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Dredging begins at Grays Harbor

Maintenance and deepening dredging of the inner harbor at Grays Harbor has begun. The first bucket of dredged material pictured here, a 35-cubic-yard rehandling bucket, is flanked by American Construction's Aaron McMahill and Chris Raymond.

Commander participates in disaster preparedness town hall

Seattle District Commander Col. John Buck participates in a town hall on disaster preparedness Oct. 4 at Thomas Jefferson High School in Auburn, Washingt‎on. King County Emergency Management Deputy Director Jody Miller also participated and King County Councilmember Pete von Reichbauer hosted the event. ‎The public meeting provided an opportunity to remind citizens the importance of emergency and disaster preparedness.

USACE clears navigational hazards

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel pick up logs out of the Puget Sound near downtown Seattle, Oct. 3, 2016. The logs were potential threats to navigation. The Corps has patrolled the Puget Sound to find and remove navigational hazards for more than a century. The Puget's crew collects large pieces of drift, waterlogged pilings, logs considered a hazardous to navigation and other debris. The Puget’s crew pick up about 1,000 tons of debris each year and this represents about 2,000 hazards to navigation.

USACE, partners test Mud Mountain Dam fish passage design

Technical staff from Seattle, Portland and Walla Walla Districts, the National Marine Fisheries Service and other partners were at the Engineering, Research & Development Center in July to test the latest Mud Mountain Dam fish barrier and fishway design. New facilities are scheduled to be in place by the end of 2020, subject to the availability of funds.

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Chief of Engineers signs Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project report

10/18/2016
SEATTLE – Puget Sound’s ecosystem health took a leap forward with the recent signing of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers report, which recommends large-scale restoration projects on three northwest Washington estuaries.

Army Corps of Engineers responds to coastal storm threat

10/14/2016
Seattle District flood team members are preparing to make revetment repairs at La Push on the Washington coast and have distributed sandbags to the City of Aberdeen and Hoh Tribe in anticipation of a significant coastal storm Saturday.

Army Corps of Engineers repairing Chehalis-Centralia Airport Levee

10/6/2016
The Chehalis-Centralia Airport Levee in Lewis County, Washington, will be repaired beginning October 10, 2016. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials will restore a section of the levee, which includes a damaged 36-inch-diameter reinforced concrete pipe located on the north side of the airport.

Army Corps installing new contaminant monitoring wells at Moses Lake

10/5/2016
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ officials will begin installing six new deep groundwater monitoring wells in mid-October at the Moses Lake Wellfield Superfund site in Moses Lake, Washington.