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  • 14-022 Corps expands fish-eating bird deterrence at McNary and Lower Snake River Dams; Certain bird species prey on endangered juvenile salmonids

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – To further protect endangered salmon and steelhead, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District (Corps) is expanding its current nonlethal avian hazing program at five Corps dams to incorporate limited lethal “take” of certain piscivorous or fish-eating birds. The expanded efforts will focus specifically on ring-billed gulls, California gulls and, to a lesser extent, double-crested cormorants within the Walla Walla District. This expanded effort is in conjunction with the Corps’ existing nonlethal hazing program to manage piscivorous birds, which uses pyrotechnics and other noisemaking devices, water-spray cannons, and passive deterrent structures to dissuade birds away from certain areas at Corps dams where they prey on salmonids. Lethal removal will be used only if nonlethal methods are not successful.

  • 14-021 Barge moorage area at Lower Granite Dam under construction; Stay away for safety

    POMEROY, Wash. – A new barge mooring area is under construction at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Lower Granite Lock and Dam on the Lower Snake River, and visitors and anglers are asked to stay out of the land and water construction areas for their safety. The north shore tailrace area just below the dam and gated access road to the tailrace are closed during construction. The area is a common recreation and fishing area. A large construction staging area is located on the north shore, and construction areas on the shore are fenced.

  • 14-020 Corps hosted ‘Industry Day’ in Walla Walla

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – The Walla Walla District hosted more than 100 business owners here for the

  • 14-019 Little Goose lock outage extended for emergency repairs

    STARBUCK, Wash. – Little Goose Lock and Dam’s navigation lock will remain closed to all river traffic to allow workers to replace key gate components that were examined during annual maintenance and determined to be in critical condition requiring immediate replacement, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers navigation officials at the Walla Walla District.

  • 14-018 Dworshak to increase discharge Saturday in anticipation of additional inflows

    AHSAHKA, Idaho – Discharge flows from Dworshak Dam will be increased on Saturday from approximately 17,000 c.f.s. (cubic feet per second) to about 20,000 c.f.s. to make room for anticipated inflows resulting from additional rainfall and snowmelt in the Clearwater sub-basin, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water-management officials.

  • 14-017 Dworshak to increase discharge on Sunday in anticipation of additional inflows

    AHSAHKA, Idaho – Discharge flows from Dworshak Dam will be increased on Sunday from approximately 14,100 c.f.s. (cubic feet per second) to about 17,100 c.f.s. to make room for anticipated inflows resulting from spring rainfall and snowmelt, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water-management officials.

  • 14-016 Idaho ‘Silver Jackets’ celebrates 5 years of flood risk reduction teamwork

    BOISE, Idaho – National Flood Safety Awareness Week, March 17-21, is an annual campaign promoted by the National Weather Service and other agencies to highlight some of the many ways floods can occur, the hazards associated with floods and what people can do to save lives and property. Appropriately, the Idaho Silver Jackets, an interagency flood risk management team, is recognizing five years of working with the State of Idaho and other stakeholders in developing and implementing solutions to flood hazards.

  • 14-015 Vegetation maintenance to require temporary trail closures

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – The paved trail on the north side of Mill Creek -- from Rooks Park to the metal bridge at the office parking lot -- will be temporarily closed to all visitors Monday through Wednesday, March 17-20, from 7 a.m.to 4 p.m., to accommodate the pruning and\or removal of selected hazardous trees along the trail, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials at the Mill Creek Office announced today.

  • 14-014 Dent Acres boat ramp opens Saturday; Early season camping starts March 28

    AHSAHKA, Idaho – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers staff at Dworshak Dam and Reservoir are gearing up for the early recreation season by opening the Dent Acres boat ramp on Saturday.

  • 14-013 Dworshak increases discharge to make room for spring inflows

    AHSAHKA, Idaho – Water discharge from Dworshak Dam near Orofino, Idaho, was temporarily increased today to accommodate increasing inflows, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water-management officials.