1 Feb 2020

Army Corps flood fight teams working in Skagit River Basin, monitoring Nooksack levees

Flood fighters from the Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, continue working in the Town of Lyman to extend the length of a buried rock trench to reinforce the upstream channel bank along the Skagit River. Crews worked through the night and have excavated half of the trench and placed one third of the riprap. Emergency measures are expected to be completed by Sunday with cleanup Monday.

31 Jan 2020

Army Corps flood fight teams reinforcing local levees, delivering sandbags

Flood fighters from the Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, are providing materials and assistance in the Skagit, Nooksack and Snohomish river basins in western Washington.

31 Jan 2020

Chittenden Locks large chamber closes February 12- April 4, small lock available

The large lock chamber at the Chittenden Locks in Ballard will close to all vessel traffic 5:30 a.m. February 12 to replace the chamber’s filling culvert valves. It will remain closed for up to 53 days, with a scheduled reopening April 4. The small chamber will remain open during this time and vessels up to 28-feet wide by 123-feet long are able to use it.

31 Jan 2020

Army Corps flood fight teams mobilized as several rivers predicted to exceed flood stage

The Emergency Operations Center at the Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is activated until further notice as flood teams have been mobilized for the Skagit and Nooksack river basins in western Washington.

13 Jan 2020

Corps of Engineers wrapping up work near Tokeland

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, completed work responding to a request for assistance from the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe to help with the tribe’s efforts to repair a flood risk reduction berm near Tokeland, Washington. This assistance was part of an extension to the emergency declaration made last month.

8 Jan 2020

Corps team again assisting with coastal repair request

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials extended an emergency declaration January 8 supporting a December Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe request for assistance to stabilize a flood risk reduction berm near Tokeland, Washington.

23 Dec 2019

Chittenden Locks large chamber resumes full operations

The Hiram M. Chittenden locks large chamber resumed full operations 4:30 p.m. December 23.

23 Dec 2019

Corps of Engineers wrapping up work at Tokeland

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, has completed work responding to a request for assistance from the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe to help with the tribe’s efforts to repair a flood risk reduction berm near Tokeland, Washington.

22 Dec 2019

Chittenden Locks large chamber closed

SEATTLE - The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks large chamber is closed to all marine traffic because of electrical issues.

21 Dec 2019

Chittenden Locks large chamber limited to half lockages

SEATTLE-The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks large chamber is limited to half lockages because of a malfunction with one of the miter gates.