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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Hay Creek Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration - Roseau County, Minnesota
Location/Description
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Hay Creek is a tributary of the Roseau River, which joins the Red River of the North in Canada. The project is 5 miles northeast of the city of Roseau, in extreme northwestern Minnesota. The 112-square-mile Hay Creek watershed has its headwaters in the Beltrami Island State Forest and includes a mix of forest, wetlands and farmland.
The project area covers the lower portion of the watershed and adjacent 37-square-mile Norland subbasin. Drainage in this area has been dramatically altered for agricultural purposes by draining wetlands and modifying much of the creek itself. The downstream-most 6½ miles of Hay Creek was realigned and deepened into a straight county ditch. However, adjacent lands still experience major crop losses from frequent floods. In addition, Hay Creek floodwaters contribute to damages along the Roseau River.
The proposed project would improve the area’s natural resources and restore more natural hydrologic and hydraulic behavior and, thus, would improve wildlife habitat and reduce flood damages.
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The restoration concept has two main features:
A 6-mile-long, 500-foot-wide stream corridor bordered by setback levees with approximately 10 miles of sinuous channel will replace 6 miles of straight County Ditch No. 7. A collector ditch along the outside toe of the south setback levee will shunt local runoff to the Roseau River.
The Norland feature will include an approximately 1,000-acre permanent wetland and adjacent buffer zone in an area that had been drained. Temporary floodwater storage will simulate a more natural hydrologic function for the Norland and Hay Creek watersheds by slowing runoff from the well-drained Norland subbasin and providing off-channel retention for Hay Creek flows that exceed the creek's floodway capacity.
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Status
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In June 1999, the Roseau River Watershed District, the non-federal sponsor, asked the Corps of Engineers to determine the feasibility of this project. In January 2003, the draft integrated ecosystem restoration report and environmental assessment was submitted for National Environmental Policy Act required public and agency review. The restoration report considered alternatives, impacts and scope for the proposed project and assessed the practicability and cost-effectiveness.
The report and environmental assessment were approved in November 2003. Preconstruction engineering and design has started but is on hold because of a lack of Section 206 funding. The watershed district Board of Managers and project team, composed of federal and state agencies, regional and local interests and other stakeholders, have been instrumental in steering the project and generating a broad base of support.
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Authority
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Section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, as amended.
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Fiscal
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The total estimated cost of the project at present price levels is $8.86 million ($5 million federal and $3.86 million non-federal). The costs will be shared 65 percent federal, 35 percent non-federal, up to the federal limit of $5 million. Costs above $5 million are 100-percent non-federal. The non-federal cost share partners include the watershed district, Red River Watershed Management Board and State of Minnesota. Preconstruction engineering and design will require $200,000 to complete.
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