The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) will update the public about 2025 flood risk management (FRM) operations related to the Columbia River Treaty (Treaty). The agencies will hold virtual information sessions on December 4 and December 5.
For the first 60 years of the Treaty the United States paid up front for a preplanned amount of FRM storage in Canadian reservoirs, which helped manage floods in the Columbia River. As of September 16, 2024, the operations under the Treaty for that preplanned space in Canada are no longer in force. Under the existing Treaty, the United States can continue accessing storage space in Canada for FRM after September 2024, but the access will look different...
11.22.2024 | PORLTAND, OREGON, US |
Story by Tom Conning
A roadside view of the Columbia River, May 3, 2024. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation will update the public about 2025 flood risk management (FRM) operations related to the Columbia River Treaty (Treaty) during virtual information sessions on December 4 and December 5. Until a modernized Treat enters into force, the United States and Canada will be in an interim period, prompting the need for a new operating plan for FRM.
A video news story covering a joint research pilot project between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center and the Missouri Sedimentation Action Coalition on the Niobrara River in northeast Nebraska to test new technology designed to intercept sediment from the riverbed before it reaches Lewis and Clark Lake.
