5/8/2023
In April, the Northwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started spilling water on the Snake and Columbia rivers to help juvenile salmon migrate downstream. We met up with Julie Ammann,...
7/26/2022
PORTLAND, Ore. – Coordinated operations of storage reservoirs across the Columbia Basin reduced water levels by nine feet near Portland and Vancouver in mid-June preventing additional flood damage...
4/9/2020
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation and Bonneville Power Administration continue to welcome comments on the draft Columbia River System Operations Environmental Impact Statement...
3/13/2020
Evolving health and safety policies from our regional partners designed to hinder the spread of COVID-19 in Washington and Oregon have prompted federal officials to replace all scheduled in-person...
3/12/2020
Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation and the Bonneville Power Administration decided that the in-person public comment meetings planned for Seattle and Portland will...
2/28/2020
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation and Bonneville Power Administration today released the Columbia River System Operations draft environmental impact statement for a 45-day public...
11/22/2019
Essential to the National Environmental Policy Act process and the comparison of the alternatives under consideration is the development of the Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences...
11/22/2019
The Corps and Reclamation operate Hungry Horse, Libby, Albeni Falls, Grand Coulee and Dworshak dams to store water to reduce flood damages downstream and deliver water for irrigation, among other...
11/22/2019
The National Environmental Policy Act requires federal agencies to evaluate each of the alternatives thoroughly to support comparisons about their implementation and their impacts on resources in...
11/22/2019
The Columbia River System is large and complex. This educational feature introduces you to individual projects that play a role in supporting the region’s tribes, communities, industries and fish and...
11/22/2019
The Columbia River System is large and complex. This educational feature introduces you to individual projects that play a role in supporting the region’s tribes, communities, industries and fish and...
11/22/2019
For highlights of eight years of accomplishments to protect and conserve ESA-listed salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River Basin, read the 2016 Citizen’s Guide...
10/17/2019
This update provides an overview of the alternatives. All alternatives were designed to benefit ESA-listed fish species. The alternatives represent different ways to balance the multiple purposes of...
5/16/2019
Federal agencies operate many Columbia River dams to meet a wide spectrum of needs in the Pacific Northwest. Among the most important are flood risk management, power production, fish and wildlife...
5/16/2019
The National Environmental Policy Act requires agencies to always describe and analyze a “no action” alternative in an EIS. In simple terms, a No Action alternative for an existing or ongoing federal...
5/16/2019
Learn more about the Columbia River System Operations and the Environmental Impact Statement process...
5/16/2019
Learn more about the Columbia River System Operations and the Environmental Impact Statement process...
5/16/2019
The Columbia River System is large and complex. This educational feature introduces you to individual projects that play a role in supporting the region’s tribes, communities, industries and fish and...
5/16/2019
An online webcast outlining the five alternatives undergoing a detailed evaluation...
4/18/2019
Featured ProjectThe Columbia River System is large and complex. This educational feature introduces you to individual projects that play a role in supporting the region’s tribes, communities,...
4/18/2019
The participation of cooperating agencies is an essential part of the development of the CRSO EIS. The cooperating agencies include tribal, federal, state and local government entities that represent...
4/18/2019
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires federal agencies to develop a reasonable range of alternatives that would satisfy the purpose and need for the action. Reasonable alternatives...
4/18/2019
As introduced in the Summer 2018 newsletter, the CRSO EIS team of co-lead agencies are working to identify a reasonable range of alternatives that would undergo an analysis to understand the impacts...
4/18/2019
In October 2018, the Secretaries of Interior, Commerce and Energy, and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works received a memorandum from the President directing the agencies to develop a...