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  • Fern Ridge Reservoir water levels to decrease

    The Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will increase releases from Fern Ridge Reservoir beginning Monday. Outflows from the dam will gradually increase for the next three weeks. The Corps anticipates water levels in Fern Ridge will drop to 371 feet by September 10, 370.5 feet by September 17 and 369.5 feet by September 24. This will increase flows downstream by about half a foot each week at the Long Tom River gage at Monroe. In October, the Corps will continue to adjust flows to drawdown the reservoir for winter flood-season operations.

  • 18-105 Work starts Sept. 6 to rehab Carmen Levee flood damage

    CARMEN, Idaho – U. S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors plan to begin work Thursday, Sept. 6, to rehabilitate flood-damaged areas of the Carmen Levee System, located in Carmen, Idaho, on the Salmon River in Lemhi County. The levee was damaged by sustained high flows during the 2017 flood season.

  • CORPS TO ISSUE SPECIAL PERMITS TO 7 YOUTH DEER HUNTERS

    ASHDOWN, Ark. -- The Army Corps of Engineers is taking applications from hunters ages 6-15 who want to participate in a special deer hunt Nov. 3 and Jan. 5, 2019 at Millwood Lake. Seven permits will be issued to young hunters who seek to experience the outdoors and have a great place to hunt that is normally closed to hunting.

  • 18-104 Corps issues FONSI for Wilson Bridge boat ramp improvements

    WILSON, Wyo. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Wilson Bridge Boat Ramp Improvements, Section 408 permission, in Teton County, Wyoming.

  • 18-103 Corps to repair Willow Landing parking lot and access road; public access temporarily closed Sept. 10-14

    POMEROY, Wash. – Willow Landing, located about 18 miles east of Little Goose Lock and Dam on the south shoreline of the lower Snake River near Pomeroy, Washington, will be temporarily closed Monday, Sep. 10 until Friday, Sep. 14, to accommodate asphalt maintenance work, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials announced today.

  • 18-102 Corps to repair Little Goose Landing parking lot and access road; public access temporarily closed Sept. 10-14

    STARBUCK, Wash. – Little Goose Landing, located about 2 miles east of Little Goose Lock and Dam on the south shoreline of the lower Snake River near Starbuck, Washington, will be temporarily closed Monday, Sep. 10 until Friday, Sep. 14, to accommodate asphalt maintenance work, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials announced today.

  • Sardis Lake to temporarily close some sites at Oak Grove Campground

    SARDIS, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sardis Lake is resuming a project that is incrementally adding sewer hookups to all 83 campsites in Oak Grove Campground. The next phase of the project will temporarily close sites 64-70 and is scheduled to begin on Sept. 4, 2018. The other 76 sites in the campground will remain open to the public.

  • CORPS TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE RIVER RUN EAST PARK

    ASHDOWN, Ark. - The Army Corps of Engineers, Millwood Tri-Lakes Project Office is temporarily closing access to River Run East Park.

  • 18-101 Corps temporarily closes Little Goose navigation lock

    STARBUCK, Wash. – Little Goose Dam's navigation lock temporarily closed to all vessel traffic today because of a malfunction with the downstream gate machinery, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operations officials at the dam, located at Snake River Mile 70 near Starbuck, Washington.

  • Public invited to learn about proposed changes to the Fargo-Moorhead diversion project

    ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, invite the public to attend a Sept. 13, meeting to learn about and comment on the Corps’ draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment for the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project.