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  • Through fair or foul weather: A history of the Mill Creek Project

    In 1931, a torrent of brown water roared down Mill Creek, with water levels rising at a rate of one foot per hour. The water escaped the confines of the riverbanks and rushed through the City of Walla Walla, destroying homes, roads and bridges. Born in the wake of this disastrous event, the Mill Creek Project now stands to protect the city from floods like this.

  • 21-060 Bennington Lake annual drawdown is underway in preparation for flood season

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Mill Creek Project staff began drawing down Bennington Lake on Nov. 8, 2021 to prepare for the upcoming flood season.

  • 21-045 Corps of Engineers increases fire restrictions at Rooks Park and Bennington Lake

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Due to increasingly dry and hot conditions, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Natural Resource Management officials are increasing fire restrictions in Rooks Park, Mill Creek Dam and Bennington Lake.

  • 21-031 Goats coming to graze at Mill Creek

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- The Walla Walla District will be using a herd of goats to remove weeds and other vegetation growing on levees that border the creek shoreline extending from the Mill Creek diversion dam downstream to the metal division works foot bridge near the Mill Creek Office. They are scheduled to arrive June 3.

  • 20-041 Diffuser block rehabilitation to result in trail closures at Rooks Park

    Walla Walla, WA -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District (Corps) will be rehabilitating the diffuser blocks at the base of the diversion dam at Rooks Park beginning August 3, resulting in trail detours and trail closures in Rooks Park.

  • 19-027 Rooks Park opens to vehicle traffic

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers staff opened Rooks Park’s gates to vehicle traffic today, April 1, according to Walla Walla District operations officials at the Mill Creek Project. Rooks Park is located on Mill Creek Road about 1 mile east of Walla Walla, Washington.

  • 18-127 Corps to construct ADA-compliant trail through Rooks Park

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Construction begins this week on a new paved trail at the Mill Creek Project’s Rooks Park that will meet Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operations officials.

  • 18-029 Rooks Park to reopen for vehicle traffic April 1

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Rooks Park will open to vehicle traffic for the spring-summer recreation season on Sunday, April 1, Walla Walla District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, officials announced, today.

  • 16-024 Goats return to manage levee vegetation along Mill Creek; temporary leash rules in effect to help protect goats, visitors

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – A herd of goats arrives today, Friday, May 6, to remove weeds and other vegetation growing on levees that border the creek shoreline extending from the Mill Creek diversion dam downstream to the metal division works foot bridge near the Mill Creek Office.

  • 15-063 Corps of Engineers finalizes Mill Creek levee maintenance plan

    Corps of Engineers finalizes Mill Creek levee maintenance plan WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Following intensive U.S. Army Corps of Engineers review and consideration of public comments which led to a modification of its preferred alternative, the Corps’ Walla Walla District Commander Lt. Col. Timothy Vail signed a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) today for its plan to perform vegetation maintenance on the Corps-managed section of the federal levee system along Mill Creek in Walla Walla.