Projects & Studies
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Ambrough Slough Habitat Project, Pool 10, Wisconsin
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Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration: Section 206, Paint Creek Restoration, Waukon, Iowa
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Asian Carp Barrier System Upper Mississippi River
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Blackhawk Park Backwater Restoration Project , Victory, Wisconsin
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Bussey Lake Habitat Project, Guttenberg, Iowa
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Capoli Slough Habitat Project, Pool 9, Wisconsin
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Christine and Hickson Dams
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Cold Springs Habitat Project, Crawford County, Wis.
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Conway Lake Habitat Project, Lansing, Iowa
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Drayton Dam Habitat Restoration, Drayton, North Dakota
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Dresbach Island Revegetation Project
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East Channel Habitat Project, La Crescent, Minn./Wis.
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Endangered Species - Conservation of Native Mussels
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Environmental Infrastructure Assistance - City of Garrison and Kathio Township, Minnesota
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Environmental Infrastructure Assistance Program: Section 219 - Devils Lake and All of North Dakota
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Environmental Infrastructure Assistance Program: Section 219 at Central Lakes, Goodview, Grand Rapids, Willmar, Minnesota
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Environmental Infrastructure Assistance Program: St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin
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Fargo-Moorhead and Upstream Feasibility Study
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Feasibility Study: Blue Earth River Basin in Minnesota and Iowa
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Finger Lakes Habitat Project , Wabasha, Minnesota
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General Investigations: Hydropower, Crown Hydro, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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General Investigations: Hydropower, Ford Plant, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Grand Marais River Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration
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Guttenberg Waterfowl Ponds Habitat Project, Iowa
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Habitat Restoration: Mississippi River, Pool 8 Islands Phase III, Wisconsin/Minnesota
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Habitat Restoration: Mississippi River, Clear (Finger) Lake, Pool 5, Minnesota
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Harpers Slough Habitat Project, Pool 9, Iowa
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Hay Creek Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration - Roseau County, Minnesota
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Indian Slough Habitat Project, Buffalo County, Wis.
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Integrated Watershed Study: Minnesota River Basin in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and Iowa
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Island 116 Channel Closure & Shoreline Stabilization
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Island 42 Habitat Project, Wabasha County, Minn.
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Kinnickinnic River Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration
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Lake Onalaska Habitat Project, La Crosse, Wisconsin
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Lake Winneshiek Habitat Project, Ferryville, Wis.
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Lansing Big Lake Habitat Project, Lansing, Iowa
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Long Lake Habitat Project , Trempealeau, Wisconsin
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Long Meadow Lake Habitat Project, Bloomington, Minn.
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Lower St. Anthony Falls Rapids Restoration, Mississippi River, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Marsh Lake Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study, Lac Qui Parle Wildlife Area, MN
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McGregor Lake Habitat Project, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
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Minnehaha Creek Watershed Study
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Mississippi River Bank Stabilization Habitat Project, Minn/Wis/Iowa
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Mississippi River Locks and Dams Nos. 2-10 Embankment Rehabilitation
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Mississippi River Recreation and Environmental Stewardship, Eau Galle Dam
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Mississippi River: Lock & Dam 3 Navigation Safety and Embankments, Minnesota and Wisconsin
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Mud Lake Water Management
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North Ottawa Impoundment Project, Grant County, Minn.
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Orr, Minnesota Water Line Replacement - Section 569 Environmental Infrastructure Program
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Painter Creek Habitat Restoration, Minnehaha Creek, Minnesota
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Peterson Lake Habitat Project, Wabasha, Minnesota
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Pigs Eye Habitat Restoration Lake, St. Paul, Minnesota
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Polander Lake Habitat Project, Winona, Minnesota
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Pool 8 Islands Phase I Habitat Project, Wisconsin
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Pool 8 Islands Phase II Habitat Project, Stoddard, Wis.
