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St. Paul District
Programs & Project Management
332 Minnesota St., Suite E1500
St. Paul, MN 55101

(651) 290-5755

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  • October

    Motor Vessel MISSISSIPPI emerges from the early morning fog as she approaches Lock and Dam 6 in Trempeleau, Wis. Motor Vessel MISSISSIPPI emerges from the early morning fog as she approachs Lock and Dam 6 in Trempeleau, Wis. The largest diesel towboat on the Mississippi River was on the Upper Mississippi River as part of the Mississippi River Commission's Low Water Inspection trip. A public hearing was hosted by the Mississippi River Commission and Corps of Engineers onboard the Motor Vessel MISSISSIPPI at Riverside Park Landing in La Crosse, Wis., August 12, 2013.

    Mississippi River Commission visits the district, gains a basin understanding

    The Motor Vessel MISSISSIPPI made an appearance in the St. Paul District Aug. 9 to 12 as part of the Mississippi River Commission’s 2013 Low Water Inspection Trip. The MV MISSISSIPPI is the biggest diesel towboat in the United States. It is 241 feet long and 58 feet wide with 6,300 horse power. Most of the time, the vessel is a working towboat

  • July

    The Motor Vessel MISSISSIPPI

    Mississippi River Commission, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to host public hearing aboard the Motor Vessel Mississippi

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Mississippi River Commission, or MRC, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host a public hearing aboard the Motor Vessel Mississippi, at Lambert’s Landing in St. Paul, Minnesota, Aug. 8 from 8 to 11 a.m.

  • Mississippi River Commission, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to host public hearing aboard the MV Mississippi

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Mississippi River Commission, or MRC, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host a public hearing aboard the Motor Vessel Mississippi, at Riverside Park Landing in La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 12 from 1 to 4 p.m.

  • May

    Mississippi River dredging pipeline construction to begin near Wabasha, Minnesota

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and its contractor, LS Marine, Inc., from Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, will begin work on a dredging pipeline near Wabasha, Minnesota, May 13.

  • February

    Mississippi River Headwaters parks recognized with safety award

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently selected its southern Headwaters recreation section as its 2012 Government Employee Safety Now Award recipient. The section includes park rangers from Crosslake Recreation Area, Crosslake, Minn., and Gull Lake Recreation Area, Brainerd, Minn. Both areas are highly visited recreation sites, collectively boasting more than 1,000,000 visits in 2012.

  • Mississippi River Headwaters reservoirs winter drawdown update

    ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, continues to lower water elevations within its six Mississippi River Headwaters reservoirs in anticipation of spring snow melt.

  • March

    Mississippi River Headwaters reservoirs winter drawdown update

    ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, continues to lower water elevations within its six Mississippi River Headwaters reservoirs in anticipation of spring snow melt.

  • February

    RED WING, Minn. – Bill Chelmowski, St. Paul District small boat operation and ice survey technician, prepares to drill a hole in the Mississippi River, near Lake City, Minn., Feb. 27, to measure the ice thickness within Lake Pepin. The Corps of Engineers measures the ice thickness every spring and the navigation industry uses the information to determine when to break through the ice and begin the shipping season. Lake Pepin ice is traditionally the last hurdle for the navigation industry to deal with before reaching St. Paul, because the ice is usually a lot thicker in the lake due to the slow moving current.

    Mississippi River ice surveys are a sign of spring

    An airboat, ice auger and a ruler are just a few of the key tools for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, ice survey team.

  • May

    Ingram Barge Company's motor vessel R. Clayton McWhorter locks through Lock & Dam 5A near Winona, Minn., on May 17, 2013. This tow was the first tow to lock through following a barge struck and seriously damaged one of the upstream gates on May 16.

    Mississippi River Lock and Dam 5A closed May 23 to replace damaged gate

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will close Lock and Dam 5A on the Mississippi River, near Fountain City, Wis., Thursday, May 23, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to replace an upstream miter gate that was severely damaged last week after being struck by a barge.

  • August

    Mississippi River Pool 4 foam not harmful

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – Dredging activities in the Mississippi River near, Wabasha, Minnesota, are creating foam near the Crats Island unloading site.

