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  • BLM temporarily closing portions of the Boise Foothills for public safety

    BOISE, Idaho–The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Four Rivers Field Office is temporarily closing approximately 4,500 acres of BLM-managed public land in the Boise Foothills to all forms of public access, as a safety precaution due to the Hulls Fire. The Hulls Fire, reported on July 6, at approximately 11:30 p.m., is located off 8th Street in Hulls Gulch. The fire is burning within the Ridge to Rivers Trail System, in an area of unexploded munitions as part of the former Boise Army Barracks artillery range, roughly three miles northeast of Boise.

  • 23-038 Corps reopens Wawawai Landing boat ramp

    Clarkston, Wash – The Lower Granite Natural Resource Management office has reopened the boat ramp at Wawawai Landing.

  • 23-018 Dworshak Dam reminds visitors to observe fishing wall etiquette

    AHSAHKA, Idaho – Dworshak Dam welcomes visitors who plan on fishing for steelhead or other species at the fishing wall at the base of Dworshak Dam, located upstream from Ahsahka on the North Fork Clearwater River.

  • 23-004 Corps ropes off hillside after erosion event at McNary

    Umatilla, OR – Officials at McNary Lock and Dam have roped off the hillside on the south shore near the dam due to hazardous conditions created by an erosion event.

  • 23-003 Wawawai Landing boat dock is inaccessible from land until further notice

    Clarkston, Wash. – The Lower Granite Natural Resource Management Office has removed the gangway to the boat dock at Wawawai Landing to perform repairs.

  • 22-056 Corps to treat Lake Wallula to control invasive flowering rush

    KENNEWICK, Wash.– The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District will be performing up to eight five-acre treatments in Lake Wallula, the McNary reservoir near Tri-Cities, Washington, with herbicide, Diquat Dibromide, at an application rate of two gallons per surface acre. This effort is to control the invasive aquatic plant species flowering rush.

  • 22-055 Greenbelt Boat Ramp restrooms closed until further notice due to vandalism

    CLARKSTON, Wash.– The Lower Granite Natural Resource Management (NRM) Staff are closing the Greenbelt Boat Ramp Restrooms located in Clarkston Washington until further notice.

  • 22-050 Corps encourages safety this 4th of July weekend

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- As the nation's largest federal provider of water-based recreation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stresses water safety and urges extra caution while in or around water during the upcoming Independence Day holiday.

  • 22-038 Corps updates Safe Lockage Policy for recreational vessels on Columbia, Snake rivers

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has put the following guidelines in place for the continued safe passage of recreational craft through the navigation locks at McNary, John Day, The Dalles, and Bonneville dams on the Columbia River, and Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose and Lower Granite dams on the Snake River:

  • 22-035 Corps implements alcohol ban at Granite Point

    Walla Walla, WA – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District will implement an alcohol ban at the Granite Point recreation site on Lower Granite Lake on May 27. This change is designed to enhance public safety and increase the overall recreation quality of the site.