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  • 15-024 Corps seeks public comments for Mill Creek Master Plan update; public meeting set for March 31

    A public information meeting is set for March 31 at 5:30 in the Walla Walla Community College Water & Environmental Center, 500 Tausick Way in Walla Walla, Washington.
  • 15-023 Lower Granite Dam bridge pier repair delayed to tonight 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

    POMEROY, Wash. – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers repairs to a bridge pier on Almota Ferry Road in Garfield County near Lower Granite Dam have been delayed to tonight, March 27. As a result, the bridge and short section of Almota Ferry Road is planned to be closed tonight beginning at 6 p.m. and ending about 10 p.m., to allow the repair. The bridge is located on Almota Ferry Road leading to the south-shore entrance across Lower Granite Dam, and provides public access to dam crossings, the Offield Landing campground and boat launch area, and lower Wawawai Grade Road.
  • 15-022 Lower Granite Dam bridge repair Thursday night will close part of Almota Ferry Road near dam

    POMEROY, Wash. – A portion of Almota Ferry Road in Garfield County near Lower Granite Dam is planned to be closed Thursday evening, March 26, beginning at 6 p.m. and ending about 10 p.m., to allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to repair a bridge pier. The bridge is located on Almota Ferry Road leading to the south-shore entrance across Lower Granite Dam, and provides public access to dam crossings, the Offield Landing area and lower Wawawai Grade Road.
  • 15-021 Dworshak gears up for warm-weather recreation

    Dworshak gears up for warm-weather recreation; low snowpack means shorter hikes to shoreline camps AHSAHKA, Idaho-–Enjoy springtime in picturesque north Idaho at outdoor recreation facilities operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Dworshak Dam and Reservoir.
  • 15-020 Corps seeks public comments for Dworshak Reservoir Master Plan update

    AHSAHKA, Idaho - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District (Corps) invites public comments on the draft Dworshak Reservoir Master Plan, related Environmental Assessment (EA) and draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). Comments are due no later than April 9.
  • 15-019 Elk Creek Meadows prescribed burn planned for Saturday through Tuesday at Dworshak

    AHSAHKA, Idaho - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Natural Resources staff at Dworshak Dam and Reservoir will work with Clearwater-Nez Perce National Forest fire crews to conduct prescribed burning in the vicinity of Dicks Creek and Elk Creek Meadows beginning on Saturday afternoon, March 7. Prescribed burning may continue through Tuesday afternoon, March 10. Visitors to the area should expect to see smoke or fire in the vicinity of the burn.
  • 15-018 Navigation locks on Columbia, Snake rivers close for annual maintenance, repairs

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct routine annual inspections, preventative maintenance and repairs at all navigation locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers over the next several weeks.
  • 15-017 Levee maintenance to require temporary trail closures

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. –The paved trail on the north side of Mill Creek -- from Rooks Park to the metal bridge at the Mill Creek Project Office parking lot -- will be temporarily closed to all visitors Monday and Tuesday, March 9-10, from 7:30 a.m.to 3:30 p.m., to accommodate the pruning and mowing of shrubs/grasses on the water side of the federally managed portion of the Mill Creek Levee System, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operations officials announced today.
  • 15-016 Corps invites public comments on McNary Pool Mosquito Control Activities Licenses FONSI, Environmental Assessment

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – As part of its environmental stewardship mission, the Walla Walla District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers invites public comments until April 2, 2015, on the draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for “Mosquito Control Activities Licenses for Benton County, Franklin County, Columbia and West Umatilla Mosquito Control Districts (MCD).”