28 Mar 2013

13-022 Don’t Wreck Your Spring Break

To the estimated 3.7 million college students getting ready for a well-earned spring break, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urges you to play it safe while at the beach or around water. Don’t wreck your spring break! Following these simple top ten tips could mean the difference between life and death.

28 Mar 2013

13-021 Reserve Dent Acres campsites at Dworshak Dam at Recreation.gov this season

Campers are invited by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Dworshak Dam and Reservoir to reserve campsites at Dent Acres Campground using the www.recreation.gov reservation system. Reservations can be made for camping dates May 23 or later, though the campground opens on April 11 on a first-come, first-served basis.

26 Mar 2013

13-020 Rooks Park to open one day early on Sunday

WALLA WALLA, Wash. – The Walla Walla District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will open Rooks Park to vehicles for the upcoming recreation season one day earlier than originally planned. The park will open to vehicle traffic on Sunday, March 31, instead of its usual annual seasonal opening date of April 1. Rooks Park is located on Mill Creek Road just east of Walla Walla, Wash.

20 Mar 2013

13-019 Corps temporarily closes Hood Park day use area due to gas leak

BURBANK, Wash. – As a precaution, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers closed Hood Park near Burbank, Wash., on Tuesday due to a gas leak in the day use area on the east side of the Park in the ponds area. The boat ramp area remains open 24 hours a day.

13 Mar 2013

13-018 Lower Monumental Dam to install turbine intake fish screens; vehicle-crossings temporarily closed

POMEROY, Wash. – Vehicle crossings at Lower Monumental Lock and Dam will be temporarily closed March 18-20 to accommodate maintenance activities to occur on top of the dam, according to operations officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District.

12 Mar 2013

13-017 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 yesterday in preparation for the upcoming recreation season.

11 Mar 2013

13-016 Corps invites public comments about potential effects of Snake River dredged materials disposal on water quality - Proposed winter dredging for sediment management subject to Clean Water Act review

LEWISTON, Idaho – The public has two more opportunities to comment on water quality aspects of a proposed U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ dredging action in the lower Snake River. This is in addition to the current public comment period that began Dec. 21 and ends March 26 for the Corps’ Lower Snake River Programmatic Sediment Management Plan (PSMP) draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Public comments on the dredging action are due to the Corps and/or Washington Department of Ecology by April 11, 2013.

7 Mar 2013

13-015 Corps invites public comments on Emmett levee system environmental assessment

EMMETT, Idaho – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District invites public comments on an Emmett levee system repair project environmental assessment (EA). Comments are due by March 20.