While perhaps not an official season, most dive work is scheduled between November and March, when salmon runs are at their lowest. On November 17, a team of divers suited up at Ice Harbor Dam to perform the required 3-year inspection of the Removable Spillway Weir.
UMATILLA, Ore. – The US Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District will resume use of bird deterring lasers, and will be testing a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) to prevent birds from preying on endangered juvenile salmon passing through McNary Dam.
Flowering Rush is not native to the Pacific Northwest and its eradication is a focus for the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District.
“Flowering rush is an aggressive colonizer and can grow in a wide range of freshwater habitats,” Bret Walters, Chief of Planning and Environmental Branch for the Walla Walla District, said. “Once it’s established, flowering rush dominates native plants and can even take root in areas that...
Brig. Gen. D. Peter Helmlinger, commander of the Corps’ Northwestern Division, came to Boise recently, to meet with Congressional staff, public officials and stakeholders.
While there he discussed topics ranging from public safety and flood risk management to Regulatory and water-related issues.
WALLA WALLA, Wash. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District completed repairs to sections of the Mill Creek Levee System that were damaged during the February 2020 flooding.
This was a partnership project with the levee sponsor, the Mill Creek Flood Control Zone District, operated by Walla Walla County.
