Amount: $2,730,000

Location: Pella, Iowa

Recipient: City of Pella

Description: The project will allow waste stream currently sent to area landfills to be diverted for processing into alternative fuel and develop markets for a variety of biomass fuel products. It will efficiently generate electricity from renewable energy sources in an existing (38MW) coal fired power plant.

Amount: $160,000

Location: Roland, Iowa

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: Bear Creek is causing severe erosion of a roadway and a bridge abutment in the City of Roland. The opportunity exists to stabilize the bankline and to protect the bridge from further erosion. The project would also protect public utilities adjacent to the stream and roadway. The requested funds would be used to complete the feasibility study in order to initiate and complete construction.

Amount: $754,000

Location: Burlington, Iowa

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: The State of Iowa owns and manages a former agricultural field near the confluence of the Skunk and Mississippi rivers. The State is interested in creating a moist soil unit on this former field using dredged material from the Kemps-Craigel dredge cut, which is part of the Rock Island District Regional Dredge Material Management Program. Low level berms would be created with the dredged material. This habitat would be complimented by seasonal flooding to attract waterfowl during migration. The requested funds would be used to negotiate the project cooperation agreement and fully fund construction.

Amount: $1,000,000

Location: Iowa City, Iowa

Recipient: University of Iowa

Description: These funds will be used to continue the Former Workers Medical Surveillance Program for workers of at the Burlington Atomic Energy Commission Plant at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant. These medical screenings detect conditions that are amenable to early intervention such as bladder cancer or colorectal cancer, ameliorate certain conditions like chronic respiratory diseases, and provide primary prevention such as lung cancer via smoking cessation.

Amount: $2,000,000

Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa

Recipient: Cedar Falls Utilities

Description: These funds will be used to determine the technical and economic feasibility of using available Iowa biomass to produce electricity from renewable sources. This project will supplement agricultural income by making a market for specialty crops and field residue, and will create jobs in agriculture and energy utilities.

Amount: $865,000

Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: These funds will be used to undertake a study to help provide a flood mitigation strategy in the entire Cedar River-Cedar Rapids corridor. Following the devastating record floods of 2008, the need for a comprehensive flood risk management plan is critical for the area.

Amount: $125,000

Location: Waterloo, Iowa

Recipient: Cedar Valley TechWorks

Description: Funding would be used to establish a pilot distributed renewable energy system to serve Cedar Valley TechWorks and adjacent industrial users. The next step in this project is to undergo a feedstock feasibility study that will identify and quantify the amounts and delivered costs of the feedstock likely to be available to the energy facility at TechWorks.

Amount: $2,000,000

Location: Iowa City, Iowa

Recipient: University of Iowa

Description: Research at the Center for Magnetically Enhanced Electrochemical Energy Systems will assess and develop the use of magnetic particles to improve fuel cells, batteries, and solar cells; all power systems based on domestic materials and renewable fuels. Electrochemical systems of fuel cells, batteries, and solar cells can address these needs; platform technology developed at the University of Iowa provides a strategic position to markedly enhance these energy systems.

Amount: $100,000

Location: Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, and Wayne counties

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District

Description: Degradation, erosion, and deposition of sediment have become serious problems within the basin, adversely impacting habitat and agriculture. Rathbun Lake on the Chariton River near Centerville, Iowa, provides flood risk management benefits, as well as water supply and recreation to the basin. Organized groups of stakeholders in Iowa and Missouri interested in multi-objective watershed planning have expressed a strong interest in restoration and protection of basin resources, while considering water supply, flood risk management, bank stabilization, and compatible recreation. Funding will be used for a reconnaissance study.

Amount: $600,000

Location: Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, and Wayne counties

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District

Description: The project will provide habitat improvement (wetland habitat restoration, aquatic habitat restoration, sediment reduction) within the 354,000 acre Chariton River watershed above Rathbun Lake. Construction of multiple habitat sites along priority hydrologic units within the watershed will restore ecosystem habitat, reduce sediment transported into Rathbun, and improve overall water quality to Rathbun Lake providing multiple ecosystem and long term water supply benefits to south central Iowa.

