https://www.nwd.usace.army.mil Northwestern Division News RSS Feed en-us Mon, 08 May 2023 16:47:00 GMT Wed, 20 May 2026 03:42:58 GMT https://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/media/news-stories/article/3387951/juvenile-salmon-benefit-from-spring-spill/ 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, Reservoir Control Center chief at Bonneville Lock & Dam to check it out.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2023/Mar/30/2003189598/115/75/0/210602-A-EZ675-0001.JPG' alt='Bonneville Dam spills water to benefit juvenile salmon, June 2, 2021. This year, federal water managers will spill hundreds of thousands of gallons of water over spillways instead of through turbines during annual “spring spill” operations at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ dams on the lower Snake and Columbia rivers. The operations start April 3 on the lower Snake River and April 10 on the lower Columbia River. These actions are intended to decrease the time it takes juvenile salmon and steelhead to move through the system of dams to the Pacific Ocean as well as provide a non-turbine passage route past the dams.' /> <br /> Mon, 08 May 2023 16:47:00 GMT Pentagon News https://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/media/news-stories/article/3387951/juvenile-salmon-benefit-from-spring-spill/ Columbia Basin Dams Environmental Hydropower U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division https://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/media/news-stories/article/2546340/corps-of-engineers-partners-with-states-in-fight-against-invasive-aquatic-plants/ Butomus umbellatus may conjure up images of a hippopotamus belly, but in reality, it is flowering rush, an aquatic invasive plant species that poses a grave threat to the Columbia River Basin’s aquatic ecosystems. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2021/Mar/19/2002606096/115/75/0/190731-A-QV643-1001.JPG' alt='Two US Army Corps of Engineers employees inspect a flowering rush infestation from a boat.' /> <br /> Fri, 19 Mar 2021 21:01:00 GMT Dylan Peters https://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/media/news-stories/article/2546340/corps-of-engineers-partners-with-states-in-fight-against-invasive-aquatic-plants/ Environmental U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division https://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/media/news-stories/article/2409569/walla-walla-district-improving-biodiversity/ Habitat Management Units, or HMUs, are different from other parks. While parks are maintained to provide recreational opportunities, HMUs are areas of land dedicated to environmental stewardship.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2020/Nov/06/2002532023/115/75/0/201106-A-QM295-0002.JPG' alt='shrub-steppe habitat' /> <br /> Fri, 06 Nov 2020 19:17:00 GMT Hannah Mitchell https://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/media/news-stories/article/2409569/walla-walla-district-improving-biodiversity/ Environmental U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division https://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/media/news-stories/article/707664/invaders-the-truth-is-out-there/ In the real world, invaders ARE among us and this week, February 21-27, has been National Invasive Species Awareness week. The invasive species aren’t from another planet though. Across the United States, various invasive species threaten our natural ecosystems. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages 12 million acres of public land and is the largest provider of water-based outdoor recreation in the nation with 403 lakes and river projects in 43 states totaling 55,390 miles of shoreline. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2016/Feb/26/2001459723/115/75/0/160226-O-CE999-442.JPG' alt='This tennis shoe, covered with zebra mussel shells, was found near Lake Meade, Nevada. The invasive zebra mussel reproduces rapidly attaching to boat propellers and infrastructure such as dams and hydropower plants causing considerable damage. In her five-year lifetime, a single quagga or zebra mussel will produce about five million eggs, 100,000 of which reach adulthood.' /> <br /> Fri, 26 Feb 2016 21:46:00 GMT Eileen L. Williamson, Senior Public Affairs Specialist https://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/media/news-stories/article/707664/invaders-the-truth-is-out-there/ Environmental Recreation U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division https://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/media/news-stories/article/614269/military-munitions-remediation-at-camp-hale-the-project-the-history-the-public/ Through the Department of Defense’s Formerly Used Defense Sites mission and under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District is cleaning up contamination, addressing military munitions, and removing safety hazards caused by past activities near Camp Hale, Colo., where the Army trained for winter warfare from 1942 to 1965.<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2014/Aug/18/2000825715/115/75/0/140818-A-CE999-401.JPG' alt='A statue in Vail, Colo., honors the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division, that trained at Camp Hale, Colo., near the resort town. Pete Seibert, who helped to start the ski resort served with the 10th Mountain Division during World War II. ' /> <br /> Mon, 18 Aug 2014 21:07:00 GMT Eileen Williamson, Public Affairs Specialist https://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/media/news-stories/article/614269/military-munitions-remediation-at-camp-hale-the-project-the-history-the-public/ Environmental Military Programs U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division