https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil Portland District News RSS Feed en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:44:10 GMT https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Media/Feature-Stories/Article/2408928/in-harms-way-kyle-anderson-goes-above-and-beyond/ Kyle Anderson, a Corps' electrician at Lookout Point Dam is also a volunteer firefighter who was called into action when the Holiday Farm Wild Fire threatened his his hometown of Pleasant Hill, Oregon.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2020/Nov/07/2002531631/115/75/0/201107-A-A1408-004.JPG' alt='Kyle Anderson and some of his teammates from the Pleasant Hill – Goshen Fire Station who worked the Holiday Farm wildfire together.' /> <br /> Sun, 08 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT Amber Tilton https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Media/Feature-Stories/Article/2408928/in-harms-way-kyle-anderson-goes-above-and-beyond/ Cougar U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Media/Feature-Stories/Article/1227788/living-with-dams-deluge-an-ever-present-possibility/ If Cougar were to completely fail, that water would rush 60 miles down the McKenzie River, washing away everything in its path, until it reached the Eugene and Springfield area. The deluge could make Eugene and Springfield look like Corvallis, Oregon City and Portland after the Flood of 1996; although no dams failed during that event. That image, and the desire to do everything possible to keep it from becoming reality, was the backdrop for a recent inspection at Cougar Dam, May 24. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2017/Jun/23/2001768244/115/75/0/160204-A-YY531-019.JPG' alt='An aerial view of flooding along the Willamette River during the Flood of 1996. The Eugene and Springfield area could look like this if Cougar Dam completely failed.' /> <br /> Fri, 23 Jun 2017 20:49:00 GMT Tom Conning, Public Affairs Office https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Media/Feature-Stories/Article/1227788/living-with-dams-deluge-an-ever-present-possibility/ Cougar