Projects & Studies
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Benton County near St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Canisteo Mine Pit Flood Control Project, Itasca County, Minn.
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Chippewa River at Big Bend , Minnesota - Stream Bank Protection
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Crow River at Delano, Minnesota
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Devils Lake Basin, North Dakota
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Devils Lake Flood Risk Management Project
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Devils Lake Levee, North Dakota
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Devils Lake: Minnewaukan Flood Control Project, North Dakota
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Drayton Initial Assessment - Drayton, North Dakota
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Emergency Streambank Protection, Section 14, Brooklyn Center, Minn.
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Erosion along Highway 2, Red Lake River, Crookston, MN
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Fargo-Moorhead and Upstream Feasibility Study
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Flood Control: Downtown St. Paul Airport, St. Paul, Minnesota
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Flood Risk Management Continuing Authority, Red River of the North: Wahpeton, N.D.
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Flood Risk Management: Fargo-Moorhead Metro, North Dakota and Minnesota
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Flood Risk Management: Red Lake River, Crookston, Minnesota
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Flood Risk Management: Roseau River, Roseau, Minnesota
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Flood Risk Management: Twin Valley, Wild Rice River, Minnesota
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Hay Creek Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration - Roseau County, Minnesota
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Homme Dam and Reservoir Dam Safety, North Dakota
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Integrated Watershed Study: Minnesota River Basin in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and Iowa
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Kickapoo River Flood Damage Reduction, La Farge, Wisconsin
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Lac Qui Parle River, Dawson, Minnesota
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Marsh Creek near Mahnomen, Minnesota
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Minnesota River Flood Control Project : Montevideo, Minnesota
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Minnesota River Flood Control Project, at Granite Falls, Minnesota
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Mississippi Headwaters Reservoirs Project Sites
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Newport, Minnesota Flood Risk Management Project, Section 205
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Painter Creek Habitat Restoration, Minnehaha Creek, Minnesota
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Park River Flood Protection Project at Grafton, North Dakota
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Pembina River Flood Control Project: Neche, North Dakota
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Reconnaissance Study: Minnesota River Basin in MN, SD, IA and ND
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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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Red River of the North Flood Control: Breckenridge, Minnesota
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Red River of the North at Grand Forks, North Dakota/East Grand Forks, Minnesota Flood Risk Management
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Ridgewood Addition, Fargo, North Dakota
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River Resource Values and Expectation
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Roads Serving As Water Barriers, Devils Lake Basin, North Dakota
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Sand Creek Flood Risk Management Project, Jordan, Minnesota
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Section 205 Flood Control Project, Borup, Minnesota
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Section 205 Flood Control Study: Mississippi River, Aitkin, Minnesota
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Sheyenne River Flood Control, West Fargo, North Dakota
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Sheyenne River, Baldhill Pool Raise, North Dakota
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South Fork Zumbro River Flood Control: Rochester, Minnesota
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South Washington Watershed District
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Stillwater Flood and Retaining Wall Project, St. Croix River, Stillwater, Minnesota
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Stream Bank Protection: Section 14, Pug Hole Lake, Minnesota
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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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White Rock Dam Safety, Wheaton, Minnesota
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Wild Rice River (MN) Feasibility Study
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Wild Rice and Marsh Rivers, Ada, Minnesota
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Flood Risk Management: Twin Valley, Wild Rice River, Minnesota
Location/Description
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The Wild Rice River is a tributary of the Red River of the North in northwest Minnesota, about 250 miles northwest of Minneapolis. Agriculture dominates the area's economy and land use and has been the motivation for extensive channel straightening, ditching and drainage. Flooding is frequent and often severe, as the deeply-incised upper channel spills into the broad lower channel. The June 2002 flood exceeded the 500-year event in portions of the sub-basin.
Section 201 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 authorized a flood risk management project on the Wild Rice River. The authorized project consisted of an earth-fill dam upstream of Twin Valley, Minn. It also included recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement features. Construction was never started.
Also, although the project would alleviate some flood damages, considerable flood problems would remain. In 1988, the Corps recommended that the project be placed on an "inactive" status. On April 16, 2002, the project was formally deauthorized.
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A current Corps of Engineers feasibility study is examining potential ecosystem restoration measures along the lower Wild Rice River. This study was authorized by a resolution of the Senate Committee on Public Works dated Sept. 30, 1974.
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Status
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A general reevaluation study of alternatives to the Twin Valley Lake feature can begin when appropriations are received. The reevaluation study was authorized by Section 5096 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007. In a June 2, 2008, letter, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources expressed significant concern about a project that consisted of a large on-channel structure from both a safety and environmental standpoint.
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Authority
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A general reevaluation study of alternatives to the Twin Valley Lake feature can begin when appropriations are received. The reevaluation study was authorized by Section 5096 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007. In a June 2, 2008, letter, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources expressed significant concern about a project that consisted of a large on-channel structure from both a safety and environmental standpoint.
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Fiscal
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The total projected cost for the reevaluation study is estimated at $4 million. Feasibility study costs are shared 50/50 between the federal and non-federal sponsors. No funds have been appropriated for the general reevaluation effort.
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