Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Heartland | 04.30.2022
A Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat–Medium crew from Station Galveston approaches a pleasure craft blown onto the southern jetty by the wind in Galveston, Texas, April 30, 2022. The four people aboard the pleasure craft jumped overboard and swam to a nearby good Samaritan's vessel. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Station Galveston)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Heartland | 04.30.2022
A Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat–Medium crew from Station Galveston approaches a pleasure craft blown onto the southern jetty by the wind in Galveston, Texas, April 30, 2022. The four people aboard the pleasure craft jumped overboard and swam to a nearby good Samaritan's vessel. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Station Galveston)...
Photo by Jeremy Bell | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District | 08.31.2020
Senator Ron Wyden and Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and Jaime Herrera Beutler attend a small commemoration event at the South Jetty at the Mouth of the Columbia River to see what their legislative funding efforts are supporting, Aug. 31. The Corps estimates that it will complete rehabilitation on South Jetty by 2024 and will use 400,000 tons of stone. (U.S. Army photo by Jeremy Bell)...
Photo by Jeremy Bell | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District | 08.31.2020
U.S. Army Col. Michael Helton, Portland District commander, highlights details of the South Jetty rehabilitation at the Mouth of the Columbia River to Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici during a small commemoration event, Aug. 31. The Corps estimates that it will complete rehabilitation on South Jetty by 2024 and will use 400,000 tons of stone. The group, which included Senator Ron Wyden and Rep.......
Photo by Jeremy Bell | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District | 08.31.2020
Waves crash against South Jetty at the Mouth of the Columbia River, near Hammond, Ore., Aug. 31. During violent winter storms, waves taller than the length of six king-sized beds stacked end-to-end (40 feet) can meet the Columbia River as it makes its way out to the Pacific Ocean. A system of three jetties makes passage safer. (U.S. Army photo by Jeremy Bell)...
Photo by Jeremy Bell | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District | 08.31.2020
A construction crewmember moves a stone so excavators can place it on the South Jetty near Hammond, Ore., Aug. 31. The Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been rehabbing the jetty system for the last several years (completing work on Jetty “A” in 2018 and North Jetty in 2019) and just started work on South Jetty in June. On Aug. 31, the Corps, the Pacific Northwest......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard PADET Texas | 08.09.2020
A Coast Guard Station South Padre Island 33-foot Special Purpose Craft – Law Enforcement boat crew assists a disabled vessel with four people aboard near the north jetty in South Padre Island, Texas. The SPC–LE crew arrived on scene, pulled the vessel off the jetty, and safely towed them to Sea Ranch Marina. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Station South Padre Island)...
Photo by John Leonard | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District | 06.29.2020
Construction crews work on rehabilitation of the South Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon, June 29, 2020. The jetty system stabilizes the deep-draft navigation channel through a regionally-significant ocean inlet. It also ensures reliable entrance for the $21 billion Columbia-Snake System “Highway.”...
