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  • Second Life: Turning Debris into Critical River and Coastal Habitats

    Since 2006, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, and the Port of Seattle have repurposed salvaged large, woody debris to restore vital aquatic ecosystems. This collaborative effort transforms navigational hazards into fish and wildlife habitat, that support shoreline resilience. The collaboration began small ... and has grown over the years.

  • Corps of Engineers reimagines barracks construction with mass timber material

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Seattle District, JBLM Army Garrison, and 1st Special Forces Group leadership joined together to celebrate the Department of War's largest-to-date construction project using mass timber structural materials during a groundbreaking ceremony, Dec. 12, 2025. The pilot program will evaluate the use of mass timber as the primary construction material in military construction projects and its effect on environmental sustainability, infrastructure resilience, cost-effectiveness, and construction timeliness of similar projects.

  • Rooted in strength: JBLM barracks tap into Pacific Northwest’s timber legacy for new military construction era

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, JBLM Army Garrison, and 1st Special Forces Group leadership joined together to celebrate the Department of War's largest-to-date construction project using mass timber structural materials during a groundbreaking ceremony, Dec. 12, 2025. The pilot program will evaluate the use of mass timber as the primary construction material in military construction projects and its effect on environmental sustainability, infrastructure resilience, cost-effectiveness, and construction timeliness of similar projects.

  • USACE Managed Record Flood Response Operations Amid Severe Weather

    A series of powerful atmospheric river events struck western Washington in early December 2025, bringing over 10 inches of rainfall in some areas, leading to catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread infrastructure damage. Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish and King counties, where major rivers like the Skagit, Green and White overflowed, were hardest-hit, triggering extensive evacuations. The widespread flooding, compounded by saturated soils and unusually warm Pacific moisture that further intensified the impacts of the storm series, led to a state of emergency and 24-hour operations by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Seattle District.

  • Army Corps monitors widespread navigation hazards

    Army Corps monitors widespread navigation hazards caused by the recent accumulation of large woody debris carried into the Puget Sound and along the Washington coast, due to multiple atmospheric rivers and heavy precipitation impacting the region.

  • Army Corps updates communities on record flood recovery, critical infrastructure status during state governor press conference

    Army Corps and Washington State leadership gave updates on their flood response efforts, during a joint press conference, Dec. 20. The press conference came on the heels of both entities' flood fight response due to back-to-back atmospheric river storms and record-breaking flooding that impacted the state over the past two weeks. 

  • USACE uses strategic safe reservoir drawdowns to protect Green, White River valleys amid winter storm cycles

    As Western Washington moves through the peak of flood season, Army Corps, Seattle District, water management team provides critical information on the process of "drawdowns" at Howard A. Hanson and Mud Mountain Dams, and why responsible drawdowns are necessary to protect communities in the Green and White River Valleys during flood season.

  • USACE delivers materials, offers on-the-ground expertise to numerous threatened communities for flood-damaged levees

    Army Corps Emergency Management team continues its flood fight support, providing critical flood-fighting materials and on-the-ground expertise to local and county partners across western Washington, Idaho and Montana.

  • Army Corps monitors Lake Pend Oreille elevations for downstream communities

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Seattle District, Water Management team is monitoring rising Lake Pend Orielle elevations, as a result of the atmospheric river event that hit the region, Dec. 16.

  • USACE is working with King County officials to support Desimone Levee breach

    King County officials reported a breach at the Desimone Levee in Tukwila, Washington, to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District at approximately noon Dec. 15.