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• Picturesque lakeside trees could fall victim to the ax

  July 13, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is calling for the city of Coeur d’Alene to remove hundreds of trees from its levee, which separates North Idaho College and the Fort … 3

• Army Corps wants CdA to cut down ‘dike road’ trees

  July 12, 2011 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is calling for the city of Coeur d’Alene to remove hundreds of trees from its levee, which separates North Idaho College and the Fort … 6

• Lake Pend Oreille’s winter level to rise, fall mildly

  November 23, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 Lake Pend Oreille’s water level will fluctuate by only a foot this winter, while federal agencies analyze a controversial plan to raise and lower the lake as much as five …

• Northwest tribes want input on Columbia River Treaty

  November 16, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 Native people want a say in the future of the Columbia River Treaty, an accord between U.S. and Canada that governs power generation and flood control along the 1,200-mile river. …

• Columbia, Snake locks will close for repairs

  September 8, 2010 in Business on Page A8 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will start shutting down all eight locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers in December for repair work, with the last scheduled to reopen …

• Work starts soon to fix leaky Idaho dam

  August 24, 2010 in Idaho An engineering firm will begin work soon to repair leaks at north-central Idaho’s Dworshak Dam.

• Lake Pend Oreille levels to increase

  April 1, 2010 in Outdoors, Idaho on Page A6 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin refilling Lake Pend Oreille to summer levels beginning today.

• Stimulus money to help finish Columbia deepening

  May 13, 2009 in City, Region The Obama administration will spend $26.6 million in economic stimulus money to complete a project to deepen 103 miles of the Columbia River.

• Corps to end development reviews

  May 1, 2007 in Idaho on Page B1 Planners in Kootenai and Bonner counties are concerned that the federal agency that oversees wetlands no longer plans to review subdivision and other development requests. Comments by the U.S. Army …

• Blackwell soil tests to be shared

  February 14, 2007 in Idaho on Page B2 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to provide the public with details on soil samples taken from the Blackwell Island Channel and will have a public meeting this spring. …

• Blackwell tests to be done by March

  February 10, 2007 in Idaho on Page B1 By March, consultants for local businessman Duane Hagadone will have completed soil tests to show whether dredging the Blackwell Island Channel would release heavy metals into the Spokane River and …

• Extension given for marina dredging tests

  September 1, 2006 in Idaho on Page B3 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given local businessman Duane Hagadone a 60-day extension to provide additional soil tests to show whether dredging the Blackwell Island Channel would release …

• Blackwell Island plan calls for more input

  July 8, 2006 in Opinion on Page B7 H agadone Corp. proposes enlarging the Blackwell Island marina at Lake Coeur d’Alene’s outlet. Enormous volumes of excavated toxic bottom sediment would be stored at an unspecified repository, with the …

• Plans for Blackwell Island face regulatory hurdles

  May 31, 2005 in Idaho on Page A6 Blackwell Island might become the latest waterfront place to live or work in Coeur d’Alene. Besides modernizing and expanding the current dilapidated marina, businessman Duane Hagadone wants to build a …

• Hagadone revises marina plan

  April 1, 2005 in Idaho on Page A1 Local businessman Duane Hagadone’s revised plans for dredging the channel west of Blackwell Island include about 164 fewer boat slips and more extensive studies to determine the potential for lake …

• Hagadone withdraws dredging request

  January 14, 2005 in Idaho on Page B1 Local businessman Duane Hagadone has agreed to withdraw his request to dredge the channel west of Blackwell Island until his company can provide more specific details of the plan to …

• Soil may need to be capped

  September 25, 2004 in Idaho on Page B1 Preliminary soil samples show that sediment in the Blackwell Island channel may have lead levels high enough to require the dirt to be capped so it’s not ingested by children …

• Dredging up worries

  September 23, 2004 in Idaho on Page A1 Local businessman Duane Hagadone wants to dredge the channel west of Blackwell Island, making it wider and deeper, as part of a planned expansion for the Marina Yacht Club. Marina …