Civil Works boundaries
- Covers most of Oregon & part of Washington
- Includes nearly 97 thousand miles of land & shoreline
- Operate & maintain 21 multi-purpose projects
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Tribal coordination
- Involves 15 tribes spanning Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California and Nevada
- Four tribes have treaty fishing rights on the Columbia River
- Address concerns regarding natural and cultural resources
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District resources
- FY14 workforce: 1,266 civilians, 4 military
- FY12 annual budget: $420 million
- FY13 contracted $142.5 million
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Emergency response
- Deployed 82 people for disaster response operations since 2011
- Deployed 268 people to overseas contingency operations since 2003
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Hydropower
- 12 plants on Columbia & Willamette rivers
- Annually generates 32 million megawatt-hours of electricity
- Provides electricity for 3 million
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Hydroelectric Design Center
- Corps hydropower experts
- Large pump station
- Nationally serves 18 districts
- Supported overseas contingency operations for hydropower
- Global plant inspections
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Managing flood risk
- 21 dams to help reduce flood risks
- 365 miles of levees and bank protection
- 255 local flood protection projects (flood walls, levees, & channel improvements)
- $2.5 billion for constructing major flood risk reduction projects on the Columbia River
- $20 billion in cumulative damages prevented since construction
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Navigation
- Columbia River Basin: 485 navigable miles
- Locks pass 10 of 50.5 million tons shipped
- Operate and maintain 3 of 10 locks in Northwestern Division
- 10 deep draft (>14 ft.) ports
- 12 shallow draft harbors
- 12 large-scale jetty structures
- $12 billion in annual export / import traffic
- 50.5 million tons of annual commerce
- Two hopper dredges: Yaquina & Essayons
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Recreation
- 135 recreation sites
- 3 visitor centers
- 55 boat ramps
- 495 campsites
- 751 miles of shoreline
- 6.7 million visits in FY2012
- 2,836 jobs created by or rely on Corps recreation
- 938 volunteers provided estimated value of more than $478 thousand in FY2012.
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Regulatory programs
- $3.3 million program in FY13
- 848 permit decisions issues
- 64.46% general permit decisions made within 60 days
- 31.25% of individual permit decisions made within 120 days
- 316 Endangered Species Act consults
- 466 consultations with tribes completed
- 339 historic site reviews performed
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Supporting fish migration
- $137.6 million in FY11 for Columbia River Fish Mitigation Program
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Water supply
- More than 6.5 million acres irrigated by Columbia River
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Contact us:
Portland District
P.O. Box 2946
Portland OR 97208-2946
503-808-4510
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