  • June

    Mississippi River recreation area at Blackhawk Park to partially reopen

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will reopen portions of Blackhawk Park, near DeSoto, Wisconsin, June 13.

  • Mississippi River shoreline foam not harmful

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, received numerous citizen inquiries about shoreline foam along the Mississippi River near Reads Landing Island, north of Winona, Minn.

  • September

    Mississippi Valley Division Commander received 2nd Star

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General and 53rd Chief of Engineers Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick promoted Mississippi Valley Division Commander Brigadier General Mike Wehr to the rank of major general, September 12, in a ceremony at his alma mater Santa Clara University (California), which hosted the event.

  • June

    Mississippi Valley Division conducts 2015 All Hazards Exercise

    The Mississippi Valley Division will conduct an interagency All Hazards Exercise to practice its response and recovery activities if a disaster strikes the Mississippi Valley Division’s Area of Operations. The All Hazards Exercise will include planning discussions for hurricanes, floods, severe weather and earthquakes that could strike the region.

  • February

    Kris Taverna, left, and Dale Rud, both of operations, work to remove damaged concrete from the lockwall at Lock and Dam 5A on January 15, 2015. Lock 5A was closed to navigation on Dec. 1, 2014, in order to complete the necessary work by March 9, 2015.

    Mother Nature allows for start early to winter lock maintenance

    Following a historically late start to the navigation season in 2014, Mother Nature once again showed who’s in charge, giving the region a shot of cold air and shutting down navigation earlier than anticipated. This worked in favor of the district’s maintenance and repair section, based out of the Fountain City, Wisconsin, service base.

  • November

    Mother Nature closes another navigation season on the Upper Mississippi River

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, locked the last tow of the season for the St. Paul, Minn., area today, Nov. 20, because ice conditions on the Mississippi River are becoming difficult for vessels to navigate.
  • ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Renee McGarvey, St. Paul District landscape architect, reviews a landscape design at the district's headquarters in St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 13.

    Mound, Minn., resident selected as Corps’ Landscape Architect of the Year

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Headquarters in Washington, D.C., recently announced its selection of Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, employee and Mound, Minn., resident Renee McGarvey as the recipient of its 2013 Landscape Architect of the Year Award.

  • January

    Mouse River Flood Protection Project receives $61.45 million in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act plan

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, received $61.45 million to complete the Maple Diversion Channel and levees north of city of Minot, North Dakota’s City Hall in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Plan released today.

  • August

    A dredged material island in the Mississippi River.

    Moving sand isn’t just for kids

    Navigation on the Upper Mississippi River this year has been anything but normal. Historic flooding plagued the region for much of the spring and early summer. The floods brought historic high water and a significant increase in the amount of sediment. The high water has since receded leaving sediment as the sole souvenir of the 2019 flood.

  • May

    National Park Service offers tours at Upper St. Anthony Falls lock

    The National Park Service will again provide daily tours this summer at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam, in Minneapolis, starting Saturday, May 25, through Labor Day weekend, Sept. 2.

  • National Park Service offers tours at Upper St. Anthony Falls lock

    The National Park Service will provide tours again this summer at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam starting Saturday, May 26, and going through Labor Day weekend.

  • National Park Service to offer Upper St. Anthony Falls tours

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The National Park Service will provide tours again this summer at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam starting Sunday, June 11, and going through Labor Day weekend.

  • February

    National planning team study explores watershed planning and the future

    Watershed planning should be a critical component within the Corps’ planning portfolio. Despite its importance, the process has been misunderstood in the past as misguided with no clear purpose or output. This misunderstanding around watershed studies threatens the Corps’ capabilities and role in watershed planning.

  • May

    St. Paul District's Brad Labadie was out at Lake Minnetonka on April 26, 2014, to teach a little about water safety during the Victoria Lions Club's crappie fishing contest. Here, he's teaching a future water safety expert how to be a safe boater and to always wear your life jacket. The event was a fundraiser with all proceeds helping send 15 children to the American Diabetes Association's Camp Needlepoint in Hudson, Wis., for a week this summer.

