Corps to dredge river

Following intensive U.S. Army Corps of Engineers review, the corps’ Northwestern Division Commander, Brig. Gen. John S. Kern, signed two Records of Decision Nov. 14 for the Lower Snake River Final Programmatic Sediment Management Plan and a current “immediate need” action (dredging) to reestablish the authorized dimensions of the Lower Snake River federal navigation channel.

The first signed decision was for the long-term, comprehensive plan for managing sediment accumulation that interferes with existing authorized purposes of the corps’ lower Snake River dam and reservoir projects. The affec...