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Asian Carp Barrier System, Upper Mississippi River
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Capoli Slough Habitat Project, Pool 9, Wisconsin
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Cedar Lake, Wisconsin, Water Quality Study
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Channel Dredging near Atchafalaya Bluff - Pool 9, Mississippi River - Crawford County, Wisconsin
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Corps Island Temporary Placement Site Unloading
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Crow River Draft Environmental Assessment
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Drayton Dam Habitat Restoration, Drayton, North Dakota
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Eau Galle Lake, Spring Valley, Wisconsin
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Endangered Species - Conservation of Native Mussels
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Environmental Infrastructure Assistance Program: Section 219, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin
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Fargo-Moorhead and Upstream Feasibility Study
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Feasibility Study: St. Croix River Headwaters Study, Wisconsin
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Feasibility Study: Sunrise River Watershed Study, Minnesota
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Grand Marais Creek Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration
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Habitat Restoration: Mississippi River, Pool 8 Islands Phase III, Wisconsin/Minnesota
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Habitat Restoration: Mississippi River, Conway Lake, Lansing, Iowa
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Harpers Slough Habitat Project, Pool 9, Iowa
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Hydropower, Crown Hydro, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Hydropower, Ford Plant, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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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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Lake Wausau Water Quality Study
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Lake Winneshiek Habitat Project, Ferryville, Wis.
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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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Minnesota Flood Control Sites: Lake Traverse, Orwell Lake, Highway 75-Bigstone, Lac qui Parle
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Minnesota River Basin Reconnaissance Study, MN, SD, IA and ND
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Mississippi River Locks and Dams Nos. 2-10 Embankment Rehabilitation
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Mississippi River Recreation and Environmental Stewardship
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Mississippi River, Lock and Dam 3 Fish Passage, Wisconsin and Minnesota
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Mississippi River: Lock & Dam 3 Navigation Safety and Embankment Improvements, Minnesota and Wisconsin
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Mud Lake Water Management
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Navigation: Mississippi River Project – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funded Projects, Minnesota/Wisconsin/Iowa
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North Dakota Flood Control Sites: Lake Ashtabula, Homme Lake, Souris River
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North Ottawa Impoundment Project, Grant County, Minn.
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North and Sturgeon Lakes, Habitat Restoration, Pool 3, Minnesota
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Pierce County Shoreline Reclamation – Mississippi River
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Pool 5 Small Scale Dredging and Revegetation
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Red Lake River Fish Passage Project, Clearwater County, Minn.
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Red Lake River Zah Gheeng Marsh, Clearwater County, Minnesota
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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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Ruffy Brook Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, Clearwater County, Minnesota
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Sand Hill River Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, Minn.
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Section 219, Mille Lacs Wastewater, Minnesota
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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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Sturgeon Lake, Pine County, Minnesota, Wastewater Collection and Treatement Facility
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Upper Mississippi River - Illinois Waterway System Navigation Study
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Upper Mississippi River Systemic Forest Management Plan
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Watershed Study: Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, Minnesota
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Wisconsin River Water Quality Study
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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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The Corps of Engineers Regulatory Programs include Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The St. Paul District's regulatory jurisdiction covers the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin. More information about the Corps regulatory programs can be obtained on our Regulatory main page. Regulatory "Permits Wetlands/Waters"
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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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This order form is for the 1997 publication only. The updated third edition
published in October 2011 is currently only available online.
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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Completed EMP Projects
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Completed EMP Projects
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Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin (3rd Edition)
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Cover
Table of Contents
Introduction
Key to Plant Communities
I. Shallow, Open Water
II. Deep and Shallow Marshes
III.A. Sedge Meadows
III.B. Fresh (Wet) Meadows
III.C. Wet to Wet-Mesic Prairies
III.D. Calcareous Fens
IV.A. Open Bogs
IV.B. Coniferous Bogs
V.A. Shrub-Carrs
V.B. Alder Thickets
VI.A. Hardwood Swamps
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VI.B. Coniferous Swamps
VII. Floodplain Forests
VIII. Seasonally Flooded Basins
Appendix Glossary Bibliography
Index
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[Printable Copy]
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