    National Safe Boating Week is near

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is asking all boaters to help support National Safe Boating Week May 17 –23, by practicing water safety in all your water-related recreation activities.
  • Recreational boaters along the upper guidewall at Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam wait to enter the lock chamber and continue their trip downstream. (USACE file photo)

    National Safe Boating Week starts Saturday

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – National Safe Boating Week this year is May 18-May 24.

  • March

    Navigation season begins; first tow makes its way to St. Paul, Minn.

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The first up-bound tow boat and barges for the opening of 2012 navigation season made it to St. Paul, Minn., yesterday evening, March 17.

  • Navigation season opens with new leadership

    The district’s 2012 navigation season began March 17 with the arrival of Motor Vessel Deana Ann. The Paducah, Ky., based tow entered Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, Minn., around 3 p.m., with seven barges. The tow’s final destination was St. Paul, Minn.

  • June

    graphic showing location of dredging operations on the Mississippi River

    Nearly $5 million contract awarded for dredging on Upper Mississippi River

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $4.7 million contract May 31 to LS Marine, Inc., of St. Paul, to conduct dredging operations in support of channel maintenance within the Mississippi River.

  • September

    New Army Civil Works program announces 18 proposals are being invited to apply for federal financing for non-federal dam safety project

    The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today announced the first set of proposals being invited to apply for loans under the new Corps Water Infrastructure Financing Program (CWIFP). CWIFP is a new federal financing program to provide loans and loan guarantees for borrowers for safety projects to maintain, upgrade, and repair non-federal dams.

  • February

    A man in a hard hat and reflective vest stands outside. The text reads "Crossurrents New issue available online now!"

    New issue of Crosscurrents now available

    New issue of Crosscurrents now available

  • January

    Jeff Cook, is the operations manager for the Pokegama Dam and Winnibigoshish Lake recreation areas.

    New operations manager for Pokegama Dam Recreation Area settles in

    Jeff Cook always knew he wanted to be a park ranger. From his early childhood growing up in Eagan, Minnesota, Cook encountered park rangers at the Autobahn Center in Sandstone, Minnesota, giving a presentation about the outdoors for kids. From that point on, he knew he wanted to do what park rangers do -- interact with the public, teach people about being good stewards of the environment and be involved in all the outdoor activities that Minnesota has to offer year around.

  • October

    New well dig prompts archaeological survey at Sandy Lake

    With respect and preservation in mind, archaeology experts with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, conducted an excavation at the site of a recently-defunct well at the Corps’ Sandy Lake Recreation Area Sept. 27.

  • June

    Maj. Patrick Sullivan

    Oakdale resident selected for prestigious U.S. Army award

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division, recently selected Lt. Col. Patrick Sullivan, St. Paul District deputy commander and Oakdale, Minnesota, resident as the division’s nominee for the national John W. Macy, Jr. Award.

  • February

    Officials, administrators invited to Corps flood action plan workshops

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is inviting city and county officials and administrators to a workshop in order to develop emergency action plans for local cities and counties. The workshops will be held, at no charge, Feb. 14, 15 and 16, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at three different locations.
  • WABASHA, Minn. – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District employees Al VanGuilder, left, survey technician, and Bill Chelmowski, marine machinery mechanic, use an airboat to measure ice on Lake Pepin, near Wabasha, Minn., Feb. 13, during the first Mississippi River ice surveys of the year. The district conducts the annual ice surveys to help the navigation industry determine when it is safe to break through the ice. Lake Pepin, located on the Mississippi River between Red Wing and Wabasha, Minn., is used as the benchmark because the ice melts slower in this area due to the lake width and the slower current.

    Old techniques record annual ice measurement changes in Lake Pepin

    In preparation for the navigation season, the district’s Fountain City, Wis., survey crew began annual Lake Pepin ice measurements Feb. 15.

  • October

    Origin of the Navigation System

    Along with their best suits, the delegation packed the hopes and dreams of the entire Northwest – from the farmers in the hinterland to the captains of commerce in St. Paul, Minnesota, and from the merchants on Main Street to the pillars of industry in Minneapolis.

