Seattle District teammates scrape barnacles from one of the large lock culverts at at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, an annual event which prevents injury to migrating fish.

Gate 3‘s return to Albeni Falls Dam, Oldtown, Idaho, May 12, 2025. The USACE team recently completed their Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Installation Certification course, April 8-10, 2025, to apply FRP to the gate and have it ready for service in August 2025.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District Commander Col. Kathryn Sanborn and Libby Dam Natural Resource Manager Tana Wilson stand at attention while the VFW and American Legion perform Taps and the memorial unveiling, during Libby Dam's 50th commemoration, Aug. 23, 2025. The memorial lists the names of the 12 men who lost their lives during the construction of the dam between 1966 and 1972.

For Katlyn Struxness, a project engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Seattle District, Pullman, Washington, isn’t just a place—it’s where innovation, community and agriculture come together in unexpected ways.

Map illustration of USACE-owned and managed dams in Seattle District. The district’s inventory of dams has multiple purposes including flood risk management, hydropower, navigation, water supply, river flow augmentation for fish, fish passage and recreation.

The USACE Seattle District team of some 900 employees manage nearly $1 billion of combined civil, military and environmental restoration projects throughout a mixed service area in Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon. Our diverse water resource and engineering missions provide solutions for our local communities, the Pacific Northwest and Nation.

Leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Seattle District toured the weapons storage and maintenance facility at Malmstrom Airforce Base, Montana, Aug. 20, 2024. Sanborn returned to the project after attending the ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony in March 2024. With the project nearing 100,000 exposure hours with zero loss time, safety has been the top priority for the district and employees of the construction site. That’s a testament to our safety culture.