U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Agencies responsible for operating 14 federal dams in the Columbia River Basin say $500 million spent annually on habitat restoration projects and improvements at dams are helping salmon, steelhead and other wildlife. The Bonneville Power Administration, U...

BOISE (AP) — A federal lawsuit by an environmental group seeking to force federal agencies to analyze whether about two dozen dams operating in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana are harming bull trout has been dismissed. U.S. District Court Judge Marco Hernandez in a ruling last week said federal agencies took action after the lawsuit was filed in July that met demands sought by the Alliance f

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has favorably reviewed a proposal to ship coal from Montana and Wyoming out of a Washington port. The Billings Gazette reports that the Corps on Friday released a draft environmental impact statement for the Millennium Bulk Terminal port in Longview, Washington...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is making big improvements in fish passage facilities at Lower Granite Dam, hoping to increase the number of endangered salmon and steelhead that migrate through the Columbia-Snake river system...

The largest coal terminal in North America, proposed for Cherry Point WA was killed Monday by The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who sided with Northwest Tribes against terminal on the grounds that it could not grant a permit for a project that would infringe on the Lummi Nation’s treaty-protected fishing rights...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been ordered to pay the Yakama Nation for costs related to cleaning up a contaminated island in Washington's Columbia River. The Yakima Herald reports that the Yakama Nation sued the Corps in 2014, arguing that tribal members weren't compensated for helping plan the cleanup of Bradford Island. ...