The Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), has completed repairs to the Coos Bay North Jetty, which will be commemorated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday.

This fall and winter, residents living near Cougar, Green Peter, Lookout Point, and Fall Creek reservoirs should expect lower water levels as part of an effort by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to support the recovery of endangered fish.

A contractor places stones on the South Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River, as part of the rehabilitation work the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers undertook. The work, carried out by contractor J.E. McAmis, included rebuilding three miles of the jetty’s trunk and head with more than 462,000 tons of stone, some weighing up to 40 tons each. South Jetty’s rehabilitation was part of a decade-long effort to restore the three jetties at the mouth of the Columbia River that protect one of the nation’s busiest trade corridors. (Photo provided by J.E. McAmis)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland District (USACE) will move forward this spring with a two-year safety and seismic repair project at Willamette Falls Locks ahead of the agency’s official transfer of the historic navigation lock system to the Willamette Falls Locks Authority, expected to take place in 2026. This image, from June 2019, offers a view from just downstream of the four-lock system, located at Willamette Falls between West Linn and Oregon City.

Trees and aquatic vegetation grow close to the SRS which was barren 40 years ago.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District (USACE) will not perform a deep drawdown at Detroit Reservoir in the fall of 2025.