  • February

    Peak looks to help people returning from high stress deployments

    “Pick up a pencil with your opposite hand,” said Jim Peak, chief of construction. “Now, write your name with it. How does it feel?”

  • November

    MINNESOTA CITY, Minn.—Nate Van Loon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, diver, conducts periodic inspections at Lock and Dam No. 5 on the Mississippi River near Minnesota City, Minn., Sept. 18. The Corps’ divers work in very low visibility and feel their way around the entire structure. The inspections are a part of the Corps’ effort to maintain the 9-foot navigation channel at the 13 locks and dams within the district’s boundaries. Keeping this system open is vital to the nation’s economy. In 2010, 16.2 million tons of commodities were shipped on the Mississippi River within the St Paul District’s area of operation, including 8 million tons of grain grown in the Upper Midwest. The industries making these shipments saved nearly $384 million by using the inland waterways instead of overland shipping methods.

    Periodic Inspections keep infrastructure working

    The district’s water control structures, such as the 13 locks and dams on the Mississippi River, undergo a number of site-specific inspections and assessments. The inspections ensure the structures are safe and reliable for the navigation industry. After all of the inspections and assessments are completed, a periodic inspection report is created. The district completed seven inspection reports on locks and dams and reservoirs this year.

  • May

    A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park ranger takes a camper on a boat ride. They are both playing it safe and wearing their personal flotation device.

    Play it safe while enjoying America’s waterways

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – Before you head out for a day on or near the water, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, encourages you to make sure you have life jackets for everyone and that you wear them.

  • June

    Play it safe while enjoying America’s waterways this holiday

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – Before you head out for a day on or near the water, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, encourages you to make sure you have life jackets for everyone and that you wear them.

  • May

    A prescribed burn is conducted on Corps of Engineers and Minnesota property at Leech Lake near the City of Federal Dam, Minn., the week of May 6, 2013.

    Prescribed burn conducted at Leech Lake

    This week, local, state, tribal and federal officials conducted a series of prescribed burns of “wet meadows” on public property along Leech Lake and Boy rivers, near the City of Federal Dam, Minn.

  • January

    Brig. Gen. David C. Hill is the Commander and Division Engineer of the Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Division, which is headquartered in Dallas, is one of nine Corps of Engineers regional commands. With four District Offices in Little Rock, Ark., Tulsa, Okla., and Galveston and Fort Worth, Texas, it encompasses all or part of seven states, and covers some 2.3 million acres of public land and water with an annual program totaling nearly $2.6 billion. As the SWD Commander and Division Engineer, Hill oversees hundreds of water resources development and military design and construction projects that bring value to our communities, our nation and our warfighters. Prior to taking command of SWD, Hill served as director of the Office of the Chief of Engineers in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

    President Obama appoints Hill as Mississippi River Commission member

    President Barack Obama recently appointed Brigadier General David C. Hill as member of the Mississippi River Commission. MRC appointments are nominated by the President of the United States and vetted by the U.S. Senate.

  • November

    President Trump Appoints Kaiser, Owen to Mississippi River Commission

    President Donald Trump recently appointed Maj. Gen. Richard G. Kaiser as the president of the Mississippi River Commission and Col. Paul E. Owen as a member of the commission. Commission appointments are nominated by the President of the U.S. and vetted by the U.S. Senate.

  • March

    President's Fiscal 2020 Budget for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program released

    The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY 2020) includes $4.827 billion in gross discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

  • February

    President's Fiscal 2021 Budget for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program released

    The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021) includes $5.967 billion in gross discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

  • June

    Graphic showing where public access will be limited while the Lock and Dam 2 road and parking lot is being repaved and sealed.

    Public access to Lock and Dam 2 in Hastings temporarily restricted

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will limit public access to Lock and Dam 2 in Hastings, Minnesota, June 11-22, due to a pavement rehabilitation project.

  • Public comment period open for Corps to perform bank stabilization work

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has prepared a Section 404 evaluation, in compliance with the Clean Water Act, in order to perform streambank stabilization work on the Eau Galle River, downstream of the Eau Galle Dam in Spring Valley, Wis.

