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  • November

    The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 requires federal agencies, including USACE, to consider the potential environmental impacts of their proposed actions and any reasonable alternatives before undertaking a major federal action.

    Defining the Environment under NEPA

    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 natural and physical environments.
  • Hungry Horse Dam on the south fork of the Flathead River.

    CRSO EIS Featured Project - Hungry Horse Dam

    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 wildlife species.
  • By 2018, the Corps’ operation of Dworshak Dam in Idaho had prevented more than $4.4 million in potential local flood damages. From October 2014 through September 2018, the dam prevented approximately $216 million in potential flood damages on the Columbia River.

    CRSO EIS Featured Project - Dworshak Dam

    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 wildlife species.
  • A multi-year improvement project on the Lemhi River in southeast Idaho included water transactions, land acquisition and habitat restoration.

    Citizen’s Guide to ESA Accomplishments

    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.

  • USACE, ERDC complete Walnut Beach project, new stakeholder needed to continue efforts

    The Walnut Beach Aquatic and Riparian Invasive Plant Species Control Demonstration Project was completed in September at Walnut Beach on Lake Erie in Ashtabula, Ohio. The goal of the project was to test new and improved methods for controlling invasive plants in order to validate applicability to other Great Lakes restoration projects.