The Motor Vessel Phillip M Pfeffer with six barges is locked through Lock and Dam 2, in Hastings, Minnesota, March 12. The lockage marks the unofficial start to the 2023 navigation season.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley District, recently awarded the Corps’ St. Paul District Small Boat Instructor Team its 2023 Water Safety Award.
Teams are taking the surveys to assist Corps of Engineers’ water management officials in determining how much water is contained within the snowpack this year.
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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Corps continues spring drawdowns in the Red River of the North basin
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, next week will begin the process of lowering Homme Dam, near Park River, North Dakota, to prepare for spring snowmelt.
Published: 3/16/2023
Corps of Engineers team from St. Paul, Minnesota, receives water safety award
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley District, recently awarded the Corps’ St. Paul District Small Boat Instructor Team its 2023 Water Safety Award for the work they have done teaming up with local emergency management services to conduct water rescue near locks and dams.
Published: 3/13/2023
First barge of the 2023 navigation season arrives in St. Paul, Minnesota
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, locked the Motor Vessel Phillip M Pfeffer with six barges through Lock and Dam 2, in Hastings, Minnesota, March 12, en route to St. Paul, Minnesota. The lockage marks the unofficial start to the 2023 Upper Mississippi River navigation season.
Published: 3/13/2023
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