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  • 19-038 Seasonal runoff forecasted to increase river flows; Corps ready to assist communities

    SNAKE RIVER BASIN, Idaho/Ore./Wash. – Warming spring temperatures and recent rainfall in Idaho, and parts of eastern Washington and Oregon, are melting snowpack throughout the Snake River Basin. Corps reservoir managers are monitoring rivers and tributaries within the basin watershed, noting increasing flows from seasonal runoff. Some rivers in the basin are already at, or forecasted to soon reach, bankfull or flood-stage conditions, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service River Forecast Center which can be found online at www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/rfc. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District activated its Emergency Operations Center at Level-3 yesterday afternoon, April 22, to more closely monitor seasonal flooding conditions throughout the Basin, according to District Readiness Division Disaster Response Manager Jeff Stidham.

  • 19-037 Boise River flows to near ‘bankfull’ on Wednesday

    BOISE, Idaho -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation will increase flows through the City of Boise by 500 cubic feet per second (cfs) on Wednesday, April 24. Currently, Boise River flows through town are approximately 5,800 cfs, as measured at the Glenwood Bridge gauge. Flows will reach approximately 6,300 cfs by mid-morning on Wednesday.

  • 19-036 Boise River flows to increase Tuesday

    BOISE, Idaho -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation will increase flows through the City of Boise by 500 cubic feet per second (cfs) on Tuesday, April 23. Currently, Boise River flows through town are approximately 5,300 cfs, as measured at the Glenwood Bridge gauge. Flows will reach approximately 5,800 cfs by mid-morning on Tuesday.

  • 19-035 Boise River flows to increase through this week

    BOISE, Idaho – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation will continue to increase flows through the City of Boise. Currently, Boise River flows through town are approximately 3,450 cubic feet per second (cfs). Flows will increase by 500 cfs daily, beginning on Tuesday, April 16, and continue through Friday, April 19. Flows will reach approximately 5,450 cfs by Friday evening as measured at the Glenwood Bridge gauge.

  • 19-034 Ice Harbor Dam Visitor Center to temporarily close April 15-26

    BURBANK, Wash. – The visitor center at Ice Harbor Lock and Dam, located at Snake River Mile 9.7, on Ice Harbor Road, near Burbank, Washington, will temporarily close April 15-26, according to Tri-Rivers Natural Resources Management Office officials, at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District.

  • 19-033 Corps offers free firewood at Tri-Rivers NRM parks

    BURBANK, Wash. – Free firewood is available to the general public at several U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-managed recreation areas near Ice Harbor Lock and Dam, officials at the Corps’ Walla Walla District announced, today.

  • 19-032 Boise River flows will increase this week

    BOISE, Idaho – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation will continue to increase flows through the City of Boise. Currently, Boise River flows through town are about 1,200 cubic-feet-per-second (cfs) and will increase by 500 cfs throughout today, Tuesday, April 9, 2019, as measured at the Glenwood Bridge gauge. Flows will increase by another 500 cfs daily, on Wednesday, April 10, Thursday, April 11, and Friday, April 12, incrementally reaching approximately 3,200 cfs by late-Friday evening.

  • 19-031 Lower Monumental Dam’s navigation lock temporarily changes hours of operation April 9-12

    KAHLOTUS, Wash. – Lower Monumental Dam’s navigation lock, located at Snake River Mile 41.6 near Kahlostus, Washington, will temporarily be closed to vessel traffic from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on April 9-12, according to operations officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District.

  • 19-030 Corps, Reclamation set to increase Boise River flows to 1,600 cfs on Tuesday

    BOISE, Idaho – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation plan to increase Boise River flows through the City of Boise on Tuesday morning, April 9, 2019, from approximately 1,100 to 1,600 cubic feet per second (cfs), as measured at the Glenwood Bridge gauge

  • 19-029 Corps seeks public input for Sweetwater, Lapwai creeks aquatic ecosystem restoration study; comments due May 4

    LAPWAI, Idaho – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District (Corps), seeks public comments regarding the scope of the Sweetwater and Lapwai Creeks Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Study.