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Volume XXIX, No. 2April/May/June 2017 This Issue: Leader Commentaries 3 Secretary of the Army Awards 9 Environment and Sustainability 18 Awards 40 Professional Development 42

Volume 18, Issue 3 July 2017 This issue of The Corps Environment includes articles on Earth Day, STEM students tour Libby Dam, wastewater treatment process, wartime recycling drives, firing range impacts on wildlife, destroying war munitions, World War II-era facilities renovated, volunteers aid search and rescue operations, Corps protects town's sanitary system, bike enthusiasts hit Warrior Creek trails, wildlife biologists seek to conserve elusive Mojave lizard and more.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) began flood fight operations throughout the Central U.S., along the Mississippi and tributary rivers, in response to heavy rainfall on April 28-30 . High water flows are impacting navigation and stressing federal and non-federal levee systems. The USACE Mississippi Valley, Lakes & River, Southwestern, and Northwestern Divisions are conducting response operations under the Corp’s Public Law 84-99 (Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies) authorities. While no requests for Stafford Act assistance have been received to date, USACE is sharing information and actively coordinating with FEMA Regions V, VI, & VII. The current assessment indicates moderate flood risk to the lower Mississippi River and no anticipation to operate federal floodways or spillways.