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1997 News Release Archive

January
1/1Corps Increases Releases from Applegate
1/1** UPDATE OF NEWS RELEASE PA 97-01 **
1/2Public invited to discuss Columbia River navigation channel improvements with Corps and port sponsors
1/3Corps Engaged in a Myriad of Activity Following Flood
1/5Minor Problems Reported at Lost Creek Dam
1/7Public invited to comment on EIS scoping
1/7Willamette Falls Locks reopen after flooding
1/7Corps slowly regains flood strage space in Rogue Basin
1/7Corps to finish closure of Sauvie Island levee
1/8Corps of Engineers alters water releases for community
1/9Public invited to workshops on Columbia River navigation channel improvements
1/14Public workshop addresses Columbia River channel improvements
1/15Corps water regulation efforts reduced overall river levels
1/16Portland workshop reminder: Columbia River channel improvements
1/24Alert: Increased water releases from Applegate Dam possible if storms hit basin
1/31Corps of Engineers Invites Students, Teachers to Engineering Open House
February
2/7Corps Continues Flood Recovery Work 1 Year after Great Flood of 1996
2/7President's Proposed Civil Works Budget for Corps Includes Dollars to Benefit Northwest
2/18Corps of Engineers, Mother Nature Make Changes at Lost Creek Lake
2/18Do your part in preserving a National Landmark!
2/21Columbia-Snake River Locks to Close for Annual Maintenance
2/28Alert: Increased Water Releases from Applegate Dam Possible if Storm Hits Basin
March
3/11Agencies propose exchanging management responsibilities for Lane County parks
3/12Corps reduces water releases for community event
3/14Public invited to Willamette Basin Reservoir Study workshops
3/14Corps seeks comments on Yaquina Bay breakwater work
3/17Bonneville lock opens early after planned maintenance work
3/24Corps to close fourth row of pipes at sediment structure
3/24John Day lock to close in April for maintenance
3/24Corps turns fishing sites over to Bureau of Indian Affairs
April
4/10Media Advisory: Corps to host environmental workshop
4/11Corps to close locks at Willamette Falls for inspection
4/14Bonneville rangers go back to school
4/14Public invited to review levee repair environmental assessment
May
5/5Couch named to head Corps' Construction Branch
5/6Corps awards contract for dredging southern Oregon rivers
5/6Volunteers asked to make a difference, clean up shorelines
5/12Corps to change phone numbers, Internet address
5/12Corps to discuss water plans for Lost Creek, Applegate lakes
5/12Corps of Engineers recreation season begins
5/13Correction to May 12, 1997, news release: Corps to discuss water plans for Lost Creek, Applegate lakes
5/15Lock hours to change at Willamette Falls
5/19Corps reduces Foster Dam releases for City of Albany work
5/20Ship wake concerns to be discussed at May 29 meeting
5/23Public invited to Bonneville Dam speakers series on salmon
5/28Corps co-sponsors annual "free fishing" fishing derby
June
6/2Corps thanks riverside cleanup volunteers
6/2U.S. Army Corps of Engineers makes time for festival
6/5Corps to change phone numbers
6/11Public Invited to Bonneville Dam as Speakers Talk about Salmon in the Northwest
6/13Environmental Assessment on Property Transfer Distributed for Public Review
6/13Public invited to comment on public park management consolidation in rural Lane County
6/19Bonneville Dam public fishing areas closed
6/19Public invited to Bonneville Dam to hear about salmon
6/20Corps releases water for salmon in Lower Rogue
6/25Army Corps names Brice deputy district engineer
6/26Corps reduces water releases from Lost Creek Lake
July
7/2Corps plans to expand two dredged ocean disposal sites
7/9Corps awards contracts for routine dredging, Coos Bay deepening
7/8Bonneville Dam speakers series featured
7/8Fishing access site construction contract awarded
7/8Corps awards contract on sediment structure spillway
7/8U.S. Army Corps of Engineers revises water management plans
7/15Water safety - your life depends on it
7/15Public service announcements
7/17Army Corps of Engineers proposes lakeside improvements
7/17Photography contest slated to help celebrate Bonneville Lock and Dam's 60th anniversary
7/21Bonneville Dam fish film festival scheduled
7/25Emergency actions underway to release fish that may be trapped at Bonneville Dam
7/25Public input sought for The Dalles Dam master plan
7/29Army Corps works to solve problem at Bonneville Dam
7/30Corps of Engineers closes fishing area as it prepares to implement short-term solution to fish passage problem at Bonneville Dam
7/31Corps measures waves, currents at Columbia River mouth
August
8/4Corps proposes work to stop beach erosion at Fern Ridge Lake
8/4Corps, region continues to work Bonneville fish passage problem
8/5Contract awarded for breakwater extension
8/6Army Corps of Engineers operating all fish ladders at Bonneville Dam
8/11Bonneville celebrates "Cascades on the Columbia" day
8/11Corps of Engineers' dredge damaged while working at Willapa Bay
8/14Army Corps of Engineers to reduce water flows out of Applegate Lake
8/14Army Corps of Engineers' Bonneville Dam fishway operating successfully
8/15Correction to news release PA 97-88 Army Corps of Engineers to reduce water flows out of Applegate Lake
8/18Reminder
8/19Corps works to find answers to improved fish passage through new smolt sampling and monitoring facility at John Day Dam
8/20Army Corps of Engineers to restart power generators at Bonneville Dam
8/26Willamette Falls Locks to close for repair
8/27Bonneville Dam turns 60, former employees sought
September
9/1Bomb threat closes Bonneville Dam
9/3Fifth row of pipes to be closed at sediment structure
9/15Corps of Engineers to change flows from Lost Creek, Applegate lakes
9/15Grating dislodges in Bonneville Dam's Bradford Island adult fish ladder
9/18Fishers invited to provide information about productive fishing sites
9/19Army Corps of Engineers to remove debris at dam's second powerhouse
9/24Corps of Engineers increases releases from Applegate Lake to prepare for flood control season
9/24Corps of Engineers plans repairs to Bonneville Dam spillway bays
9/25Columbia River Gorge contest photos displayed at Bonneville Dam
9/30Corps of Engineers offers "Hatcheries, Dams and Salmon" workshop to educators
October
10/8Minimum Dredge Fleet information released for comment
10/14Additional work will keep locks closed at Willamette Falls
10/14Corps to start annual drawdown of lake
10/16Corps extends minimum dredge fleet comment period
10/17Corps of Engineers finds no salmon in dewatered AWS at Bonneville Dam
10/20Corps releases environmental assessment modifying Elk Creek Dam
10/20Fishers invited to review, comment on data regarding fishing/crabbing sites
10/22Corps achieves ISO certification
10/23Docking restrictions at Philippi Park, John Day River
10/23John Day drawdown options considered
10/28Army Corps' Portland District begins FY 98 work with FY 98 dollars
November
11/13Corps to close fishing site near Bonneville
11/14Winter recreation season underway
11/24Bonneville Dam to close for holidays
11/26Channel drilling to commence at Bonneville
December
12/4Locks to reopen Friday
12/11Corps of Engineers confirms no salmon found In Bonneville Dam's AWS
12/12Bonneville Dam to host holiday open house
12/12Accidental oil spill at John Day Dam
12/17Third contract awarded for Bonneville Dam fisheries improvements
12/18Willamette Falls Locks closed
12/29Locks reach aged milestone

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