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.

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.

13 Mar 2017

Corps protects town’s sanitary system

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District is partnering with the Town of Worthington to reclaim an eroded bank along a 1,400-foot stretch of the West Fork River. The more than $880,000 project is designed to protect a sanitary sewer line that runs along the riverbank. The project is being funding in a 35-65 percent split between the City of Worthington and the district.

8 Feb 2017

Army Corps, Pitt Study Aging Infrastructure’s Contribution to Nutrient Pollution

Crumbling concrete, equipment repairs and restrictions on the movement of goods and services are all too familiar for U.S. Army Corps of Engineer employees who deal with the challenges of aging infrastructure on a daily basis.

28 Oct 2016

EAB visits Pittsburgh District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District hosted a board of national environmental

22 Feb 2016

Beavers build dams at Shenango Lake

Shenango Lake maintenance workers cleared a beaver dam from a road culvert at Golden Run Wildlife Area to prevent flooding, Feb. 3.

12 Jun 2015

Fishing group helps to clean up Stonewall

The Stonewall Jackson Lake staff partnered with a local fishing group to beautify and make the lake