21 Mar 2023

23-021 Ice Harbor Dam is looking for volunteers

Tri-Cities, WA – Ice Harbor Lock and Dam is looking for individuals or couples to serve as volunteers. There are two types of positions open: Grounds Maintenance and Park Host with grounds maintenance duties.

21 Dec 2022

22-078 Walla Walla District to begin dredging the lower Snake River navigation channel

Snake River, Wash. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District will begin dredging the lower Snake River navigation channel beginning in January.

18 Mar 2022

22-017 Ice Harbor Natural Resources is looking for volunteers

Tri-Cities, WA – Ice Harbor Lock and Dam is looking for volunteers to serve as Park Hosts or Grounds Maintenance at the following parks: Hood, Charbonneau, Fishhook, Windust and Levey.

1 Mar 2022

22-013 Corps assembles and begins installing 2nd Advanced Technology Turbine at Ice Harbor Dam

BURBANK, Wash. – The US Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District has completed assembly on the second of three new advanced-designed hydroelectric turbines and begun its installation at Ice Harbor Lock and Dam.

14 Jan 2022

22-005 Columbia and Snake river navigation locks will close in February for annual maintenance

COLUMBIA & SNAKE RIVERS, Ore. & Wash. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District will close the District’s navigation locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers in February for regularly-scheduled annual inspections, preventative maintenance and repairs.

27 Jul 2021

21-043 Ice Harbor Visitor Center closed until further notice due to COVID-19

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 be closed until further notice, effective immediately.

16 Jul 2021

21-039 Corps to hold public meeting to gather input for Ice Harbor Master Plan Revision

BURBANK, Wash.– The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District (Corps) has scheduled an open house public meeting on Thursday, July 22 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Ice Harbor Visitor Center in Burbank, Washington. There will be formal presentations at 5 and 6 p.m., and Corps staff will be present to answer questions and provide information.

30 Jun 2021

21-035 Corps seeks public input for Ice Harbor Master Plan Revision

BURBANK, Wash.– The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District (Corps) has prepared a draft Ice Harbor Master Plan with an accompanying draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Environmental Assessment (EA) to revise the outdated 1977 Ice Harbor Master Plan. The Corps will be accepting comments from July 1 through 30, 2021.

1 Mar 2021

21-006 Columbia and Snake river navigation locks will close March 6 for annual maintenance

COLUMBIA & SNAKE RIVERS, Ore. & Wash. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland and Walla Walla districts will close all Corps navigation locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers March 6 at 6 a.m. for regularly-scheduled annual inspections, preventative maintenance and repairs.

4 Jun 2020

20-029 Summer recreational vessel lockage schedule has begun

COLUMBIA & SNAKE RIVERS, Ore. & Wash. – For the Walla Walla District, Corps of Engineers, May 15 marked the start of the summer schedule for recreational boaters using navigation locks to travel past U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers, according to Corps navigation planners.