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Commercial and recreational vessels enter the downstream navigation lock at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. Ten million tons of commercial cargo, valued at between $1.5 billion and $2 billion, is transported each year along the Columbia-Snake rivers navigation system, according to navigation industry data.

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Bonneville navigation lock
5/7/2013 2:07:49 PM
Water flows under open gates and down the spillway during a free-overflow spill test at Detroit Dam on the North Santiam River April 11. Juvenile spring Chinook salmon and winter steelhead prefer to swim near the surface of reservoirs during their downriver migration from their spawning grounds to the sea; the Corps is testing water management operations like this to determine the best ways to increase passage and survival of these endangered species. For more information about our efforts in the Willamette Basin, visit http://go.usa.gov/T5JF

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Going with the flow
4/25/2013 2:59:30 PM
Caspian terns nest on East Sand Island near the mouth of the Columbia River. Terns and other birds consume millions of young salmon heading to the Pacific Ocean each year.

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Caspian Terns at East Sand Island
4/25/2013 12:22:29 PM
Members of the Upper Rogue Watershed Association and the Oregon Hunters Association worked diligently to pull the invasive species Scotch broom from important fish and big game habitat in the fields and banks of Elk Creek.

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Corps recognizes partnership excellence of Upper Rogue Watershed Association
4/2/2013 10:16:13 AM
Corps employees Justin Stegall and Garrett Cowett team up with Molly Allen of the Bureau of Land Management and Upper Rogue Watershed Association to clean up Corps parks along the Rogue River for National Public Lands Day.

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Corps recognizes partnership excellence of Upper Rogue Watershed Association
4/2/2013 10:16:10 AM
Members of the Upper Rogue Watershed Association and the Oregon Hunters Association worked diligently to pull the invasive species Scotch broom from important fish and big game habitat in the fields and banks of Elk Creek.

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Corps recognizes partnership excellence of Upper Rogue Watershed Association
4/2/2013 10:09:39 AM
Upper Rogue Watershed Association was instrumental in securing a grant for 15 large woody debris structures in West Branch Elk Creek. Large woody debris has been designated as a limiting factor for the survival of Coho salmon and other salmonid species.

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Corps recognizes partnership excellence of Upper Rogue Watershed Association
4/2/2013 10:09:37 AM
Members of the Upper Rogue Watershed Association and Oregon Black Bass Action Committee anchor about 500 old Christmas trees gathered by Boy Scouts in February 2010.

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Corps recognizes partnership excellence of Upper Rogue Watershed Association
4/2/2013 10:09:32 AM
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