Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Alliance sues corps over CdA trees

  December 8, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A5 The Kootenai Environmental Alliance filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ controversial decision to require the city of Coeur d’Alene to remove hundreds … 1

• Plan allows more lake fluctuation

  November 5, 2011 in Idaho on Page A7 Lake Pend Oreille’s water levels will fluctuate by as much as 5 feet this winter, allowing federal agencies more flexibility in managing electricity generation throughout the Columbia River hydropower system. …

• Garco loses military job despite having low bid

  November 5, 2011 in Business on Page A12 Spokane’s Garco Construction is appealing an Army Corps of Engineers decision to award a $36 million construction job to an Oklahoma company, claiming the selection process incorrectly gave an advantage … 1

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  Army Corps says trees can help, harm levees

  September 9, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 A new study by the Army Corps of Engineers says that trees growing on levees can strengthen the flood-control structures in some circumstances, but indicated that results vary by soil … 1

• Huckleberries: Sacramento rubs Corps’ nose in levee study

  September 4, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B2 Coeur d’Alene isn’t the only community miffed at the loopy demand by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to clear-cut viewtiful trees from flood prevention levees. Sacramento, Calif., is, too. … 1

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  Army Corps’ levee policy cuts to heart of habitats

  August 5, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 Get rid of the trees. That’s the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ edict across the West in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Trees are in the crosshairs as the Army … 9

• Trees threat to flood insurance

  July 26, 2011 in Idaho on Page A8 Flood insurance premiums for Coeur d’Alene’s Fort Ground neighborhood could rise astronomically if the city doesn’t cut down the trees growing on the dike road levee, the city’s engineer warned …

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  Floodgate opens, diverting Mississippi River

  May 14, 2011 MORGANZA, La. (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers is releasing water from a spillway along the rising Mississippi River in Louisiana, diverting water into the countryside in hopes of …

• WSU economist to study Columbia, Snake closures

  December 3, 2010 in City on Page A8 YAKIMA – Washington State University plans to study the impact of closing navigation locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers this winter. Ken Casavant, a professor of economics and director …

• McDermott calls for review of salmon recovery

  August 3, 2009 in Region U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott has called for a scientific analysis of the federal government’s Northwest salmon recovery effort, saying that most wild stocks remain at dangerously low levels despite the …