A Corps of Engineers employee scrapes barnacle buildup along the entire length of the 800-foot-long, 8-foot-wide by 14-foot-tall filling tunnels at Lake Washington Ship Canal and Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, Seattle, Dec. 12, 2023. The Corps of Engineers is mandated to scrape the barnacle buildup once a year to make the large lock safer for juvenile salmon going through it as they migrate out to sea.`

An Emergency Response Towing Vessel (ERTV) stands ready 24/7 on the northwestern Olympic Peninsula point in the Port of Neah Bay to quickly respond to disabled or distressed vessels. But a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project to improve navigation by deepening the harbor entrance channel will improve ERTV readiness and maneuvering during low tides.

The $12 million Yakima River Gap-to-Gap Ecosystem Restoration Project will restore ecosystem process, structure, and function in the river’s gap-to-gap reach. It includes removing and realigning levees, removing spur dikes, restoring and reconnecting 320 acres of floodplains and reconnecting wetlands.

Photo illustration of the map of the project area along the Snohomish River, Everett, Snohomish County, Washington, where maintenance dredging operations are scheduled to begin Oct. 25, 2023, and be completed Feb. 14, 2024.

Group photo of Seattle District's debris recovery crew MV PUGET, flanked by (left) Brig. Gen. Jonathan Byrom, director of Army Safety and U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center Commanding general, and (right) Brig. Gen. Geoff Van Epps, commander of USACE, Northwestern Division. Seattle District's Commander Kathryn Sanborn stands center. Byrom recognized the crew with the Army Risk Management Award at the USACE-owned and operated Lake Washington Ship Canal and Hiram M. Chittenden Locks (Locks), Seattle, Washington, Sept. 21.