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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 Levee, N.D.
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Devils Lake, N.D., Flood Risk Management Project
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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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Eau Galle Lake
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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: Red River of the North at Grand Forks, North Dakota/East Grand Forks, Minnesota
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Flood Risk Management: Roseau River, Roseau, Minn.
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Flood Risk Management: Sheyenne River, West Fargo, N.D.
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Flood Risk Management: Twin Valley, Wild Rice River, Minn.
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Hay Creek Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration - Roseau County, Minnesota
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Homme Dam and Reservoir Dam Safety, N.D.
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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, Minn.
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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 Risk Management Project, Granite Falls, Minn.
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Mississippi Headwaters Reservoirs Project Sites
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Mississippi River Discharge-Frequency Study
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Newport, Minn., 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, N.D.
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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, Minn.
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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, Baldhill Pool Raise, North Dakota
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Souris River, Minot and Ward County, 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, Minn.
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Stream Bank Protection: Section 14, Pug Hole Lake, Minnesota
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Streambank Protection: Section 14, Fort Abercrombie, N.D.
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Streambank Protection: Section 14, Ho-Chunk Nation Bison Farm, Wisconsin River, Richland County, Wisconsin
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Western Flood Control Sites - Minnesota: Lake Traverse, Orwell Lake, Highway 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, Minn.
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Wild Rice River, Minn, Feasibility Study
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Wild Rice and Marsh Rivers, Ada, Minnesota
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Red River of the North Basin: Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Manitoba, Reconnaissance Study
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Location/Description
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The Red River of the North basin includes parts of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Manitoba. Tributary watersheds cover 48,490 square miles, including the Devils Lake subbasin (at present hydrologi¬cally isolated). The Red River basin’s tributaries typically have relatively steep upper reaches that spill into the very flat main stem valley floor located in the lakebed of former glacial Lake Agassiz.
Land use in the basin is primarily agricultural. Extensive drainage systems built since the late 1800s have converted native prairie and wetlands into prime farmland. Several urban areas are located adjacent to the Red River and its tributaries. The basin is subject to frequent floods that affect urban and rural infrastructure and agricultural production.
Conversion of native prairie to farmland has resulted in significant loss of habitat for many wildlife species, especially migratory waterfowl and shorebirds.
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Status
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The Red River of the North reconnaissance study continues to be a vehicle for devel¬oping feasibility studies in the basin.
Pembina River basin, North Dakota: A supplemental reconnaissance analysis is nearly complete but is on hold pending identification of a non-Federal feasibility study sponsor.
Valley City, North Dakota: A reconnaissance study for flood risk management began in July 2009.
Sheyenne River basin, North Dakota: The Upper Sheyenne River Joint Water Resource Board has requested a reconnaissance study of the basin.
Additional study efforts will be considered as stakeholders express interest in them and as funding allows.
The initial basin-wide reconnaissance report was approved in September 2002, and several supplemental reconnaissance studies have been completed since then. These efforts have led to feasibility studies for the Wild Rice River, Minnesota; the Fargo-Moorhead and Upstream Area; the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan area; Roseau, Minnesota; and the Red River basin-wide watershed study. A supplemental reconnaissance analysis was also completed for Crookston, Minnesota, but the city declined to pursue a feasibility study. The feasibility study for Roseau is complete, and the recommended project was authorized in the Water Resources Development Act of 2007.
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Authority
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These studies are authorized by a resolution of the Senate Committee on Public Works, September 30, 1974.
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Fiscal
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The following is a summary of the funds received for the Red River basin reconnaissance study:
Fiscal year 2009 Federal funds: $50,000
Total Federal funds through 2009:$675,000
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