9 May 2018

18-043 Lower Granite Dam offers ‘behind-the-scenes’ guided tours

POMEROY, Wash. – Visitors at Lower Granite Lock and Dam can get behind-the-scenes tours of the powerhouse, navigation lock and fish passage facilities – areas ordinarily off-limits to public access, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials announced today. Tours are offered Saturdays and Sundays at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. through Oct. 31.

2 May 2018

18-042 Granite Point closed until further notice due to visitors’ trash, vandalism

PULLMAN, Wash. – Granite Point day-use area is closed until further notice due to health and safety concerns after recent heavy visitation, trash accumulation and vandalism, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials announced today.

1 May 2018

18-041 Dworshak decreases outflows; more boat ramps available as reservoir fills

AHSAHKA, Idaho – Discharge flows from Dworshak Dam and Reservoir were decreased just after midnight today, May 1, 2018, from approximately 7,000 c.f.s. (cubic feet per second) to about 4,700 c.f.s., according to reservoir managers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Walla Walla District. The drop in outflows will allow the reservoir to gradually refill with snowmelt runoff, and make more boat ramps accessible as the water rises.

30 Apr 2018

18-040 District employees deploy to support FEMA’s Power Grid mission in Puerto Rico

WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District employees deployed during the past weekend to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) power grid repair mission in Puerto Rico, according to District emergency management officials.

26 Apr 2018

18-039 Rangers remind visitors of water system work to occur at Fishhook

BURBANK, Wash. – Fishhook Park, located off of State Route 124 along the lower Snake River in Walla Walla County, will be without potable water this summer while the water system is upgraded; however, it will remain open to visitors during its normal summer recreation season -- May 18 through Sept. 4, 2018.

25 Apr 2018

18-038 Macks Creek establishes boat-launch fees to help ease traffic congestion, improve access for all visitors

BOISE, Idaho – Lucky Peak Dam and Lake managers will implement a $5 boat-launch fee on May 15 to help reduce seasonal traffic congestion which routinely occurs at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-managed Macks Creek Park.

20 Apr 2018

18-037 Walla Walla District employees deploy to support FEMA’s Power Grid mission

WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Four U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District employees deployed during the past week to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) power grid repair mission in Puerto Rico, according to District emergency management officials.

19 Apr 2018

18-036 Corps begins filling Bennington Lake for upcoming recreation season

WALLA WALLA, Wash. – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operations staff began diverting water from Mill Creek to Bennington Lake today, April 19, 2018, in preparation for the upcoming summer recreation season.

18 Apr 2018

18-035 Lucky Peak Viewpoint to close for road repair work May 14

BOISE, Idaho – A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-managed scenic viewpoint of Lucky Peak Lake on Highway 21, near mile marker 11 in Ada County, Idaho, will close for asphalt-repair work, May 14 until mid-June, according to Corps operations officials at Lucky Peak Dam.

10 Apr 2018

18-034 Dworshak, BLM offer timber sale to improve forest health

AHSAHKA, Idaho – The Walla Walla District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in conjunction with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, invite interested parties to bid on the sale of approximately 701 acres of timber on forest lands surrounding Dworshak Dam and Reservoir in Clearwater County, Idaho.