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  • Engaging with communities at water safety events

    To help share the importance of water safety, we rely on the public, our water safety rangers and

  • The Dalles Dam tours postponed during construction; Visitor center remains open

    Public tours at The Dalles Lock and Dam are postponed until further notice due to construction activities at the dam. The Dalles Dam Visitor Center is not impacted by the construction and remains open under normal operating hours.

  • 18-043 Lower Granite Dam offers ‘behind-the-scenes’ guided tours

    POMEROY, Wash. – Visitors at Lower Granite Lock and Dam can get behind-the-scenes tours of the powerhouse, navigation lock and fish passage facilities – areas ordinarily off-limits to public access, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials announced today. Tours are offered Saturdays and Sundays at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. through Oct. 31.

  • Perry Lake swim beach closed for 2018 season

    PERRY, KAN. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Perry Lake announce that the public swim beach will be closed for public safety due to ongoing recreation upgrades. Once the improvements to the swim beach are complete, visitors will enjoy new outdoor wash stations and a new restroom. In addition to the recreation upgrades, the Corps is working to stabilize the beach shoreline and adding a retaining wall.

  • Truman Lake provides many opportunities to central Missouri

    The staff at Harry S. Truman Dam and Lake work together to manage the project in accordance with the

  • 18-041 Dworshak decreases outflows; more boat ramps available as reservoir fills

    AHSAHKA, Idaho – Discharge flows from Dworshak Dam and Reservoir were decreased just after midnight today, May 1, 2018, from approximately 7,000 c.f.s. (cubic feet per second) to about 4,700 c.f.s., according to reservoir managers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Walla Walla District. The drop in outflows will allow the reservoir to gradually refill with snowmelt runoff, and make more boat ramps accessible as the water rises.

  • Corps of Engineers closes its Blackhawk Park due to high water

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is temporarily closing its Blackhawk Park, located near De Soto, Wisconsin, today, April 30, due to high river levels.

  • Lake Cumberland recreation season kicks off with Trout Trot

    JAMESTOWN, Ky. (April 26, 2018) – The 2018 recreation season kicked off at Lake Cumberland April 14 with nearly 100 registered participants braving the rain at the third annual Trout Trot 5K held at the Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery and Kendall Recreation Area below Wolf Creek Dam.

  • 18-039 Rangers remind visitors of water system work to occur at Fishhook

    BURBANK, Wash. – Fishhook Park, located off of State Route 124 along the lower Snake River in Walla Walla County, will be without potable water this summer while the water system is upgraded; however, it will remain open to visitors during its normal summer recreation season -- May 18 through Sept. 4, 2018.

  • 18-038 Macks Creek establishes boat-launch fees to help ease traffic congestion, improve access for all visitors

    BOISE, Idaho – Lucky Peak Dam and Lake managers will implement a $5 boat-launch fee on May 15 to help reduce seasonal traffic congestion which routinely occurs at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-managed Macks Creek Park.