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Snake River Dredging Project Enters Final Phase by Zlatan Hrvacevic Dredging Today, February 15, 2023

Contractor HME Construction of Vancouver, Wash., continues to make
good progress on the lower Snake River dredging project in Idaho.

The Army Corps' Walla Walla District and the contractor began the Snake River dredging campaign on January 5, 2022. According to USACE, work will conclude by March 1, before the spring fish runs.

The work is being done to maintain the federal navigation channel at the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater rivers near Lewiston, Idaho and downstream of Ice Harbor Dam.

All dredged sediment is being disposed of at an in-water location near Bishop Bar (north shore) located at River Mile 118 on the lower Snake River in Washington.

The last time these two areas were dredged was from December 2014 to March 2015.

Related Pages:
Judge Dismisses Suit Against Snake River Dredging by Laura Berg, NW Fishletter, 3/7/16
Dredging Planned for Lower Snake and Clearwater by Eric Barker, Lewiston Tribune, 12/22/22
Snake River Navigation Channel Dredging Efforts Will Start in January 2023 by Karlee Van de Venter, NBC Right Now, 12/21/22