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Pool 9 Island Habitat Project, Wisconsin
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Pool Slough Habitat Project, New Albin, Iowa
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Reconnaissance Report: Baraboo/Wisconsin River
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Reconnaissance Study: Minnesota River Basin in MN, SD, IA and ND
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Recreational Boating Study of the Mississippi River, Pools 4 to 9, Summer 2003
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Red Lake River/Zah Gheeng Marsh Projects, Clearwater County, Minn.
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Red River of the North Basin: Basin-Wide Watershed Management Planning
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Red River of the North Basin: Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Manitoba, Reconnaissance Study
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Rice Lake Habitat Project, Savage, Minnesota
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River Resource Values and Expectation
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Ruffy Brook Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, Clearwater County, Minnesota
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Sand Hill River Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, Minn.
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Small Scale Drawdown Habitat Project, Buffalo City, Wis.
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South Washington Watershed District
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Spring Lake Islands Habitat Project, Buffalo City, Wis.
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Spring Lake Peninsula Habitat Project, Buffalo City, Wis.
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St. Croix Headwaters Watershed Study, Wisconsin
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St. Croix River: Endangered Mussel Conservation - Zebra Mussel Control
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St. Croix Watershed Reconnaissance Study
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Streambank Protection: Section 14 Minnehaha Creek WPA Walls, Minnesota
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Streambank Protection: Section 14, Barnes County, Kathryn, North Dakota
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Streambank Protection: Section 14, Pug Hole Lake, Minnesota
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Streambank Protection: Section 14, Sartell, Minnesota
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Sturgeon Lake, Pine County, Minnesota, Wastewater Collection and Treatement Facility
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Sunrise River Watershed Study, Minnesota
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Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge, Trempealeau, Wis
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Upper Mississippi River - Illinois Waterway System Navigation Study
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Upper St. Croix Lake Sanitary District Wastewater Collection Systems Improvement Project
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WKTY-AM Study Area
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Western Flood Control Sites - Minnesota: Lake Traverse, Orwell Lake, Hwy 75 - Bigstone, Lac qui Parle
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Western Flood Control Sites – North Dakota: Lake Ashtabula, Homme Lake Souris River
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Wild Rice River (MN) Feasibility Study
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Wild Rice River Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, Minn.
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Zebra Mussels and Management Implications for Endangered Freshwater Mussels on the Upper Mississippi River System
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Integrated Watershed Study: Minnesota River Basin in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and Iowa
Location/Description
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The Minnesota River originates in southwestern Minnesota at the Minnesota-South Dakota border. The river drains 16,770 square miles in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and Iowa. It flows 335 miles to join the Mississippi River at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Since European settlement, native prairie has been replaced by agriculture and urban development with constructed drainage systems; more than 90 percent of the wetlands that existed prior to European settlement have been drained. The hydrology of the basin has been significantly altered, leading to increased erosion and impaired water quality. The Minnesota River carries substantial sediment and nutrient loads that degrade the aquatic ecosystems in the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. A navigation channel in the lower 15 miles of the river passes through the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge.
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The integrated watershed study will produce a watershed management plan and decision support system to aid water and land managers in the Minnesota River basin. These tools will enable examination of existing conditions, forecasting of future conditions and simulation of alternatives to identify ecologically sustaining and economically and socially desirable management actions. The system will address watershed, water quality and ecosystem restoration needs at the small and major watershed scales.
Developing the plan will involve collecting information throughout the basin, working with partners interested in the river, completing detailed modeling efforts and developing a plan based on the needs of the people living and working in the Minnesota River basin. The project will integrate the efforts of local, State and Federal agencies as well as nongovernmental organizations active in the Minnesota River basin.
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Status
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The Corps and the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board entered into a feasibility cost share agreement for the study on September 29, 2008.
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Authority
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The study is authorized by a resolution of the Committee on Public Works of the U.S. House of Representatives, May 10, 1962, to determine the advisability of further improvements in the Minnesota River basin for navigation, flood control, recreation, low-flow augmentation, and other related water and land resources.
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Fiscal
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Estimated Federal cost $4,205,000
Estimated non-Federal cost $4,205,000
Total estimated cost $8,410,000
FY 2008 Federal appropriation $33,000
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