Amount: $50,000

Location: Johnson County, Iowa

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: This project will restore and enhance wetland, riparian, and stream habitat along and adjacent to the Iowa River and Clear Creek. It will also restore a channelized section of Clear Creek.

Amount: $4,799,000

Location: Iowa City, Iowa

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: Coralville Lake is a multiple purpose project providing primary benefits in flood control and low-flow augmentation and secondary benefits in recreation, fish and wildlife management, forest management, and water quality improvement. The requested funding would 1) restore the basic service level, 2) repair and upgrade campground electrical, 3) retrofit geothermal system, and 4) repair roadworks.

Amount: $2,700,000

Location: Des Moines, Iowa

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: The city of Des Moines has several flood-prone streams that traverse the city, including the Des Moines River, Raccoon River, Walnut Creek, and Leetown Creek. Based on the Chief Engineer’s Report signed in March 2006, the Corps has determined that the Birdland Park and Central Place levees do not meet federal standards and therefore do not provide a certifiable level of flood protection for the city. These funds will be used to reconstruct 2.6 miles of levee at Birdland Park and Central Place and improves the reliability of closure structures in the downtown area.

Amount: $14,000,000

Location: Des Moines, Fort Dodge and Marion Counties

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: These funds will be used to begin construction of the Fort Dodge riverfront trails and pedestrian bridges, continue construction of river trails, pedestrian bridges and plazas in downtown Des Moines, and continue work on Cordova Center at Lake Red Rock and the Red Rock Trail. The project extends from Fort Dodge downstream to Red Rock Dam, including the City of Des Moines, and covers more than 410,000 acres.

Amount: $60,000

Location: Keosauqua, Iowa

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: The west bank of the Des Moines River is causing severe erosion of Front Street in the Village of Keosauqua. If left untreated the roadway may be lost. The opportunity exists to stabilize the bankline in order to protect the roadway from further erosion. The requested funds would be used to complete the feasibility study.

Amount: $216,000

Location: Davenport, Iowa

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: The proposed project includes three components: wetland, prairie, and stream restoration. The requested funds would be used to complete design and to initiate and fully fund construction.

Amount: $2,000,000

Location: Ames, Iowa

Recipient: Krell Institute

Description: The goal of this funding is to continue building on a pilot program to bring energy efficiency to K-12 schools in Iowa in order to reduce energy use and costs. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that up to 30% of the energy costs in schools can be attributed to waste. By changing behaviors and cutting this waste, schools enrolled in this program can utilize savings for critical education resources.

Amount: $207,000

Location: Multiple Iowa watersheds

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: Funding requested would be used to complete regional projects that would result in an increase in flood forecast accuracy and reservoir flood control operations, and improved emergency flood response to help prevent property damage and reduce the risk to life from damaging floods.

Amount: $100,000

Location: Southern Iowa and North Central Missouri

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District

Description: Degradation, erosion, and deposition of sediment have become serious problems within the basin, adversely impacting habitat and agriculture lands adjacent to the river. The Grand River Basin is a Missouri River tributary and drains 7,900 square miles in southern Iowa and north central Missouri. Activities within the basin over many years have caused degradation of riparian and wetland habitat along the river. Funding would be used for a reconnaissance study.

Amount: $2,000,000

Location: Iowa City, Iowa

Recipient: University of Iowa

Description: The University of Iowa proposes to develop a biomass-fueled, industrial-scale steam/power generation system based on biomass gasification technologies in collaboration with private sector partners. The proposed unit will simultaneously meet the growing energy demand of the University campus, while reducing its carbon footprint and serve as a state-of-the-art research and educational facility for the next generation of power plant engineers and operators in the emerging application of gasification in the utility sector.

Amount: $150,000

Location: Humboldt, Iowa

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: The dams at Humboldt and Rutland preclude upstream riverine habitat use by fish and other aquatic resources. The fragmented and restricted fish movement created by the dams has had an adverse affect to the ecological health of the river system. The investigation is evaluating the restoration of degraded aquatic, riparian, and wetland habitats along the West Fork of the Des Moines River and tributaries at Humboldt, Iowa, including fish passage.

