U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District loved its barge boat from Lake Sonoma to Lake Mendocino Feb. 27 as part of its emergency operations for Redwood Valley County Water District to use as a floating platform to extend its ability to supply water to 4,000 residents. Rains have helped raise the lake's water leve from the drought continues across California. The Corps operates 707 dams on 557 properties nationwide and produces 25 percent of the naiton's hydropower.