The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announces the availability of a new, comprehensive historical manuscript detailing the cultural, maritime, and engineering history of the Coos Bay North Jetty on the Oregon coast. The document is now available to the public and researchers via the USACE Digital Library.

The early 1800s heralded a period of immense change for the Coos Bay area with the arrival of its first non-Indigenous people: fur traders seeking fortune and military expeditions charting the new frontier. The discovery of gold and coal along Oregon’s southern coast in the 1850s intensified the rush of land speculation that followed.

Lost Creek Lake is shown here in 2020. Water managers will hold two public information sessions May 18, 2026 to discuss historically low water levels in the Rogue River Basin.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Portland District, is seeking proposals from Non-Federal Public Entities and Non-Profit Entities interested in entering into a Challenge Cost-Sharing Cooperative Management Agreement (CCSCMA) for the purpose of collaboratively managing a designated recreation area at John Day Lock and Dam. CCSCMAs may be established for an initial term of up to ten (10) years, with an additional five (5) option years available without further competition.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, will repair damaged sections of the Rogue River South Jetty, highlighted here, to ensure the reliability of the federal navigation channel at Gold Beach, Ore. The $3.02 million repair project is scheduled to be completed by Fall 2026. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

LePage day-use area and beach are shown here in 2009. LePage is one of several parks that is owned and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at its John Day Dam location on the Columbia River near Rufus, Oregon.

Bonneville Dam is shown during construction on March 4, 1935. The Bonneville Lock and Dam, built and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was the first federal lock and dam on the Columbia and Snake rivers. The project’s first powerhouse, spillway and original navigation lock were completed in 1938 to improve navigation on Columbia River and provide hydropower to the Pacific Northwest. A Public Works Administration project of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, portions of Bonneville Lock and Dam Project were declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987. Today, the project is a critical part of the water resource management system that power generation, navigation, water quality improvement, fish and wildlife habitat including fish passage and recreation along the Columbia River.

Hills Creek Dam is one of 13 flood risk management dams managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Willamette Valley, Oregon.

The Oregonian recognized the Corps' efforts to save the downtown Portland area from the flooding.