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  • Corps completes Hanford Reach Interpretive Center proposal reviews

    Walla Walla, Wash. – After thorough review, the Walla Walla District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed both an environmental compliance and real estate review of the Hanford Reach Interpretive Center proposal. The Corps has approved the City of Richland’s request to enter into a sublease agreement with the Richland Public Facilities District, which would allow construction of the Center on Corps-leased land in Columbia Park West in Richland, Wash. The Center is a project of the Richland Public Facilities District proposed to be built on land currently leased by the District to the City of Richland for park and recreation purposes.

  • Corps monitoring or removing some Dworshak docks due to safety concerns

    AHSAHKA, Idaho –Three Dworshak Reservoir docks have been damaged by anchors and cables as reservoir levels rose during recent record inflows.

  • Lower Granite navigation lock reopens to recreational vessels

    POMEROY, Wash. – Lower Granite Dam’s navigation lock service reopened to recreational vessels at 8 a.m. Thursday, June 23, after the upstream-gate cables that had been damaged were replaced. The navigation lock had been closed on June 20 to recreational vessels after a routine inspection of the gate revealed the gate cables were damaged and needed to be replaced.

  • Dworshak announces July showings of nature-themed movies

    AHSAHKA, Idaho – The public is invited to attend free nature-themed movie presentations at the Dworshak Dam Visitor Center theater during May, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials at the dam announced today.

  • LoMo suspends lock service for recreational boats; commercial vessels may experience delays

    KAHLOTUS, Wash. – Lower Monumental Dam’s navigation lock suspended service to recreational vessels this morning after loose concrete was discovered on the wall at an existing repair site inside the lock, according to operations officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District.

  • Corps deploys geo-technical expert to flood-threatened Jackson, Wyo.; continues to monitor, repair levees

    JACKSON, Wyo. – A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood-fight specialist from the Walla Walla District arrived in Jackson, Wyo., Monday to join Corps staff already at work supporting local flood response operations in Teton County.

  • Debris damages Lower Granite upstream navigation lock gate; Service suspended for recreational boats; commercial vessels to lock through using bulkhead

    POMEROY, Wash. – Lower Granite Dam’s navigation lock suspended service to recreational vessels this afternoon after a routine inspection of the upstream gate revealed the gate cables were damaged and needed to be replaced, according to operations officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District.

  • Dworshak Visitor Center announces tour schedule changes

    AHSAHKA, Idaho – Dworshak Dam summer tour schedules have changed. New tour days and times are: Fridays at 11 a.m. and weekends and holidays at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. through Labor Day weekend.

  • Rooks Park to temporarily close next week for Boy Scout Day Camp

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Parts of Rooks Park will be temporarily closed Wednesday, June 22 through Friday,June 24 for the Pioneer District of the Boy Scouts of America Cub Scout Day Camp. The sections of the park that will be closed off include the portion of the paved path that runs along the Mill Creek Diversion Dam levee and the Rooks Park picnic shelter.

  • Corps flood fight teams on standby to respond if needed

    UPPER SNAKE RIVER AREA, Idaho – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, recalled flood-fight teams deployed to counties near Idaho Falls this week, Corps officials announced today.