The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, is anticipating an insufficient water year as it refills its 13 Willamette Valley and two Rogue River Basin reservoirs for the upcoming recreation season.
Both the Willamette and Rogue reservoir systems, which depend on rainfall to fill, are experiencing a dry spring that is hampering refill efforts at most of the reservoirs.
Year-to-date precipitation across the Willamette was 80% of normal, as of April 19, but most…
