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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently hosted an Every Kid in a Park event at Bonneville Lock and Dam. Outdoor activities and interactive displays gave kids of all ages a taste of the great outdoors, and kids going in to 4th grade received their free year-long pass to federal parks.
Corps hosts Every Kid in a Park event
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently hosted an Every Kid in a Park event at Bonneville Lock and Dam. Outdoor activities and interactive displays gave kids of all ages a taste of the great outdoors, and kids going in to 4th grade received their free year-long pass to federal parks.
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The Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dedicated its newest survey boats recently at Chinook Landing in Fairview, Oregon. The Graham, based in Coos Bay, Oregon, is 27 feet long; Hopman is 25 feet long and based at the U.S. Moorings in Portland, Oregon.
Corps dedicates new survey boats
The Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dedicated its newest survey boats recently at Chinook Landing in Fairview, Oregon. The Graham, based in Coos Bay, Oregon, is 27 feet long; Hopman is 25 feet long and based at the U.S. Moorings in Portland, Oregon.
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Members of the Bonneville Emergency Rescue Team got tips from a Life Flight Network crew about how to quickly and efficiently prepare an injured person for transport to a hospital. Bonneville is located about 60 miles from Portland, so Life Flight is often the best mode of travel for seriously injured people who need to be transported to a metropolitan hospital.
Life Flight trains Bonneville Dam team for emergencies
Members of the Bonneville Emergency Rescue Team got tips from a Life Flight Network crew about how to quickly and efficiently prepare an injured person for transport to a hospital. Bonneville is located about 60 miles from Portland, so Life Flight is often the best mode of travel for seriously injured people who need to be transported to a metropolitan hospital.
The National Wetland Plant List used by the Corps and other federal agencies to delineate wetlands is now web-based. The NWPL contains more than 8,000 plant species, including six new species in the continental U.S. The NWPL plays a critical role in wetland determinations under the Clean Water Act and is available to the public on the Corps' website.
2016 National Wetlands Plant List
The National Wetland Plant List used by the Corps and other federal agencies to delineate wetlands is web-based. The NWPL contains more than 8,000 plant species, including six new species in the continental U.S. The NWPL plays a critical role in wetland determinations under the Clean Water Act and is available to the public on the Corps' website.
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Announcements

Final EA and FONSI: Columbia Stock Ranch

The final environmental assessment for the Columbia Stock Ranch Section 536 Ecosystem Restoration Project and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District’s Finding of No Significant Impact is available.

Columbia Stock Ranch Ecosystem Restoration Project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bonneville Power Administration are preparing to construct an ecosystem restoration project on the Columbia Stock Ranch to restore structure and function of floodplains to improve juvenile fish habitat. The Corps and BPA are meeting with members of the Deer Island Drainage Improvement Company, some of whom expressed concerns about the CSR project and its potential impacts. Meetings will take place in the Armstrong Room of the St. Helens Public Library, 375 S. 18th St., St. Helens, Oregon.

Final EA and FONSI: Coos Bay Navigation Project North Spit

PUBLIC NOTICEU.S. Department of Agriculture Request for use of Corps Lands at the Coos Bay

Spillway gate rehab to lower Hills Creek and Lookout Point summer reservoir water levels

Lookout Point and Hills Creek reservoirs' water levels will be kept low this summer, affecting recreational access at the high water boat ramps. Low water ramps are available.

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Signs of creativity at Bonneville Lock and Dam
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Painting of a settler and his covered wagon by Lee Jensen. Bonneville Lock and Dam is known for many things, like history and hydropower, but artwork? Lee Jensen, who worked there between 1991 and 2001, left his mark ... in a very creative way.
  • Signs of creativity at Bonneville Lock and Dam
  • The artwork at Bonneville Lock and Dam
  • Eagles roost in Westrick Park near The Dalles Dam in winter.
  • Memorial Day: The Surrender of Soldiers to the Nation
  • Precious cargo at The Dalles Dam
  • Intern brings new enthusiasm to familiar water safety messages
  • Intern brings new enthusiasm to familiar messages
  • Intern brings fresh enthusiasm to a familiar message
  • Record fish migration at Bonneville Dam
  • Lamprey: ancient fish
  • Where's Bobber?
  • Portland District dive office overseas critical inspections of Army piers in California
  • Mount St. Helens
  • Mount St. Helens spillway raise
  • The Dalles Dam prepares for emergency lock repairs
  • Corps welcomes future engineers to Bonneville Dam to celebrate Engineer Day
  • Bonneville's Great Electrifying Event 2013
  • Corps recognizes partnership excellence of Upper Rogue Watershed Association
  • Dewatering The Dalles fish ladder
  • Dewatering The Dalles fishladder
  • Coming soon: new Willamette Valley adult fish facilities
  • Geocaching
  • Sand Island cormorant study
  • Controlled burns at Fern Ridge protect and preserve
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