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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Canisteo Mine Pit Flood Control Project, Itasca County, Minn.
Location/Description
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Canisteo Mine Pit is in Itasca County in northern Minnesota. It is approximately 200 miles north of the Twin Cities and 6 miles east of Grand Rapids, Minn. Trout Lake is part of the Mississippi River watershed, draining first through Trout Creek, which empties into the Swan River, and finally into the Mississippi River. Canisteo Pit is an abandoned iron ore mine pit about 1 mile north of Trout Lake. The cities of Bovey, Minn., and Coleraine, Minn., are located between Canisteo Pit and Trout Lake. The Canisteo Pit is a complex of open pit mines that were operated by six different mining companies from 1907 through 1985. The pit is 4 miles long and a half mile wide. Upon cessation of mining in 1985, Canisteo Pit began filling with water.
With an estimated area of 1,330 acres and a maximum depth of 300 feet, Canisteo Pit is deep, clear and cool, with good water quality. The continuing rise of water is a concern to local residents because overflow of the Canisteo Pit could cause substantial flood damages.
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A multiagency task force meets regularly to discuss water resource concerns at Canisteo Pit and Trout Lake. The task force is composed of representatives from the following: Itasca County, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board, Western Mesabi Mine Planning Board, Trout Lake Association, Minnesota Department of Transportation, DM&I Railroad and the Minnesota cities of Bovey, Coleraine and Taconite.
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Status
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No funding has been provided to initiate the Section 205 flood control study. Under the Section 206 program, the analysis completed in March 2003 concluded that the cost of an outlet could not be supported by the proposed environmental restoration benefits. In addition, the Western Mesabi Planning Board has requested emergency assistance.
In 2005, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources provided $450,000 to the Western Mesabi Planning Board to plan and design an outlet. The 2008 Minnesota Bonding Bill included $3.5 million for final design and construction of an outlet.
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Authority
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The initial study was conducted under the authority of Section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-303), as amended. If funded, the flood control study will be conducted under Section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948, as amended. This project was identified in the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-114), which stated, "The Secretary shall carry out a project for flood damage reduction, Trout Lake and Canisteo Pit, Itasca County, Minnesota, without regard to normal policy considerations."
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