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Save the date for the USACE St. Paul District lock and dam open houses this summer!
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is celebrating 250 years in 2025
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is celebrating 250 years in 2025.

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Corps of Engineers seeks comments on Upper Pool 4 dredge cut
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on a draft Environment Assessment, or EA, for a proposed routine dredge cut below Goose Bay in Upper Pool 4 in Pierce County, Wisconsin and Goodhue County, Minnesota. The dredge cut involves establishing a new location for river dredging.
Published: 7/9/2025
Corps of Engineers awards $3.1 million contract for Lock and Dam 7 outdraft modification project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $3.1 million contract to Dubuque Barge & Fleeting Service Company doing business as Newt Marine Service out of Dubuque, Iowa, on July 2. The construction contract will modify the existing rock weir structure to reduce outdraft conditions at Lock and Dam 7, located near La Crescent, Minnesota.
Published: 7/8/2025
Corps of Engineers announces temporary closures at Lock and Dam 7
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is temporarily closing Lock and Dam 7, in La Crescent, Minnesota, July 22, 24, 29 and 31, to replace all four main lock chamber miter gates. The lock will be closed to all commercial and recreational river traffic, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on these days.
Published: 7/7/2025