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    Amy Redmond, Portland District natural resource specialist, talks to Cottage Grove High School students during a college and career fair, March 21. Redmond and Doug Garletts, District fish biologist, attended the career day to highlight the various types of careers students could look forward to in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

    Corps highlights non-engineering careers at Cottage Grove HS

    Amy Redmond spoke to student after student, planting the proverbial “seed” that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does more than engineering. It was apt that Redmond, a natural resource specialist for Portland District, was at the career fair planting seeds – she does that during her regular work, too. Or, she at least nurtures the environment – allowing those seeds to blossom.
  • Typically, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stores water up to 1,564 feet elevation during the summer recreation season and 1,450 feet elevation during the winter at Detroit Dam. One alternative to assist with building a temperature control structure in the lake is to hold the water elevation to 1,310 feet elevation during construction, which could have significant impacts to various water users in the community.

    Looming tower casts potential shadow across Willamette Valley

    For several months, Jeff Ament has been watching tension simmer along the banks of the North Santiam River, as it churns and empties its frustrations into the Willamette River as residents voice a mix of anxieties about a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ project at Detroit Dam. The proposed project, a temperature control tower and fish collection facility, will provide temperature regulation and fish passage through the dam for endangered fish – and have impacts on residents throughout the watershed, from Sweet Home, Salem, Detroit and Albany.
  • The fish ladder at John Day Lock and Dam allows adult fish to migrate upstream of the dam on their own. These are important aspects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' fish passage facilities as they allow fish to travel at all times.

    Corps uses two key methods for fish passage

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has two ways to pass fish above dams: fish ladders and a method called trap and haul. Many times, the type of fish passage selected depends on the height of the dam, but there could be other factors involved. Taller dams, also known as high-head dams, tend to rely on the trap and haul method.