and more in the May 2023 edition of The Corps Environment.
Learn more about USACE’s Environmental Operating Principles here.
Previous editions of The Corps Environment are available here.
