News Stories

  • January

    Don't freak out: Dams generally do well in earthquakes

    Scientists tell us the Pacific Northwest is due for another very large earthquake a – from the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the Pacific coast. The historical performance of dams in seismic events has been exceptionally good. Only one concrete dam in modern history has ever failed as the result of a seismic event, mainly due to the fault running directly beneath it. Generally, concrete dams have sustained only minor damage.
  • March

    Corps FY14 work plan provides funding for coastal dredging

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently released its Fiscal Year 2014 work plans for the Army Civil Works program. The Operation and Maintenance Plan includes nearly $15 million for maintenance dredging of the federal navigation channels used by Oregon’s small coastal ports. The plan also includes $1.2 million to dredge the Skipanon Channel, Ore., and $1.8 million to dredge the Chinook channel and Baker Bay, Wash.
  • September

    Portland District dive office oversees critical inspections of Army piers in California

    The Portland District Office of Dive/ROV Operations and Safety led the Corps’ underwater execution of MOTCO’s pier inspections in California this summer.
  • August

    District takes Dam Safety exercises to community partners

    The District’s Dam Safety and Readiness sections are following an aggressive schedule of internal drills, but are also traveling to the Rogue and Willamette basins and the Columbia Gorge this summer to hold project familiarization sessions and tabletop exercises with local and county emergency managers and responders.
  • Highlights in the history of military women

    Highlights in the history of military women, courtesy of the Women in Military Service to America Memorial Foundation, Inc.
  • Women veterans’ history: Value of military experience evident in service to the Corps

    Women veterans in the Portland District who served in different military branches during different periods of women’s recent military history tell their stories, rightfully proud of their service to our nation.
  • Cranes take the loads off and up and over

    Omnipresent cranes do the heavy lifting around Corps projects, like strong workhorses on a pioneer farm. All Corps dams have one. The spillway gates at Bonneville Dam and other dams need them, and they slice the horizon of almost every Corps construction project.
  • Volunteerism - the unexpected gifts of giving

    Corps volunteer James Browne has volunteered every summer at Bonneville for nine years, and shares a reflection on his volunteer experiences.
  • July

    Coyote Island Terminal regulatory permit application review

    A Corps Message update on the current status of the review process for the Coyote Island Terminal regulatory permit application.
  • Essayons dredges Alaskan channel

    Portland District's dredge Essayons spent some of its summer dredging the Cook Inlet navigation channel, which is about six miles from Anchorage, Alaska.

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