Salina Hart dreams about water. It makes sense: she grew up on the water, and often went tubing down the local Clackamas River, the North Santiam and the Long Tom.

The task: manage your first emergency contract to repair some broken concrete that has brought a stand-still to $24 billion worth of annual commerce moving on the Columbia River while battling morning sickness.

Campgrounds at Lost Creek, Cottage Grove, Dorena and Lookout Point lakes will open June 11.

As recent weeks have brought more precipitation to the Willamette Valley, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District anticipates better water refill throughout the summer than previously forecast.

320 years ago on Jan. 26, 1700, the Pacific Northwest experienced an estimated 9.0 magnitude earthquake. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District continues to evaluate potential impacts to its dams in the Willamette, Rogue and Columbia River regions to prepare for a future earthquake event.