Habitat Restoration: Upper Mississippi River Restoration (formerly the Environmental Management Program), Minnesota/Wisconsin/Iowa
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Location/Description
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The Corps of Engineers' Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program (formerly the Environmental Management Program, or EMP) has studies and projects in the Upper Mississippi River system north of Cairo, Illinois. The system includes the Illinois River. The program authorized by Congress in 1986 emphasizes habitat rehabilitation and enhancement projects and long-term resource monitoring.
The habitat project component includes dredging backwater areas and channels, constructing dikes, creating and stabilizing islands, and controlling side channel flows and water levels. In the St. Paul District, the projects are located along the Minnesota River and along the Mississippi River from Guttenberg, Iowa (Lock and Dam 10), to Minneapolis, Minnesota, a distance of about 250 river miles.
The long-term resource monitoring component includes monitoring trends and impacts with respect to selected resources, developing products for resource management decisions, and maintaining river information databases.
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Status
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For fiscal year 2009, the construction of Pool 8 Islands Phase III is underway (Stages 1 and 2A completed, Stage 2B substantially complete, Stage 3A under construction, and Stage 3B preparing plans and specifications). Planning continues Harpers and Capoli Sloughs in Pool 9. Detailed planning of three more projects will proceed when funds become available. In the St. Paul District, 25 projects have been completed: Island 42, Blackhawk Park, Lake Onalaska, Guttenberg Ponds, Pool 8 Islands Phases I and II, Indian Slough, Finger Lakes, Bussey Lake, Lansing Big Lake, Polander Lake, Pool 9 Island, Spring Lake Peninsula, Cold Springs, Peterson Lake, East Channel, Rice Lake, Small Scale Drawdown, Trempealeau Refuge, Bank Stabilization, Long Lake, Ambrough Slough, Spring Lake Islands, Pool Slough, and Long Meadow Lake.
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Authority
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The Environmental Management Program was authorized by the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1986, amended by WRDA 1990 and WRDA 1992. Section 509, WRDA 1999, reauthorized and amended the program to extend it without a termination date and required a report to Congress every 6 years. To implement the program, a partnership has been formed among the Corps of Engineers; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. Geological Survey; and the States of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Illinois.
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Fiscal
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The authorized program funding is $33,520,000 annually. For fiscal year 2009, the allocation is $17.713 million. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding of $5.048 million was received; $4.7 million is being used to accelerate construction of the Pool 8 Stage 3 Islands, and $348,000 will be used for planning work.
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Ambrough Slough Habitat Project, Pool 10, Wisconsin
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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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Cold Springs Habitat Project, Crawford County, Wis.
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Conway Lake Habitat Project, Lansing, Iowa
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East Channel Habitat Project, La Crescent, Minn./Wis.
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Finger Lakes Habitat Project , Wabasha, Minnesota
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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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Indian Slough Habitat Project, Buffalo County, Wis.
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Island 42 Habitat Project, Wabasha County, Minn.
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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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McGregor Lake Habitat Project, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
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Mississippi River Bank Stabilization Habitat Project, Minn/Wis/Iowa
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Peterson Lake Habitat Project, Wabasha, 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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Rice Lake Habitat Project, Savage, Minnesota
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Small Scale Drawdown Habitat Project, Buffalo City, Wis.
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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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Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge, Trempealeau, Wis
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