  • July

    Public comment sought on future of Gull Lake Dam Road

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting a public meeting on Wednesday, July 25, to gather input on the potential closure of a portion of Gull Lake Dam Road, located in East Gull Lake, Minnesota.

  • January

    Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam

    Public comments sought on revised draft Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock disposition study

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is re-releasing the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam disposition study draft report after updating it to reflect new legislation passed by Congress in the Water Resources Development Act of 2020.

  • April

    Public comments wanted on St. Croix Falls, Wis.,

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently completed a draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact report for the proposed St Croix Falls, Wis., wastewater treatment facility upgrade and is seeking public comment on the report.

  • October

    Public feedback sought on proposed Minot flood risk management project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, posted a copy of its draft Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment, or EA, on the web today for the proposed Souris Basin, North Dakota, Flood Risk Management project.

  • July

    Public invite: Upper St. Anthony Falls lock and dam open house

    In partnership with the National Park Service the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting an open house at the Upper St. Anthony Falls lock and dam, in Minneapolis, on Saturday, July 21, to coincide with the city’s Aquatennial festival.

  • April

    Lansing, Iowa - Natural Resource Specialist Ray Marinan helps students plant seedlings as part of the St. Paul District's Earth Day activities. The St. Paul District, along with our partners at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Friends of Pool 9, and students from Lansing, Iowa middle school and DeSoto, Wis, high school, spent Earth Day 2016 planting 500 red oak seedlings on one of the recently completed islands in Capoli Slough in Pool 9 of the Upper Mississippi River. The group also implemented a trial to determine effectiveness of fertilizer and deer repellant tablets on seedling growth and survival. The different colored flags indicate the different types of treatments the seedlings received. Part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program, the Capoli Slough project is a side channel and island complex located on the Wisconsin side of the Mississippi River navigation channel in Pool 9, about five miles downstream of Lansing, Iowa. The site is in the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Many of the natural islands bordering the navigation channel and extending into the backwater have eroded and many are disappearing. Erosion from wave action and main channel flows is reducing the size of the wetland complex, resulting in the loss of aquatic vegetation and the shallow protected habitats important for the survival of many species of fish and wildlife.

    Public invited to Capoli Slough Islands restoration project dedication

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will celebrate the completion of the Capoli Slough Islands Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project during a public ceremony at public boat launch in Ferryville, Wisconsin, May 13 at 11 a.m.

  • July

    Public invited to comment on dredged material placement at Essman Island in Clayton County, Iowa

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently completed a draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for a project to place dredged material from the Mississippi River 9-foot navigation channel in a previously-used disposal site on Essman Island located near Guttenberg, Iowa.

  • August

    Public invited to comment on Fargo-Moorhead Flood Risk Management

    ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, posted a copy of its draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment, or Supplemental EA, for the Fargo, N.D./Moorhead, Minn., Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management project online for public comment today.

  • June

    Public invited to comment on Fargo-Moorhead flood risk management project draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment

    ST. PAUL, MINN. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, posted a copy of its Supplemental Draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, on the Internet today for the proposed Fargo, N.D.-Moorhead, Minn., Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management project.

  • November

    Public invited to comment on revised draft environmental assessment for Mille Lacs County sewer extension

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on the Eddy’s Resort Sanitary Sewer Extension environmental infrastructure project in Mille Lacs County, Minn.

  • September

    Public invited to comment on the Sand Hill River ecosystem restoration project in Polk County, Minn.

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently completed a draft Environmental Assessment for a proposed Sand Hill River Ecosystem Restoration Project, 20 miles southeast of Crookston, Minn.

  • Public invited to learn about proposed changes to the Fargo-Moorhead diversion project

    ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, invite the public to attend a Sept. 13, meeting to learn about and comment on the Corps’ draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment for the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project.

  • July

    An aerial photo of McGreggor Lake, showing the main and east channels.

    Public invited to open house to discuss improving habitat in McGregor Lake

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is initiating a study to improve habitat at and around McGregor Lake of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge near Prairie du Chien, Wis.

