Story by Eileen Williamson | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 09.05.2025
“August runoff was above average in the lower reaches of the upper Missouri River Basin above Sioux City due to timely rainfall. This allowed the System reservoirs to maintain lower release rates while meeting the reduced navigation flow targets at all downstream locations,” said John Remus, chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Missouri River Basin Water Management Division.......
Story by Marcy Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District | 08.22.2025
On the banks of the North Fork Clearwater River, a new chapter is being written for one of the Pacific Northwest’s most important hydropower resources. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Walla Walla District, in partnership with the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), has taken a key step toward expanding the Dworshak Dam powerhouse with a fourth generating unit....
Story by Eileen Williamson | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 08.07.2025
July runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa was 2.0 million acre-feet (MAF), 62% of average. Runoff was below-average in the Fort Peck and Garrison reaches with average to above-average runoff in the lower four reaches. The annual runoff forecast above Sioux City, Iowa is 19.2 MAF, 75% of average....
Story by Patrick Adelmann | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District | 07.30.2025
For over six decades, two generations of Webb men have harnessed the power of water—first with calloused hands and steel resolve, then with hydropower and a quiet, unyielding desire to serve their fellow man....
Story by Eileen Williamson | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 07.08.2025
June runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa was 3.3 million acre-feet, 60% of average. The updated 2025 calendar year runoff forecast for the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, continues to be below average....
Story by Eileen Williamson | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 06.05.2025
The updated 2025 calendar year runoff forecast for the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, continues to be below average. May runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City was 3.4 million acre-feet, 100% of average....
Story by Eileen Williamson | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 05.12.2025
To assist with the recovery of a tugboat that sank on the Missouri River on Tuesday, May 6, releases from Garrison Dam will be reduced....
Story by Eileen Williamson | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 05.08.2025
The updated 2025 calendar year runoff forecast for the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, continues to be below average. April runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City was 1.4 million acre-feet, 48% of average....
