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St. Paul District continues support for Sacramento District projects

The St. Paul District, along with other districts in the Mississippi Valley Division, is providing expertise and technical assistance to the Sacramento District for projects in California’s Central Valley. These projects aim to improve an aging...

A photo upstream or Lock and Dam 7 on the Mississippi River with bluffs on the shore. Text over reads "Collaboration and partnership advances solution to potential life safety"

Collaboration and partnership advances solution to potential life safety

Changing Upper Mississippi River conditions spurred collaboration between the St. Paul District; the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center; and navigation industry stakeholders to improve navigation at Lock and Dam 7.

An excavator scoops sand into a bucket atop a larger pile of sand.

City of Wabasha, Minnesota, Corps of Engineers continue river sand management partnership with trucking operation this fall

An excavator removes sand from a temporary storage site in Wabasha, Minnesota, Jan. 22. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District and the city of Wabasha, Minnesota, are working under a partnership to manage sand removed from the...

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History of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District

The St. Paul District's roots are the roots of the Upper Midwest. From disaster response to navigation and reducing floods across the region, the district has provided critical civil works programs to the nation for more than 150 years.

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Minneapolis locks closing for the end of navigation season

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is closing its Minneapolis locks for the season to all navigation Sunday, Nov. 3.

Published: 11/1/2024

Corps of Engineers closing 3 locks and dams for winter maintenance

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is closing three of its locks and dams for winter maintenance Dec. 9. The closures will officially end the 2024 navigation season on the Upper Mississippi River between Hastings, Minnesota, and Lynxville, Wisconsin.

Published: 10/29/2024

Corps of Engineers seeks comments on systemic forest stewardship program

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, Rock Island and St. Louis districts, are seeking public comments on a draft systemic forest stewardship Programmatic Environmental Assessment, or PEA, as part of the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program. Comments are due by Nov. 23.

Published: 10/23/2024

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