  • January

    Imagery of McGregor Lake as it relates to Prairie du Chien, Wis., and Marquette, Iowa.

    Public invited to open house to discuss improving McGregor Lake habitat

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is initiating a study to improve habitat of McGregor Lake, which is part of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish near Prairie du Chien, Wis. The public is invited to attend an informational open house concerning this study.

  • November

    Public invited to provide input on Arcadia, Wisconsin, flood study

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and the city of Arcadia, Wisconsin, will host a community meeting to solicit public input on the scope of its Arcadia flood risk management feasibility study.

  • December

    Public invited to provide input on draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Project

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and the Souris River Joint Water Resource Board, or SRJB, are holding a public meeting to accept comments on the Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Project (Mouse River Plan) draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.

  • August

    Public invited to provide input on proposed flood damage reduction project

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and the Souris River Joint Water Resources Board, or SRJB, are holding public meeting to discuss the Mouse River Enhanced flood protection plan Aug. 19.

  • March

    Public invited to provide input on proposed flood damage reduction project

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and the Souris River Joint Water Resources Board, or SRJB, will hold two public meetings to review preliminary plans for and solicit public input on a project which would provide increased flood protection along the Mouse River near Minot, North Dakota.

  • October

    Public invited to provide input on Souris (Mouse) River study

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and the Souris River Joint Water Resource Board, or SRJB, will host a series of public meetings this month to solicit public input on the scope of its U.S. Souris (Mouse) River Basin Feasibility Study.

  • July

    Public invited to tour Corps’ Lock and Dam 6 on July 14

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will host an open house at Lock and Dam 6, located in Trempealeau, Wis., Saturday, July 14, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

  • Public invited to visit a lock in Minneapolis, Hastings

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will host open houses at Lock and Dam 1, in Minneapolis, July 19, and Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, July 20.

  • Public meetings scheduled for Minneapolis locks disposition

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will host public meetings next week, Monday, July 16, and Tuesday, July 17, to garner input on the disposition study evaluating three lock and dam sites in Minneapolis.

  • Public meetings scheduled for Upper Mississippi River Master Plan update

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will host public scoping meetings next week, July 22-24, to garner input on Upper Mississippi River Master Plan.

  • January

    Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam

    Public review of Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock disposition study paused

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is pausing its public review of the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam disposition study to allow the study team to update the draft report to reflect new legislation passed by Congress in the Water Resources Development Act of 2020.

  • October

    Public to see increase in activity at Lac Qui Parle Dam

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is investigating a sinkhole that developed yesterday on the western, downstream side of the Lac Qui Parle Dam embankment.

  • May

    Rainy – Namakan River Basin Conditions Notice

    St Paul, Minn. — Significant rainfall across the Rainy River-Namakan River Basin from May 19 to 21 has led to a rapid rise in lake levels. Rainy Lake will exceed the International Joint Commission’s Upper Rule Curve May 21, and is expected to continue rising in the near term as tributary flows increase. Operators at the dam, near International Falls, Minn., and Fort Frances, Canada, have opened all five canal gates and several dam gates to allow for maximum outflow.

  • April

    Record of Decision signed for Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion project

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The proposed Fargo, N.D./Moorhead, Minn., flood diversion project achieved another major milestone when Ms. Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), signed the Record of Decision, or ROD, on the final feasibility report and environmental impact statement April 3.

  • July

    Red Lake Dam flows reduced due to drought conditions

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is reducing flows from Red Lake Dam, at the outlet of Lower Red Lake, in Clearwater County, Minnesota, because of drought conditions across the state.

  • October

    Red River Flood of 2009

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, declared a victory late April 2009 after facing massive flooding in the Red River of the North river valley for more than a month-and-a-half. By the end of the fight, the district had distributed 11.3 million sandbags, 4,201 rolls of plastic and 136 pumps, as well as let 50 contracts, built approximately 70 miles of emergency levee and spent more than $32 million.

  • March

    Red River of the North reservoir drawdowns underway prior to snowmelt

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is currently lowering its reservoir elevations within the Red River of the North Basin. The drawdowns are in preparation for the spring runoff within the region.

