Corps discusses Mount St. Helens sediment management

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District
Story by Michelle Helms

Date: 08.15.2011
Posted: 08.15.2011 17:43
News ID: 75395
Corps discusses Mount St. Helens sediment management

PORTLAND, Ore. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is hosting a public information meeting Aug. 23, regarding the long-term sediment management plan for the Mount St. Helens area.

Doors will open at the Toutle Lake High School multi-purpose room at 6 p.m. At 6:30 p.m. Corps representatives will present results from their most recent sediment management studies and discuss the agency’s preliminary long-term plan to manage the sediment in the North Fork Toutle River. Following the presentation, Corps representatives will be available until 8 p.m. to answer questions.

Toutle Lake High School is located at 5050 Spirit Lake Hwy., Toutle, Wash.

For more information about the Corps’ history at Mount St. Helens go to http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/locations/mountsthelens.asp.