The Pilchuck Levee is the inaugural project among nine levee repairs scheduled for this summer under Public Law 84-99, which grants authorization to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for the repair of non-federal levees in support of state and local governments.

An excavator demolishes a screenhouse on the Lewis Brown Research Farm in Corvallis, Oregon, kicking off construction of a nearly year-long project for the Agricultural Research Service’s National Clonal Germplasm Repository (NCGR), a gene bank established to collect, distribute and evaluate plant germplasm, such as seeds and other tissues that enable plant reproduction.

Photo of the Lake Ballinger Center, known locally as Mountlake Terrace Community Senior Center, with Ballinger Creek in the foreground, Mountlake Terrace, Washington, where construction to restore the fish and wildlife habitat for over 16 acres of a former golf course, began mid-May 2023 and will run through spring 2024. The $5.5 million project construction cost, of which $3.4 million comes from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding that President Joseph R. Biden signed into law in November 2021, includes creating a wetted creek channel, removing invasive plants, and installing a diverse array of plants.

Biologists with Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Seattle District Corps of Engineers, inspect and document dead Chum during a site visit, April 20, 2023. Staff with the Swinomish Tribal Community and WDFW co-manage the fishery resources. The presence of the dead fish, including endangered salmon, led to emergency repairs to the McGlinn Island Jetty that begin May 22, 2023.