  • February

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – Kenton Spading, left, and Vanessa Hamer talk during the creation of the St. Paul District’s first REDChampions interview at the St. Paul District, Feb. 17.

    RED talks continue educating employees

    With more than 12 RED talks in the books, the St. Paul District is adjusting its sites on the knowledge sharing program in the coming weeks.

  • May

    Regulatory 101: Science, people and America’s waters

    “When everybody is equally unhappy, we probably did our job right,” joked Tamara Cameron, regulatory branch chief. “Nobody ever says, ‘Thank you for making me get this permit.’

  • July

    RESCHEDULED: Lock and Dam 2 open house

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has cancelled today’s open house at Lock and Dam 2, in Hastings, for safety concerns due to severe weather.

  • August

    Sheldon Edd was selected as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division, Construction Management Excellence Award recipient in 2015.

    Rochester, Minnesota, resident selected for national award

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Headquarters, has selected St. Paul District employee and Rochester, Minnesota, resident Sheldon Edd as its Construction Management Excellence Award recipient.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, along with Roseau Mayor Jeffry Pelowski, U.S. Sen. Al Franken, U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, state Sen. LeRoy Stumpf, state Rep. Dan Fabian, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources representative Kent Lokkesmoe and Mark Karl of Polaris Industries, dedicated the Roseau Flood Risk Management project August 18, 2015. The $44.6 million project includes a 4.5 mile diversion channel and 45 acres of recreation opportunities to include three birding sites, 9 miles of off-road vehicle trails, an ATV challenge course, 7 miles of multi-use trails and a trail head with parking and picnic area. The diversion channel was designed to divert floodwater around the city to reduce flood stages within the community.

    Roseau flood project dedicated

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, celebrated the completion of its Roseau, Minnesota, Flood Damage Reduction Project with a ribbon cutting ceremony in Roseau, Aug. 18.

  • January

    Working up to seven days a week, excavators move 50,000 to 70,000 cubic yards of material a week as contractors work through the winter months to complete the Roseau, Minnesota, flood risk management project.

    Roseau flood protection nears finish line

    Working up to seven days a week, excavators move 50,000 to 70,000 cubic yards of material a week as contractors work through the winter months to complete the Roseau, Minnesota, flood risk management project.

  • June

    Roseau flood protection project receives increased authorization

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Roseau flood protection project had its authorized cost increased to $43,817,000, when President Barack Obama signed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 into law today, June 10.

  • July

    Man stands with women in Army uniform in front of flags with coin in hands smiling.

    Rosemount, Minn., resident earns Corps of Engineers recognition

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently selected Patrick Moes, Rosemount, Minnesota, resident, and district deputy public affairs chief, as the Mississippi Valley Division public affairs officer of the year.

  • August

    Sandy Skinaway, Sandy Lake Tribe chairwoman, Col. Dan Koprowski, St. Paul District commander, and Tammy Johnson, Sandy Lake Park Manager, conduct a ribbon cutting ceremony, officially rededicating the Sandy Lake visitor center August 17, 2015. The center, a former lock house located next to the dam, has artifacts and information about the region’s history. Corps staff spent the past year updating the displays and artifacts to better communicate the centuries of history that has occurred around the site.

    Sandy Visitor Center receives a facelift

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District’s Sandy Lake Visitor’s Center has a new look. The district’s history committee recently completed a renovation there that included the tearing down of older displays, the research and design of new panels and the building and installation of new display cases and panels. The new look was unveiled at a ribbon cutting ceremony Aug. 17.

  • July

    A group of individuals visit a construction site. There is a crane and cement wall behind the individuals.

    Senior Army official visited Fargo-Moorhead flood project today

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and Metro Flood Diversion Authority hosted Jaime A. Pinkham, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works and Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, in Fargo, North Dakota, today to tour the Fargo, N.D. /Moorhead, Minn., flood risk management project.

  • August

    Photo of James Schneider

    Shoreview, Minnesota, resident recognized with national engineering award

    James Schneider of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and Shoreview, Minnesota, resident, is the recipient of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2023 Timothy Skeen Geotechnics Professional of the Year Award for his commitment to excellence and contributions to the geotechnical engineering profession.

