Portland District News Releases

Corps’ hurricane response mission finds new home in Portland

Press Operations — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 20:46:00 GMT

As Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida Sept. 28, more than a dozen volunteers with the Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepared for a new mission: taking calls from those affected by the natural disaster.

Corps to present Lost Creek, Applegate dam failure inundation maps

Press Operations — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 17:42:05 GMT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will provide the opportunity for residents and business owners along the Rogue and Applegate rivers to view dam failure inundation maps in Shady Cove and Grants Pass.

Corps starts Green Peter Dam spillway gate rehab

Press Operations — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 22:12:14 GMT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will rehabilitate one of Green Peter Dam’s two spillway gates September 2014 through February 2015, improving the dam’s ability to help reduce flood damage to South Santiam River communities.

Corps seeks comments on Mount St. Helens draft supplemental environmental impact statement

Press Operations — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 22:36:34 GMT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public comments on a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Mount St. Helens Long Term Sediment Management Plan.

Corps of Engineers dams capturing storm runoff, reservoirs filling

Press Operations — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 23:16:32 GMT

Large federal reservoirs are seeing the effects of recent back-to-back heavy rainstorms drenching the Willamette Valley, prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to increase water releases from most of its dams this weekend in order to preserve storage space for future storms.