After a historically dry start to the refill season, water managers with the Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) are now optimistic about refilling most Willamette Valley reservoirs after increased rainfall and snowmelt in April.

On November 5th 2021, Congress and President Biden authorized a bill allocating $8.3 billion to advance and expand access to clean water for families, farmers and wildlife called the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This infographic displays USACE projects that are receiving money from the BIL.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland District (Corps) will begin a nearly three-year, $64 million critical infrastructure project March 18 to repair the Coos Bay North Jetty.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland District (Corps) will move forward this spring with seismic repairs at Willamette Falls Locks ahead of the agency’s official transfer of the historic navigation lock system to the Willamette Falls Locks Authority, expected to take place in 2026.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host a series of public meetings Feb. 23-28 to gather input that will help inform the agency’s long-term plan for resource management at Foster and Green Peter lakes, located near Sweet Home.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland District officially welcomed its newest hydrographic survey vessel, the Beeman, with a dedication and christening ceremony in Newport, Oregon, Jan. 11.