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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Environment
A prime mission of the Corps of Engineers is to strive for environmental sustainability. The Corps recognizes the interdependence of life and the physical environment. The Corps proactively considers environmental consequences of its programs and acts accordingly. The Corps seeks balance and synergy among human development and natural systems by designing economic and environmental solutions that reinforce one another.
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Regulatory Program
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In granting or denying permits to developers, the Corps strives to prevent environmental damage. Evaluating public interest, regulatory experts balance the needs of economic development with the environmental considerations. The Corps forms numerous partnerships with other agencies, state and federal governments, environmental groups and private citizens to help solve ecological problems. The St. Paul District's regulatory jurisdiction covers the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration
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Section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 provides authority for the Corps of Engineers to undertake restoration projects in aquatic ecosystems, such as rivers, lakes and wetlands. The Corps evaluates projects that benefit the environment through restoring, improving or protecting aquatic habitat for plants, fish and wildlife. A project is accepted for construction after an investigation shows it is technically feasible, environmentally acceptable and provides cost-effective environmental benefits.
Costs for Section 206 projects are shared between the federal government (65 percent) and a non-federal sponsor (35 percent), in accordance with the Water Resources Development Act of 1996. The maximum federal expenditure per project is $5 million, which includes both planning and construction costs. The federal government will not pay the costs involved for obtaining the lands and/or easements and future operation and maintenance.
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Environmental Management Program
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The Environmental Management Program is intended to ensure the coordinated development and enhancement of the Upper Mississippi River system, with primary emphasis on habitat restoration and protection projects. Habitat projects include dredging backwater areas and channels, constructing dikes, creating and stabilizing islands and controlling side channel flows and water levels. In this district, the projects are located along the Minnesota River and Mississippi River from Guttenberg, Iowa, to Minneapolis, a distance of 250 river miles.
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Habitat Restoration
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The Corps has the authority, provided by Section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, as amended, to plan, design and construct fish and wildlife habitat restoration measures. To be eligible for consideration, restoration measures must involve modification of the structures or operations of a project constructed by the Corps, or modification of an off-project site when it is found the Corps' project contributed to the degradation of the environment.
To qualify under this program, projects must be justified -- that is, the benefits resulting from constructing the project must exceed the cost incurred to design and construct the project. Each separate project is limited to a total federal cost of not more than $5 million, including studies, plans and specifications and construction.
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The Wetland Plants and Communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin Book
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Online version
Order form
Published by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1997, 263 pages. Authors Steve D. Eggers and Donald M. Reed. Includes 185 color photographs of 15 wetland types and 144 representative plant species. Ink drawings of taxonomic characteristics, cross sections of wetland types, and other subjects also included. Brief descriptions of each plant species include taxonomic characteristics, habitat, and notes on wildlife use and economic values. Cover is waterproof/tearproof vinyl binding is sewn and glued to withstand use in the field.
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[Printable Copy]
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