11 Dec 2025

Public comment period extended, additional public info session added for Detroit Reservoir deep drawdown, potential end to Willamette Valley hydropower

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Portland District is extending the public comment period by 15 days and adding an in-person information session in Stayton, Ore., for a draft study that considers changes to how the agency operates its Willamette Valley dams.

16 Aug 2017

Fall Creek Dam getting new fish facility

PORTLAND, Ore. – Construction crews are rebuilding Fall Creek Dam’s Adult Fish Collection Facility southeast of Eugene, Oregon. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is doing this to meet requirements of the 2008 Willamette Project biological opinions to support the safe collection and transport of wild spring Chinook and winter steelhead upstream of the dam.

12 Oct 2012

Construction crews moving to Foster Dam Oct. 17

Sweet Home, Ore., residents and visitors should be aware of construction crews and equipment moving from Hwy. 20 into Wiley Park and other areas around Foster Dam, beginning Oct. 17, 2012.