Amount: $499,000

Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: The combined watersheds of Indian Creek and Dry Run Creek are subject to flash flooding. The requested funding will be used to continue the feasibility study to determine the best means of flood damage reduction measures for the Indian and Dry Run Creek watersheds.

Amount: $2,000,000

Location: Iowa City, Iowa

Recipient: University of Iowa

Description: IAWIND is a strategic partnership between the Regents universities, community colleges, industry, and state and local governments to support the State of Iowa in its efforts to continue to attract and nurture wind energy and related industries, and to become the national leader in alternate energy technologies. A key element to achieving the Department of Energy’s goal of generating 20% of U.S. electric energy by wind by the year 2030 is a coordinated effort between industry, research universities and community colleges. IAWIND’s vision is to serve as a catalyst for the growth of wind energy and to support and to facilitate research and training needs of wind energy companies.

Amount: $1,200,000

Location: Fort Dodge, Iowa

Recipient: Iowa Central Community College

Description: These funds will be used to finalize the Renewable Fuels Testing Laboratory and will allow Iowa Central to expand its partnership with state and federal regulatory(USDA and DOE) agencies, renewable fuel companies, state and national industry associations and the media to make sure the training, public awareness, and testing needs of their members and consumers are met. The main purpose of the laboratory is to assure renewable fuels manufactured in Iowa and the United States meets all local, state and federal quality standards.

Amount: $1,000,000

Location: Washington DC (Center will be located in Des Moines, Iowa)

Recipient: ICLEI

Description: The purpose of the project is to provide enhanced technical assistance and training to help Iowa’s local communities develop and implement local action plans to reduce energy consumption and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Local communities must play a critical role in implementing building efficiency, community scale renewable energy, and strategies to reduce vehicle miles traveled. However, there remain numerous barriers to implementing effective local climate action plans, including the lack of expertise and capacity in many local governments; various institutional barriers that make it difficult for communities to implement effective building efficiency and renewable energy programs; and the lack of financing for clean energy projects. The Iowa Local Climate & Energy Assistance Center will provide technical assistance and training to help localities overcome these obstacles.

Amount: $35,000,000

Location: Northwest Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota

Recipient: Bureau of Reclamation

Description: Lewis and Clark Regional Water System is constructing a water pipeline that will provide treated water from the Missouri River to over 300,000 people in IA, SD, and MN through its 20 member cities and rural water systems. A high quality water system will improve the quality of life in the region and expand economic development opportunities.

Amount: $3,800,000

Location: Muscatine, Iowa

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: The project area from Geneva Creek to the confluence of Mad Creek with the Mississippi River is composed of mixed commercial, industrial, and residential uses. Low-lying areas are subject to flash flooding. Requested funding would complete design and fully-fund construction of new floodwalls and flood protection.

Amount: $2,000,000

Location: Tama, Iowa

Recipient: Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa

Description: Funds would be used to install and demonstrate a newly designed vertical axis turbine with a patented wind concentrator. Built with four wings vertically positioned around a center mast, the unit combines aspects of lift and drag, with each wing alternately performing first as a drag device and then upon rotation as a lift device. With a lower cost of production and operation, a scale-able approach to deployment and an improved level of performance by the vertical axis turbine would provide cities and industries the opportunity to better utilize wind energy.

Amount: $89,000,000

Location: Mississippi River

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: Maintenance funding has not been adequate to keep up with the needs of the aged navigation system and there is a significant backlog of maintenance requirements which need to be addressed. Major repairs and rehabilitation are needed for many of the Locks and Dams.

Amount: $4,500,000

Location: Missouri River, from its mouth to its headwaters near Three Forks, Montana, and the Middle Mississippi River, from the mouth of the Ohio River to the mouth of the Missouri River

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers

Description: The program provides aquatic, riparian habitat restoration within the Missouri River floodplain. The program currently involves three Corps Districts with completed construction of one project, initiation of construction of two additional projects and planning and design of 10 projects along the Missouri River. Funds are needed to initiate and progress projects in the State of Iowa.

