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Army Corps Seeks Partner to Keep Suicide Basin Below 1,100 Feet

8/18/2026

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The Army Corps of Engineers issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to keep Suicide Basin below 1,100 feet NAVD88 and limit peak flow to 1,000 cfs.
Brig. Gen. Clete Goetz said the Corps will select a project and partner by year-end via “Shark Tank”-style briefings.
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) called the plan creative and faster while Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) backed the emergency-authority approach, with a steel-wall costing $1.5 billion or a lake-tap $1 billion.

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The Army Corps of Engineers issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to keep Suicide Basin below 1,100 feet NAVD88 and limit peak flow to 1,000 cfs.
Brig. Gen. Clete Goetz said the Corps will select a project and partner by year-end via “Shark Tank”-style briefings.
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) called the plan creative and faster while Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) backed the emergency-authority approach, with a steel-wall costing $1.5 billion or a lake-tap $1 billion.