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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved the Hood Canal Coordinating Council (HCCC) In-lieu Fee Mitigation Program. Col. Bruce Estok, the Army Corps of Engineer’s Seattle District Commander, signed the document July 6.
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Published: Jul-09-12
SEATTLE—Federal agencies worked together with the Lummi Nation to establish the first federally authorized Native American sponsored commercial wetland and habitat mitigation bank in the nation.
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Published: Jul-06-12
Oldtown, ID -- Due to near record rainfall in northern Idaho and Montana, Albeni Falls Dam released water at a rate as high as 98,000 cubic feet per second, and while flows are slowing, Army Corps of Engineers park rangers urge caution at Pend Oreille beaches.
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Published: Jun-28-12
Water managers and dam operators may exceed normal water level limits behind Libby Dam in western Montana in an effort to reduce flooding impacts along the Kootenai River in Montana, Idaho and British Columbia. [Read More]
Published: Jun-28-12
With a rainstorm storm expected to add widespread modest to heavy rainfall starting early this morning in the Kootenai River Basin, which is already exceeding precipitation records for the month of June, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is operating Libby Dam to its fullest flexibility in an effort to reduce flood damage. [Read More]
Published: Jun-26-12
Maintenance workers finished structural repairs today allowing the small lock at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks to reopen for vessel traffic following an accident June 10.
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Published: Jun-21-12
Repairs to the small lock at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard will take about two weeks after a boat hit the lock gate Sunday. [Read More]
Published: Jun-11-12
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking comments on a permit application from the Seattle Department of Transportation to repair and replace 7,112 linear feet of seawall from S. Washington Street to Broad Street along the Seattle Waterfront abutting Elliott Bay in two phases. [Read More]
Published: Jun-04-12
Water managers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, along with federal and state fish biologists, determined forecasted inflows are sufficient to provide flow augmentation, including spill, at Libby Dam, Mont., for endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon in the Kootenai River downstream in Idaho.
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Published: Jun-01-12
The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard will close to all marine traffic 7:30 a.m. until 1 p.m., June 5 allowing U.S. Navy divers to inspect the Adult Salmon Exclusion Structure.
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Published: Jun-01-12
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