31 Jul 2020

20-040 Federal agencies release final Columbia River System Operations environmental impact statement

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation and Bonneville Power Administration today released the Columbia River System Operations Final Environmental Impact Statement. The issuance of the final EIS is a substantial step toward accomplishment of a priority item of the Presidential Memorandum on Promoting the Reliable Supply and Delivery of Water in the West issued in October 2018.

4 Jun 2019

19-067 New high-tech turbines at Ice Harbor improve safety for fish, produce more power

BURBANK, Wash. – An advanced-design hydroelectric turbine, built to improve fish passage at federal dams in the Columbia River Basin, has been installed, commissioned and accepted at Ice Harbor Lock and Dam, in southeast Washington on the Snake River.