18 Aug 2023

When trees fly: Pittsburgh District delivers new fish habitats on Ohio River

The Pittsburgh District used a helicopter to lift 29 trees bundles and concrete blocks to create a new fish habitat in a water basin on the Ohio River.

28 Jul 2023

Headwater Highlights: Environmental stewards clear the path for construction and community projects while safeguarding resources

The Environmental and Cultural Resources Section includes biologists, environmental specialists, physical scientists, environmental engineers, archaeologists, a tribal liaison, and a historian. Their mission includes protecting natural resources, wetlands, waterways, and locations of archaeological value.

25 Jul 2023

Pittsburgh District researcher flexes her ‘mussels’ toward doctorate degree

Kristi Dobra is a recipient of the Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation scholarship. The Department of Defense funds the SMART program to provide education and workforce development opportunities for students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering. or math. So far, the program has awarded more than 3,800 scholarships at more than 400 universities, from bachelor’s up to doctoral degrees.

10 Jan 2022

Corps upgrades Paden City’s wastewater treatment systems

Ever had a problem with the septic tank in your yard? The cost to replace it, and consequences if you do not, can really stink – even more so when the problem is on a community-wide level. That is why the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District is partnering with Paden City to upgrade the sanitary sewer collection and treatment facilities in Tyler and Wetzel counties as part of a $2 million environmental infrastructure project.

29 Oct 2021

Using sunshine, plastic, and pollination to help the environment

Can plastic help birds, bees, butterflies, and bass? It can, if the plastic is part of a process called solarization, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ staff at Mosquito Creek Lake are using it to improve the entire regional watershed.

26 Apr 2021

Pittsburgh District hosts multiple tree-planting, trash cleanup events throughout Earth Day

Earth Day 2021 began as a frosty morning with a layer of snow powdering logs and vehicles. Not even the wind biting at bare skin peeking out from the layers of jackets and face masks stopped volunteers from helping restore and beautify one of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District lakes.

19 Apr 2017

Hybrid-chestnut trees planted at Mosquito Creek Lake

Members of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources with cooperation of the American Chestnut Foundation, and employees from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District partnered to plant more than 100 chestnut tree seedlings at Mosquito Creek Lake, March 31.

7 Apr 2017

Shenango Conducts Prescribed Burn and Fire Management

Fifteen Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildland Firefighters from Crawford, Venango and Mercer counties conducted a prescribed and controlled burn on U.S. Army Corps of Engineer land leased to them at Shenango Lake March 29.

29 Dec 2016

Locked Up! Army Corps Lock Operators Battle Bone-Chilling Temps to Quickly Re-open Ohio River Navigation

Bone-chilling winds cut through the crisp December air as operators and mechanics at a downed Ohio River lock scrambled on the early morning of Dec. 12 to isolate a hydraulic line break that shutdown navigation.

9 Sep 2016

Dead Sea Savior

Once known as the Dead Sea of Elk County, East Branch Lake is having a resurgence of life.

1 Jun 2015

Volunteers beautify Loyalhanna

The snow and cold didn’t stop volunteers from participating in Loyalhanna Lake’s celebration of Earth Day at the Bush Recreation Area, April 25.

1 Jun 2015

Earth Day celebrated by Tionesta Lake

Tionesta Lake teamed with the local sheriff’s department, fishing club, and others to clean up Tionesta Lake, April 25.

25 Aug 2014

Stonewall Jackson Lake celebrates National Public Lands Day

Story and photos by Christina Fox, Stonewall Jackson Lake                             In honor of

4 Aug 2014

New fish attractors at Tionesta Lake

On June 14, Tionesta Lake ranger staff teamed up with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Boy

12 May 2014

Let the angling begin

Hundreds of anglers showed up to participate in the opening day of trout season at the stocked Ross Run Fish Habitat Improvenment Area, April 12.`

12 May 2014

Plant a seed; grow a future at Tionesta Lake

Tionesta Lake Project Staff and 10 of their children, ages eight to15 participated in National Take your Daughters and Sons to Work Day on April 24. In keeping with this year’s theme, Plant a seed; Grow a Future, the group planted two types of saplings, Sawtooth Oaks and American Chestnuts.