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  • 22-022 Dworshak Dam is looking for volunteers

    AHSAHKA, Idaho – Dworshak Dam is looking for individuals or couples to serve as volunteers for the summer season. There are two types of positions open: Janitorial/Grounds Maintenance Volunteers at Dworshak Visitor Center and Dent Acres Campground, and Fee Collection/Customer Service Volunteers at Dent Acres.

  • 22-021 Dworshak Dam discharge to increase to support hatchery releases

    AHSAHKA, Idaho –Dworshak Dam is currently discharging 7,100 cubic feet per second (cfs). Discharges will remain steady for the next week before increasing to 9,500 cfs to support local hatchery releases. Discharge for the remainder of the month, after hatchery releases are concluded, is expected to be in the approximate range of 8,000 to 10,500 cfs.

  • 22-020 Dry conditions expected in the Boise River system

    BOISE, Idaho – A lower-than-normal water supply in the Boise River basin is prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) to conserve as much water as possible until the beginning of the irrigation season. Therefore, flows from Lucky Peak Dam will continue to be at minimum releases of 220 cubic feet per second (cfs) until the start of irrigation season, which expected to start later in April.

  • 22-019 Mill Creek to begin refilling Bennington Lake for upcoming recreation season

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District (USACE) operations staff will begin diverting water from Mill Creek to Bennington Lake early next week in preparation for the upcoming recreation season.

  • 22-018 Little Goose Dam closes public dam crossing April 4 through 8 to perform maintenance

    Starbuck, Wash. – Officials at Little Goose Lock and Dam are closing dam crossings to the public from Monday April 4 to Friday April 8, in order to perform electrical work on top of the dam.

  • 22-017 Ice Harbor Natural Resources is looking for volunteers

    Tri-Cities, WA – Ice Harbor Lock and Dam is looking for volunteers to serve as Park Hosts or Grounds Maintenance at the following parks: Hood, Charbonneau, Fishhook, Windust and Levey.

  • 22-016 Dworshak Dam discharge to vary in remainder of March to support multiple uses

    AHSAHKA, Idaho –Dworshak Dam is currently discharging 10,500 cubic feet per second (cfs) to meet end of month flood control targets. Discharges will remain steady through the rest of the week before slowly decreasing over the weekend, reaching around 4,600 cfs by Monday.

  • 22-015 Lower Granite is looking for volunteers

    CLARKSTON, Wash. – Lower Granite Lock and Dam is looking for individuals or couples to serve as volunteers. There are two types of positions open: Visitor Center Host Volunteers and Janitorial/Grounds Maintenance Volunteers.

  • 22-014 Dworshak Dam releases to slowly increase in the month of March

    AHSAHKA, Idaho –Dworshak Dam will be slowly increasing releases this month from 1,700 cubic feet per second (cfs) to the approximate range of 6,000-10,000 cfs. Operations at Dworshak will change the height of the Clearwater River downstream of the dam by approximately 1.5 feet, gradually, across a two-week period.

  • 22-013 Corps assembles and begins installing 2nd Advanced Technology Turbine at Ice Harbor Dam

    BURBANK, Wash. – The US Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District has completed assembly on the second of three new advanced-designed hydroelectric turbines and begun its installation at Ice Harbor Lock and Dam.