Amount: $9,578,000

Location: IA, NE, KS, & MO

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District

Description: Work with the requested funding will include repair of critically damaged or degraded project dike structures that are required to maintain a reliable, navigable river channel, and the integrity of the project as a whole. Funds will also be used to implement emergency dredging contracts to remove sediment from the navigation channel to ensure adequate depth and width for tows and barges.

Amount: $100,000,000

Location: Missouri River and its tributaries

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers

Description: The Missouri River Recovery Program has two primary goals: endangered species recovery and mitigation of lost ecosystems and habitat impacted by the Missouri River Band Stabilization and Navigation Project (BSNP). The project will recover Missouri River species protected under the Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA), restore the habitat within the BSNP, and mitigate losses to fish and wildlife habitat resulting from the construction and operation of the BSNP.

Amount: $241,000

Location: Perry, Iowa

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: Two sewage lagoons, located along the North Raccoon River are being threatened by erosion during high flow periods. The stability of the lagoons and the potential for contamination of the North Raccoon River increases the need for emergency streambank protection at this location. The opportunity exists to stabilize the bankline and to protect the lagoons from further erosion. The requested funds would be used to complete the feasibility study, initiate and complete construction.

Amount: $286,000

Location: Poweshiek County, Iowa

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: A bridge listed on the National Historic Register is threatened by erosion on the North Skunk River. Further erosion will cause failure of the bridge. If left untreated the bridge abutment may be lost. The opportunity exists to stabilize the bankline and to protect the bridge from further erosion. The requested funds would be used to complete the feasibility study as well as initiate and complete construction.

Amount: $500,000

Location: Centerville, Iowa

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District

Description: The project restores lost wetland complexes within the Chariton River from construction of Rathbun Lake and restores and protects shoreline habitat integral to the major sport fishing spawning and recreational opportunities for the lake. Funds are to complete design and construction of shoreline habitat to protect the natural aquatic and sport fish spawning areas of this region.

Amount: $6,567,000

Location: Knoxville, Iowa

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: Lake Red Rock is a multiple purpose project providing primary benefits in flood control and low-flow augmentation and secondary benefits in recreation, fish and wildlife management, forest management, and water quality improvement. The requested funding is for the 1) basic service level and natural resource maintenance of invasive species, 2) repairs to facility infrastructure, and 3) boundary maintenance.

Amount: $2,000,000

Location: Dubuque, Iowa

Recipient: City of Dubuque

Description: These funds will be used to implement the first of its kind demonstration project to utilize hydrokinetic power production on the existing lock and dam infrastructure. Water flowing through the lock door will generate electricity, which will in turn be utilized by the Army Corps of Engineers and the City of Dubuque.

Amount: $1,500,000

Location: Iowa Falls, Iowa

Recipient: Ellsworth Community College

Description: This project will purchase scientific and demonstration equipment to train and educate students on the production of renewable energy, which will include applied learning activities that assist biofuel producers in refining processes on a pre-production scale. The project will be part of the Agriculture and Renewable Energy Center, which is unique in addressing the interrelationship of crop, renewable energy, and livestock production to tackle economic and social issues in rural Iowa.

Amount: $7,032,000

Location: Johnston, Iowa

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: Saylorville Lake is a multiple purpose project providing primary benefits in flood control and low-flow augmentation and secondary benefits in recreation, fish and wildlife management, forest management, water supply, and water quality improvement. The requested funding is on the basic service level which includes projects to 1) repair roads; 2) replace maintenance storage building; 3) improve electrical supplies; 4) replace equipment; 5) modernize campgrounds to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers standards; 6) repair roofs; and 7) install playground equipment.

Amount: $2,000,000

Location: Dubuque, Iowa

Recipient: City of Dubuque

Description: This project will bring together the City of Dubuque and IBM to develop a pilot project to assist in helping businesses and residents understand why intelligent infrastructure will make their lives better, provide cost savings based upon informed decisions, and raise awareness of how to make smarter choices for business and society. This project will also allow us to develop performance measures to allow other cities across Iowa and the United States to “right-size” the model to meet their specific community needs.

Amount: $2,172,000

Location: Storm Lake, Iowa

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: Funding will fund design and construction of a restoration project of Little Storm Lake. Significant degradation of the lake’s ecosystem is affecting the balance of plants, nutrients, and life in the lake.

