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  • Delays for public crossings at Lower Granite Lock and dam from Dec. 9 through 21

    CLARKSTON, Wash. –Public crossings at Lower Granite Lock and Dam will experience potential delays of up to two hours from Dec. 9 through 21 while a new trash raking crane is installed.

  • McNary turns 70!

    As the population grew in the Pacific Northwest, communities formed around the Columbia and Snake rivers. Back then, the currents were temperamental and hard to navigate. However, there was a vision to create a highway, one that would allow barges to carry cargo from the Pacific Ocean to the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater rivers, 465 miles inland.

  • Lower Monumental Dam closes public dam crossing September 16 through 19

    KAHLOTUS, Wash. – Officials at Lower Monumental Lock and Dam will be closing public dam crossings September 16 through 19 to perform inspections and maintenance.

  • Lower Granite resumes winter crossing hours

    CLARKSTON, Wash. – Lower Granite Lock and Dam has resumed winter hours for public dam crossings.

  • Wellbot offers innovative solution to cleaning, maintaining relief wells

    Wellbot is an autonomous device that blends the power of UVC-emitting lamps with powerful brushes to address the fouling and corrosion that limits a well’s capacity. It provides districts with a cost-effective alternative without the potential risk from using chemicals, or the need for significant equipment and manpower to deploy.

  • NR 23-43: Bluff Scaling Continues at Right Bank Tailwater of Cordell Hull Dam

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces the area below Cordell Hull Dam known

  • Structural Health Monitoring key to a more resilient, modern infrastructure network

    Given the aging condition of much of the nation’s navigation infrastructure, managers need accurate and real-time information on the conditions of such structures as locks, dams and bridges operating well beyond their expected design lives.

  • USACE announces high-flow release at Coyote Valley Dam

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District (USACE) will begin a series of high-flow releases from Coyote Valley Dam at Lake Mendocino starting mid-day on Monday, Jan. 16, in response to reservoir levels and improving downstream conditions on the Russian River. No increased releases will occur at Warm Springs Dam at Lake Sonoma during this time.

  • Public meeting scheduled for Watertown Flood Risk Management Feasibility Study

    OMAHA, Neb. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District in cooperation with the city of Watertown, South Dakota, will hold a public meeting on Tues., Jan. 31, 2023, at 1901 Ninth Ave. SW in Watertown. The purpose of the meeting is to share information on the recently initiated flood risk management feasibility study. The study location includes the Big Sioux River and its tributaries within the vicinity of the Watertown community.

  • Raystown Lake Drawdown

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, has begun a controlled lake drawdown from summer pool elevation 786’ NGVD to a target of 8 feet below at 778’ NGVD, which will occur incrementally throughout the months of October and November.