  • March

    Silver Jackets logo

    Silver Jackets support district, communities

    During a flood disaster, first responders often arrive wearing distinctively colored coats etched with their agency’s name. While the colors and acronyms can be many, one group is working to build a bridge of cooperation among the various federal, state and local government agencies tasked with responding to a flood.

  • September

    Small business office to host monthly matchmaking events

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will host a small business matchmaking event on the second Wednesday of every month. Matchmaking sessions will be scheduled on the half hour from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. CST. To schedule a time slot, send a request and capabilities statement to sbo-mvp@usace.army.mil by the close of business on the Friday before the requested date.

  • February

    Souris (Mouse) River Basin feasibility study receives federal funding

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its 2016 Work Plan today, which includes $200,000 in funding a Souris (Mouse) River Feasibility Study.

  • June

    The cover of the Spring 2023 issue of Crosscurrents with the text "The Spring 2023 issue of Crosscurrents is now available!" The cover shows a man in a hard hat and reflective vest with his arms crossed in front of a construction site.

    Spring 2023 Crosscurrents

    The Spring 2023 issue of Crosscurrents is now available. You can read it here: https://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Media/Crosscurrents/

  • March

    WABASHA, Minn. – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District employees Al VanGuilder, left, survey technician, and Bill Chelmowski, marine machinery mechanic, use an airboat to measure ice on Lake Pepin, near Wabasha, Minn., Feb. 13, during the first Mississippi River ice surveys of the year. The district conducts the annual ice surveys to help the navigation industry determine when it is safe to break through the ice. Lake Pepin, located on the Mississippi River between Red Wing and Wabasha, Minn., is used as the benchmark because the ice melts slower in this area due to the lake width and the slower current.

    Spring is near - Ice surveys begin on Lake Pepin

    A few district employees from the channels and harbors section are getting the opportunity to take out the district airboat on the Mississippi River this month to complete ice measurements on Lake Pepin, near Red Wing, Minn. The first measurements began Feb. 13, and they will continue on a weekly, or biweekly, basis until the navigation season

  • April

    Springing into spring cleanup

    Spring cleaning took on a slightly different meaning recently as the St. Paul District environmental section teamed up with a few of its partners to clean up a backwater slough in northeast Iowa.

  • St. Paul District adds Twitter account

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, established a Twitter account last week, increasing the ways we disseminate information and the way the public, media and other interested parties receive it.

  • October

    ST. PAUL, Minn. - Maj. Dwight Howell, St. Paul District quality and knowledge manager, presents the inaugural RED talk at the district's headquarters in St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 19. The RED talks, short for research, engineering and design, are designed to create a culture of sharing information within the organization.

    St. Paul District cultivates need for knowledge management

    Curing work frustration was the focus of the inaugural RED talk at the St. Paul District office, in St. Paul, Minnesota, Oct. 19.

  • November

    DeLisa Kviz, St. Paul District resource manager, was selected as the recipient of the 2014 Outstanding Department of Defense Employee/Service Member with a Disability Award.

    St. Paul District employee DeLisa Kviz selected as Outstanding DoD Employee/Service Member with a Disability Award

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Office of the Secretary of Defense recently announced its selection of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, employee and Potomac Falls, Va., resident, DeLisa Kviz as the recipient of the Outstanding Department of Defense Employee/Service Member with a Disability Award.

  • January

    Eric Johnson is the Mississippi Valley Division 2012 Construction Hard Hat of the Year Award recipient.

    St. Paul District employee wins Corps of Engineers construction award

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Valley Division recently announced its selection of Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District employee Eric Johnson as the recipient of its 2012 Construction Hard Hat of the Year Award.

  • April

    St. Paul District Headwaters recreation areas opening for 2013 season

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – Despite spring’s late arrival and snow on the ground, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District Headwater recreation areas will open for the camping season May 1.

  • February

    St. Paul District ice survey on Lake Pepin precursors 2018 navigation season

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will begin taking this year’s annual Lake Pepin ice measurements Feb. 21.