Portland District News

Climbers inspect Bonneville Lock's miter gate

Tom Conning, Public Affairs Office — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 22:37:00 GMT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains and assesses the locks along the Columbia and Snake rivers on an annual basis to keep an estimated $23 billion dollars’ worth of commerce flowing.

That sounds fishy: demonized trash fish finally gets some respect

Tom Conning, Public Affairs Office — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:30:00 GMT

Leaves are changing, the weather is cooling and getting wetter, and Fred Meyer is stocking its shelves with Christmas decorations, which means it’s October. Instead of skipping ahead to winter holidays, let’s fall back and celebrate autumn and Halloween by highlighting a fish that has been demonized in the past, partly for its looks, and partly for our past perceptions of it as a blood-sucking, bottom-feeding trash fish*: the Pacific lamprey.

Containing the Flood of 1996

DoD News — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 18:01:00 GMT

One of the biggest floods the Portland District faced in the late 20th century occurred in February 1996 and caused millions of dollars in damage to the region. The District played a crucial role in combating this flood 's impact through a variety of short-term and long-term activities.