9 Jun 2017

Good snowpack doesn’t ensure good water levels

This past winter, Oregon received plenty of precipitation and snowpack was more than 170 percent of its average in some areas, according to the National Resources Conservation Service. Many people may believe this is cause for celebration in a state that has seen drought conditions during much of the past few years. And although it is good news, snowpack doesn’t mean Portland District’s reservoirs will be full throughout the summer.

1 Jun 2017

Rangers Join Colleagues to Ready for the Recreation Season

In preparation for the recreation seasons, more than 350 park rangers, natural resource managers and environmental compliance coordinators gathered in Norman, Okl. For the first time in seven years, they had the opportunity to engage colleagues from across the Corps to strengthen and develop technical competencies, foster learning opportunities, and build strong communities of practice.

19 May 2017

ISIS, potential dam collapse make deployment memorable

Richard Benoit, Portland District dive team proponent and program manager, has been deployed for more than a year, first to Afghanistan and now to Iraq. This is his seventh overseas deployment, but his first to the Middle East, where he is serving as the Corps’ dive safety officer and dive safety inspector for the Mosul Dam rehabilitation and repair project.

27 Feb 2017

Maintaining the ships that maintain Western and Pacific shipping channels

The Corps' dredges Essayons and Yaquina go into dry dock every winter for maintenance so they are ready when spring comes to dredge vital shipping channels in Oregon, California, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii.