The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Portland District last week released a final environmental impact statement for its Willamette Valley System that was six years in the making.
Publication of the 88-page final EIS is the first step in a two-step approach to continue operations and comply with the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA 2024), which requires USACE to analyze an alternative that ceases hydropower operations at the eight dams in the…