May 08 2020

USACE Alaska District Operates the Moose Creek Dam

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The Moose Creek Dam regulates stream flow on the Chena River to prevent flooding due to ice jams on April 27 near North Pole. Since 1981, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District has operated the dam as part of the Chena Flood Control Project to protect the communities of Fairbanks, North Pole and Fort Wainwright from flooding.

Apr 24 2020

BG Thomas Tickner Visits USACE Alaska District's Alternate Care Facility

John Budnik

Ella Goss, CEO of Providence Alaska Medical Center, and Denise Smith, Continuum of Care director for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and chief nursing officer for the alternate care site, tour the alternate care facility at the Alaska Airlines Center on April 21 in Anchorage. After receiving a mission assignment from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District assisted the state by converting a portion of the arena into an alternate care site capable of treating up to 51 patients. The project was completed and turned over to state medical officials on April 17. Tickner praised the collaborative efforts of federal, state and local partners to lower the risk and keep Alaskans safe during the coronavirus health crisis.

May 21 2020

Homer Maintenance Dredging

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Alaska District completed maintenance dredging in Homer on April 27 in the U.S. Coast Guard berth of the harbor.

Dec 04 2013

Radar Tipping

The Alaska District Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) program removed Air Force radar towers from Saint Lawrence Island.

Sep 20 2019

US and Thai Engineer Officers Review a Map During the Si Racha Site Survey

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US and Thai engineer officers review the map during the Si Racha site survey, 22 August 2019

May 21 2020

Fort Rousseau FUDS Project

Aaron Shewman

A Marooka loaded with contaminated soil drives onto a landing craft at Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historical Park near Sitka. In 2018, a $6.3 million cleanup effort to remove the contents of a leftover landfill over the course of five weeks was completed at historical park under the Formerly Used Defense Sites Program.

Dec 04 2013

Bassett Hospital

The Alaska District served as the design/construction agent for the Bassett Army Community Hospital at Fort Wainwright. The 259,000 sq. ft. facility serves an estimated 25,000 patients in a 46,400 square mile area north of the Alaska Range.

Apr 30 2019

Underwater Camera System for Potential Dredging Disposal Areas

Matt Ferguson

A deckhand helps lower a special underwater camera system overboard a vessel at a potential dredging disposal area in Frederick Sound near Petersburg, Alaska. Matt Ferguson, a biologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District, developed the system in order to help evaluate possible environmental impacts from a proposed project that would discharge dredge materials at the location.

Dec 04 2013

Tanaga Island - FUDS Project

Alaska District’s team implemented cost-saving measures, project efficiencies and innovative technologies to execute three concurrent remedial investigations at Formerly Used Defense Sites on remote Tanaga (pictured)and Ogliuga islands. The project received the Secretary of the Army’s highest honor in the field of environmental science and sustainability conferred by the Army.