10 July 2025

Articles for this issue

1. Natural Resources Management 2024 Annual Report
2. Natural Resources Management Notes and Broken Links
3. Water Safety Updates
4. Farewells and Fresh Starts
5. NRM Newsletters

Natural Resources Management 2024 Annual Report

The NRM Annual Report highlights the accomplishments of our NRM workforce and missions. The Annual Report features information on:

• Federal Lands Highways
• Environmental Compliance
• Visitation
• The 2024 Solar Eclipse
• Park Ranger Efforts
• Recreation
• Environmental Stewardship
• Partnerships and Volunteers
• Water Safety
• And much more!

You can view the full report at: https://corpslakes.erdc.dren.mil/pdfs/FY24-NRM-Annual-Report.pdf

Natural Resources Management Notes and Broken Links

The Natural Resources Management Notes on the homepage of the NRM Gateway highlight current issues, initiatives, or updates that affect the Natural Resource Management Program.

Found a broken link? Let us know! Please email Ginny Dickerson (virginia.l.dickerson@erdc.dren.mil) and include the name of the page the link is on and the name of the broken link.

Water Safety Updates

Following the retirement of Pam Doty on May 31, 2025, Heath Kruger Senior Policy Advisor for Park Ranger Activities will serve as the interim Headquarters proponent of the National Water Safety Program.

• Fatality reporting continues; all recreation fatalities need to be reported in ENGLink
• The publications depot is closing this summer. National Water Safety Product orders have begun to ship and will continue until all orders have been received
• NRM publications (Title 36, Citation/Warning Books, etc.) will ship out after the water safety product orders to projects that requested them
• "I Got Caught" campaign products have shipped
• The National Water Safety Committee will continue sending out monthly social media posts through September 2025
• The National Water Safety Committee will continue Ripples, the quarterly water safety journal, but will transition to a bi-annual journal. Please continue submitting entries to your water safety division representatives. The next issue of Ripples will be out in October 2025

Farewells and Fresh Starts

Farewells
The HQ USACE NRM Program has seen a few changes in recent months and has said farewell to the individuals below:

• Roseana Burick, Environmental Stewardship Business Line Manager
• Pam Doty, National Water Safety Program Manager
• Dena Williams, NRM Support Team (VERS and NRM User’s Group)
• Lori Brewster, NRM Gateway Recreation Technical Coordinator
• Meg Gaffneysmith, Headquarters Deputy Chief of Operations and Regulatory

Fresh Starts

• Tara Whitsel, Environmental Stewardship Business Line Manager
• Heath Kruger, National Water Safety Program Manager
• Tom Ehrke/Rachel Rush, NRM User’s Group
• Ginny Dickerson/Rachel Rush/Spencer Taylor, VERS
• Amanda Kruse, NRM Gateway Recreation Technical Coordinator
• Tunis McElwain, Headquarters Deputy Chief of Operations and Regulatory

NRM Newsletters

Recreation Retreat – February 2025 & May 2025

The Recreation Retreat is a quarterly HQUSACE publication that provides the NRM CoP with information about the USACE Recreation program to help keep the field informed on National Recreation Program issues.

Articles in the February issue include:

• Junior Ranger Program Going Strong
• Supporting Mount St. Helen Visitor Center Exhibit Farewell
• Local School Wins National Dam Model Competition Building Franklin Falls Dam

Articles in the May issue include:

• Important Changes to Operational Status and Comment Card Surveys
• Farwell and Bon Voyage: A Message from Pam Doty
• Innovations Team: Digital Ranger Log
• Recreation Around USACE
• NRM Uniform Program Update

See all Recreation Newsletters at https://corpslake s.erdc.dren.mil/employees/recreation/recnews.cfm

Stewardship News – March 2025 & June 2025
Stewardship News is a quarterly publication that provides the NRM CoP with information about the USACE Environmental Stewardship program.

The March issue features articles on:

• ERDC Research on Hydrilla verticillate
• Training Opportunities
• Zebra Mussel Partnership in NAD
• Winter Eagle Survey on the Kootenai River

The June issue features articles on:

• Lake Sturgeon Efforts at Mel Price Locks and Dam
• Tulsa District: NAGPRA Efforts
• Partnership Promote Forest Regeneration: Mississippi River Project
• About the Bird Collision Prevention Alliance
• Stewardship Efforts Around USACE

See all Stewardship Newsletters at https://corpslakes. erdc.dren.mil/employees/envsteward/news.cfm

Bridging the Gap – March 2025
Bridging the Gap is the USACE partnership and volunteer program newsletter produced by the Partnership Advisory Committee (PAC). This newsletter is sent out twice each year, with the purpose of providing information about partnerships and volunteer programs around the country and inspiring new or expanded partnerships.

In this edition we are showcasing:

• FY 24 volunteer and partnership program accomplishments
• 2025 Handshake program funding recipients
• 2024 Excellence in Partnerships and National Volunteer of the Year award recipients
• 2025 Leave No Trace Spotlight program USACE locations
• Volunteer coin program
• New national cooperative agreement with Student Conservation Association
• Blue Marsh Love Your Lake event
• Dale Hollow Moody access area enhancement
• Lake Mendocino Greater Ukiah Business and Tourism Alliance partnership
• Tuttle Creek ORV area improvements
• South Florida Operations volunteer program
• New partnerships and volunteer photo contest
• New partnership and volunteer WRDA authorities
• Meet your PAC team

See all Partnership Newsletters at https://corpslakes.erdc.dren .mil/partners/newsletter.cfm

Ripples Water Safety Journal – February 2025 & May 2025
Ripples, the USACE Water Safety Journal highlights division, district, or project water safety efforts.

See all Water Safety Newsletters and Division Water Safety Journals at https://corpslakes. erdc.dren.mil/employees/watersafety/journals.cfm

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