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  • February

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts a deep drawdown of Fall Creek Reservoir, southeast of Eugene Ore. to enable juvenile Chinook salmon passage, Nov. 26, 2011. Deep drawdowns at Fall Creek have been highly successful in passing these fish. Studies indicate a 98-99% survival rate for these out-migrating juveniles and is an important step in meeting the 2008 Biological Opinions for the Willamette Valley.

    Corps juggles dam operations, fish survival in the Willamette Valley

    An upcoming Corps construction project at Detroit Lake, Oregon has been generating buzz around the region because of its potential impacts on thousands of Willamette Valley residents. This project, like many U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fish-related projects in the valley, is part of a broader effort to reduce the effects of Corps-operated dams on winter steelhead and spring Chinook salmon. Both species are listed under the Endangered Species Act.
  • A juvenile bald eagle soars over the Columbia River in search of food.

    Eagle fans flock to The Dalles Lock & Dam

    Eagles soared to new heights this year! As the Philadelphia Eagles preyed upon the New England Patriots in their first-ever Super Bowl win, bird watchers tailgated at Seufert Park and The Dalles Dam Visitor Center to witness a winter gathering of bald eagles.
  • Timber donated from Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, property used for South Santiam Watershed Council's Scott Creek restoration project.

    Corps helps protect steelhead

    The Corps partners with the South Santiam Watershed Council to donate timber for a steelhead restoration project on Scott Creek.

  • January

    USACE Task Force Power Restoration Commander Col. John P. Lloyd (foreground) and TF Power Operations Officer Capt. Aaron Anderson survey the damage wrought by Hurricane Maria as they walk through a neighborhood in Maunabo, Puerto Rico, on Jan. 3. To date, Anderson’s team has set-up microgrids in five locations, starting with Culebra Island. The next four were placed in the Southeast, which was ground zero, sustaining tremendous damage when Hurricane Maria made landfall. These microgrids are operating in Patillas, Maunabo, Naguabo and Yabucoa, Puerto Rico.

    Microgrid technology brings vital electricity to Puerto Rico’s hardest hit towns

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — In a continuing mission to restore critical electrical power to the people of Puerto Rico, Task Force Power Restoration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is using microgrid technology to temporarily power areas that have been hardest hit by Hurricane Maria. Capt. Aaron Anderson, TF Power Restoration, is the operations officer leading the effort, along with key partners: FEMA, USACE Recovery Field Office's temporary emergency power mission, and Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.

  • November

    Salmon swim by a fish window at Bonneville Lock & Dam on the Columbia River as they return to their spawning grounds. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife assists the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in meeting The Dalles and John Day dams’ fish mitigation goals by producing similar fish at the Bonneville Fish Hatchery. This past year, the Corps changed from a cooperative agreement with ODFW to contracts for hatchery services.

    Corps hatchery operations respawn in 2017

    Like a salmon swimming hundreds of miles to spawning grounds, Portland District has reached the end of a challenging year regarding fish production in Oregon. This year was the fifth and final year of a cooperative agreement with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to manage hatchery operations and provide fish production services in the Columbia, Willamette and Rogue river basins. F

  • October

    Graphic for Halloween

    Biologists Talk Halloween

    Biologists from Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, discuss Halloween.

  • September

    Purple martins (Progne subis) are the largest swallow species in North America and have been a part of human cultures of North America since prior to the arrival of European Settlers to the East Coast. Three Willamette Valley Project locations have purple martin colonies: Cottage Grove, Dorena and Fern Ridge dams and reservoirs.

    Corps reservoirs benefit Willamette Valley swallows

    An unladen purple martin swallow can reach the air-speed velocity of about 24 miles per hour, which may be important information if you’re trying to cross the ‘Bridge of Death’ as you search for the Holy Grail. It’s also probably impossible for that 1.7-ounce bird to carry a 1.2-kilogram coconut, even if he gripped it by the husk (we are checking with the engineering department though).
  • Construction crews prepare for the next concrete pour on the fish ladder for a new fish facility at Fall Creek Dam and Reservoir. Construction QAs Duncan Newberry and Nick Myron (Engineering and Construction) speak with OPM Erik Petersen.

    Fall Creek Dam fish fancy future facility

    PORTLAND, Ore. — Construction crews are rebuilding Fall Creek Dam’s Adult Fish Collection Facility southeast of Eugene, Oregon. When complete, the facility will support Portland District’s efforts to meet requirements of the 2008 Willamette Project biological opinions, issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service.
  • Photo composites of solar eclipse at Foster Dam and Reservoir ***Photo illustration/composite***

    Portland District prepares for Apoc-eclipse, sees minimal impacts

    PORTLAND, Ore. — The recent celestial phenomenon, which passed through Oregon Aug. 21 spread a shadow over more than just the state. The solar eclipse also cast a pall on local, state and federal agencies due to the expected massive influx of visitors to the area. Because of this, government agencies expended energy, time and money to plan for potential emergencies, traffic jams and safety issues. Portland District was no different.

  • Engineers Talk Football

    Engineers from Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, discuss football.

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