Amount: $500,000

Location: Davenport, Iowa

Recipient: Eastern Iowa Community College

Description: Funds would be used for the continuation of development of a Center for Sustainable Energy. The concept is to create a model teaching and learning facility/laboratory/center to introduce patrons to the history and economic value of sustainable/renewable energies. The Center will facilitate workshops, courses and programs for K-12, higher education and the extended community on environmental and energy relevant practices.

Amount: $5,000,000

Location: Emmetsburg, Iowa

Recipient: Iowa Lakes Community College

Description: Funds will assist Iowa Lakes Community College to increase the capacity of two wind energy degree programs. The high number of students and industry demand for technicians has outstripped the resources to provide the physical space and training equipment necessary. Educational equipment such as simulation training stations, small-scale electromechanical systems and other science equipment are needed for the Wind Energy program. Industry focus on “green building” technology and LEEDS certification provides Iowa Lakes with a significant opportunity to provide graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary for employment and provide incumbent worker training.

Amount: $950,000

Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa

Recipient: University of Northern Iowa

Description: In July of 2006 the Center for Advanced Biobased Binders and Pollution Reduction Technology Center was formed with the aid of a grant by the Department of Energy. Since the formation of the Center, several new binders based on agricultural based materials have been developed. These new binders show a great potential to utilize current renewable agricultural resources to replace petroleum based products and reduce our dependence on importing foreign oil. Advanced bio-based products have shown the ability to cut mold gas emissions in half. This alone would save U.S. based industries hundreds of millions of dollars in emission capture equipment making them more competitive in the global economy. Reducing the cost of environmental compliance allows the industry to utilize these funds for needed productivity and safety improvements.

Amount: $75,200,000

Location: The project is authorized for those river reaches that have commercial navigation channels on the Upper Mississippi River, Illinois River, Minnesota River, St. Croix River, and Kaskaskia River in the states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisc

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: The purpose of the Upper Mississippi River Restoration project is to address adverse impacts to the aquatic ecosystem of the Upper Mississippi River.

Amount: $2,200,000

Location: Upper Mississippi River – Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: The Comprehensive Plan for the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers is developing an implementation plan for flood damage reduction, improving management of nutrients and sediment, flood damage reduction-related environmental stewardship and ecosystem restoration, and river-related recreation needs and opportunities. This project was initiated following the floods of 1993, when it became clear that there was great need for an integrated system of flood protection and floodplain management in the Upper Mississippi River area.

Amount: $33,170,000

Location: The project is authorized for those river reaches having commercial navigation channels on the Upper Mississippi River, Illinois River, Minnesota River, St. Croix River, and Kaskaskia River in the states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wiscons

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers

Description: The purpose of the Upper Mississippi River Restoration project is to address adverse impacts to the aquatic ecosystem of the Upper Mississippi River.

Amount: $50,000

Location: Clark, Lucas, Warren and Marion Counties

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: The pre-settlement woodland and grassland of the Whitebreast Creek Watershed have been converted to row crops, hay, and pasture reduction. The change of vegetation has led to increased surface runoff and erosion, and has contributed high sediment loads as far away as Whitebreast Bay of Lake Red Rock. Furthermore, the Whitebreast Creek watershed has lost 98.9% of its wetlands, and has been channelized leading to reduced channel sinuosity. The scope of this project focuses on proposed project features that would improve wetland and in-stream habitats and enhance resource values. Project features will include construction of upland wetland ponds, floodplain wetland ponds and in-stream pool-riffle complexes.

Amount: $300,000

Location: Mason City, Iowa

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

Description: The Winnebago River periodically floods Mason City. A Section 205 Initial Assessment Report has been completed and consequently recommends the construction of a flood wall and a variety of flood proofing measures to protect the city’s potable water plant and reservoir. The requested funds would be used to complete the feasibility study.

Amount: $100,000

Location: Appanoose County

Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District

Description: The project restores lost wetland and riparian ecological complexes within the Chariton River from construction of Rathbun Lake. The project would also serve to reduce sediment load currently coming directly into the lake from Buck Creek by acting as a sediment trap and filter that would improve water quality.