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  • 18-90 Corps, WDFW, law enforcement team-up to encourage safe play at popular river destinations

    POMEROY, Wash. – With summer weather soon to wane, many people flock to riverside recreation areas to bank-up on some outdoor fun in the sun.

  • 18-089 Mill Creek Dam interior sediment removal work starts Aug. 13

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Contractors will begin work Monday, Aug. 13, to remove about 350 cubic yards of silt deposits from the interior of the Mill Creek Project diversion dam, located about 2 miles east of Walla Walla, Washington, requiring temporary and/or intermittent access closures to land areas near the work zone, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials announced today.

  • 18-088 Work starts Aug. 15 to rehabilitate Waitsburg Levee flood damage; intermittent traffic delays may occur on Hwy. 12

    WAITSBURG, Wash. – U. S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors plan to begin work Wednesday, Aug. 15, to rehabilitate flood-damaged areas of the Waitsburg Levee System, in Waitsburg, Washington. Intermittent traffic delays may occur on U.S. Route 12 as trucks and heavy construction vehicles enter and exit the work area near the Touchet River bridge.

  • 18-087 Corps removes public health advisory at Chestnut Recreation Area

    CLARKSTON, Wash. – The Walla Walla District of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is removing public advisories to not swim in or drink shoreline river water near the Chestnut Recreation Area in Clarkston, Washington. Laboratory results received Aug. 9 from water samples taken Aug. 6, showed no indication of high levels of fecal bacteria in shoreline river water.

  • 18-086 Corps repairs Willow Landing parking lot; public access temporarily closed

    POMEROY, Wash. – Vehicle access to Willow Landing parking lot and boat launch will be temporarily closed until about noon on Sunday, Aug. 12, to accommodate parking lot maintenance work, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials announced today.

  • 18-085 Corps hosts ‘Industry Day’ in Walla Walla

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Business owners and representatives can learn how to do business with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during a free “Industry Day” seminar offered by the Corps’ Walla Walla District on Wednesday, October 10, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Marcus Whitman Conference Center, 6 West Rose Street, Walla Walla, Washington.

  • 18-084 Dworshak water releases to fluctuate during flow-augmentation operations

    AHSAHKA, Idaho -- Dworshak Dam discharge flows will fluctuate between 5,000 cfs and 13,000 cfs throughout the remainder of the summer season to provide cold water from Dworshak Reservoir on the North Fork of the Clearwater River, reducing downstream river water temperatures for migrating salmon and steelhead, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water-management officials at the Walla Walla District.

  • 18-083 Debris cleanup to temporarily close access upstream of Mill Creek Dam

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Work to clear debris from the forebay of the Mill Creek Project diversion dam, located about 2 miles east of Walla Walla, Washington, will begin today, Aug. 1, requiring temporary access closures to land areas surrounding the work zone, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operations officials.