PORTLAND, Ore - Unrelenting, continuous rains and snow-melt brought western rivers to near-flood or flood stages, including the Columbia and Willamette rivers. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its partners have been managing the incoming water to reduce flood risks and providing support to local and state flood-fight efforts when local resources are exhausted. Those efforts began, in earnest, March 24.
The dreary and wet weekend saw the Portland District and its partner, the Multnomah County Drainage District, conducting levee patrols due to the high water on the Columbia River. The teams were looking for areas of concern including levee slides, unusual seepage, boils on the landward side of the levee or...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers invites volunteers to roll up their sleeves and devote Sept. 24 to planting trees and shrubs and improving parks at Cottage Grove Reservoir, near Cottage Grove, Oregon. The event supports National Public Lands Day--the nation’s largest annual, single-day volunteer restoration effort for America’s public lands.
The Portland District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects to speed up the regulatory permitting process by accepting permit applications electronically.
Businesses interested in working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had two opportunities recently to learn about future projects and how to compete for them. The industry day events were designed to introduce businesses to the government acquisition process, provide information about the tools needed to do business with the Corps, and how to improve project proposals.
