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  • Army Corps hosts Albeni Falls Dam public information meetings May 30-31

    Army Corps of Engineers is hosting public meetings May 30 in Ponderay, Idaho, and May 31 in Cusick, Washington, to inform the public on current restricted operations at Albeni Falls Dam.

  • Army Corps improves Kootenai River habitat with second large wood placement

    Army Corps of Engineers released the second batch of fish habitat logs into the Kootenai River May 7, as part of its “Wood is Good” large wood nourishment project. USACE hopes the project is a template for other national and global entities to use, for similar Engineering With Nature projects on rivers they manage.

  • Albeni Falls Dam spill gate removed to mitigate flood risk

    Army Corps of Engineers officials removed a spill gate May 14, to sustain current Lake Pend Oreille elevations and mitigate lakeshore flood risk, Powerhouse flows are reduced to achieve the desired total outflow.

  • Sturgeon flow augmentation at Libby Dam begins May 14-21

    Sturgeon flow augmentation begins May 14 at Libby Dam, Montana, for endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon downstream in Idaho and British Columbia.

  • Spill operations at Albeni Falls Dam remain restricted

    Spill operations remain restricted at Albeni Falls Dam in Oldtown, Idaho, while U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ officials respond to the discovery of base metal flaws and defects identified on a spillway gate undergoing rehabilitation. The flaws were discovered in April 2024 as part of a major gate rehabilitation contract initiated in June 2023.

  • Albeni Falls Dam officials modifying spillway operations

    To ensure continued safe operations at Albeni Falls Dam in Oldtown, Idaho, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ officials are modifying spillway operations after metal defects were discovered on a single gate undergoing routine inspection and rehabilitation.