ST. PAUL DISTRICT

In this issue: -Col. Sam Calkins takes the helm as the 65th commander; -Major milestone reached in diversion project; -Corps of Engineers chief visits Fargo, N.D.; -Steve Eggers selected as nation’s top regulator; -Kris Fairbanks recognized for deployment help; and much more

Steve Eggers, center, receives the Don Lawyer Award as the Corps of Engineers regulator of the year recipient from Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, Chief of Engineers and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general, left, and Command Sgt. Maj. Antonio S. Jones during the 2016 National Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C., Aug. 4.

An overview of the Corps relationship with the Nation's Water Resources.

Kris Fairbanks, center, receives the Family Readiness Outstanding Team Achievement Award from Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, Chief of Engineers and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general, and Command Sgt. Maj. Antonio S. Jones during the 2016 National Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C., Aug. 4 Fairbanks accepted the award on behalf of the Mississippi Valley Division team. She also was the 2015 Family Readiness Individual Excellence Award recipient.

FARGO, N.D. -- Darrell Vanyo, Diversion Authority chairman, from left; Del Rae Williams, Moorhead, Minnesota, mayor; Tim Mahoney, Fargo, North Dakota, mayor; and Lowry Crook, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), sign a project partnership agreement in Fargo, July 11. The project partnership agreement signing initiates the construction phase of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project. This project includes building a 30-mile diversion channel that will direct floodwater around the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. The project will reduce flood risk for more than 225,000 people and 70 square miles of infrastructure.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is celebrating its sesquicentennial throughout 2016.