16 Jul 2018

Corps releases report addressing public comments for Detroit Dam fish passage project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed its analysis of the public’s comments regarding the Corps’ proposed plan to provide downstream fish passage, including temperature control, at Detroit Dam and Lake. The report is available here: https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16021coll7/id/7438. This report describes the public scoping process, provides analysis on comments collected, and concludes with a summary on how these comments will be incorporated into the project’s Environmental Impact Statement analysis. Public scoping is the process by which federal agencies solicit public input on the scope of issues and alternatives the agency should address in an EIS as a part of the National Environmental Policy Act.

19 Jun 2018

Corps of Engineers to hold public info open house on fish passage at the lock & dam

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Local residents will have an opportunity to learn more about the status of the analysis of the fish passage construction at the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam. The informational open house will be June 26, led by officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District.

18 Jun 2018

Army Corps, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation release draft Chesapeake Bay Comprehensive Plan for input

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore and Norfolk districts, in partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), released June 14 the draft Chesapeake Bay Comprehensive Water Resources and Restoration Plan and Restoration Roadmap that identifies 3,840 candidate aquatic ecosystem restoration, enhancement and conservation projects for implementation throughout the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

1 Jun 2018

Army Corps, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation release draft Chesapeake Bay Comprehensive Plan and Restoration Roadmap

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore and Norfolk districts, in partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation announced the release of the main report of the draft Chesapeake Bay Comprehensive Water Resources and Restoration Plan, May 31, 2018. This plan provides a single, comprehensive and integrated restoration roadmap to inform and help guide decision makers at all levels of government and non-governmental agencies, of the problems, needs and opportunities within the 64,000-square-mile Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

18 Aug 2016

16-062 Corps helping salmon survive this year by cooling lower Snake River water at Little Goose and Lower Granite dams adult fish ladders; More sockeye are surviving this year

WALLA WALLA, Wash. – The Walla Walla District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to improve adult salmon passage on the lower Snake River to counter the effects of hot summer water on migrating adult salmon and steelhead.

2 Jun 2016

16-034 Corps improving fish passage at Lower Granite Dam Two new construction projects expected to increase fish survival as they pass the dam

POMEROY, Wash. – The Walla Walla District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is improving both adult and juvenile fish passage at Lower Granite Lock and Dam to help endangered salmon and steelhead migrate in the lower Snake River. Two significant new fish passage improvements are in progress: First, to prepare for potential high water temperatures this summer and help upstream-migrating adult salmon and steelhead pass Lower Granite Dam, the Corps completed installing a permanent adult fish ladder water cooling system in February. This new Adult Fish Ladder Temperature Improvement System was built in response to unusually hot weather the past several years throughout the Columbia-Snake river basin. Hot weather raised temperatures in the “tailwater” just below Lower Granite Dam in summer to more 68 degrees Fahrenheit, which is above acceptable limits. Hotter water promoted development of a “thermal barrier” in the adult fish ladder, hindering upstream migration of adult salmon and steelhead to their spawning grounds. Sockeye salmon were most affected in summer 2015, though the Corps used temporary pumps to cool the fish ladder in 2014 and 2015. This permanent system will cool fish ladder water starting this summer.

3 May 2016

16-023 Corps installs adult fish ladder temperature improvement system at Lower Granite Dam

New system expected to eliminate a thermal barrier to migrating lower Snake River adult salmon and steelhead POMEROY, Wash. – 2015 was the hottest year on record, and fish perished in rivers throughout the West, in reaches with and without dams due to elevated water temperatures.

24 Nov 2014

Corps of Engineers and the Sand Hill River Watershed District partner on an ecosystem restoration project in Polk County

ST. PAUL, MINN. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently partnered with the Sand Hill River Watershed District to provide a fish passage project along the Sand Hill River in Polk County, Minn.

3 Apr 2014

Corps begins spring fish operations

Portland, Ore. — Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) began implementing its 2014 Spring

18 Sep 2013

Public invited to comment on the Sand Hill River ecosystem restoration project in Polk County, Minn.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently completed a draft Environmental Assessment for a proposed Sand Hill River Ecosystem Restoration Project, 20 miles southeast of Crookston, Minn.