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    Dam Safety Program: Wisconsin

    The overlying purpose of the Dam Safety Program is to ensure the integrity and viability of dams such that they do not present unacceptable risks to the public, property, and the environment. Several dams in Wisconsin are federally authorized, operated and maintained.

  • Dredged Material Management Plan: Pool 10, Wisconsin/Iowa

    The purpose of the Pool 10 Dredged Material Management Plan is to prepare a coordinated, long-term plan for managing dredged material in Pool 10. This plan was initiated due to needs for dredged material management at upland placement sites, especially in the downstream reach of the pool.

  • Dredged Material Management Plan: Pool 9, Minnesota/Wisconsin/Iowa

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operates and maintains the Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Navigation Project, and one method used to maintain the 9-foot channel is dredging river soils or “material.” The purpose of the Pool 9 Dredged Material Management Plan is to prepare a coordinated long-term plan for managing dredged material in Pool 9. This plan was initiated due to needs for dredged material management at upland placement sites, especially in the upstream reach of the pool.
  • Eau Galle Lake observation deck

    Eau Galle Lake, Wisconsin

    Authorized purposes of the Eau Galle Lake Project include flood control, recreation, and enhancement of fish and wildlife. Eau Galle Lake is located on the Eau Galle River in Wisconsin.

  • Flood Risk Management: Section 205, Trempealeau River, Arcadia, Wisconsin

    The purpose of this project is to reduce the risk of damages due to flooding in the city of Arcadia, Wisconsin. The city is located on the Trempealeau River, with Turton Creek and Meyers Valley Creek flowing into the Trempealeau River on the east and west sides of the city, respectively.

  • Flood Risk Management: Wisconsin Silver Jackets Team

    Silver Jackets teams are collaborative, state-led, interagency teams that are continuously working together to reduce flood risk at the state level. Through the Silver Jackets program, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and additional federal, state, and sometimes local and tribal agencies provide a unified approach to addressing a state’s flood risk priorities. Often, no single agency has the complete solution, but each may have one or more pieces to contribute. Silver Jackets team activities and projects occur throughout Wisconsin.

  • Floodplain Management Services: Hydraulic Modeling of the Baraboo River, Wisconsin

    The Floodplain Management Services program educates individuals who live and work in floodplains on flood hazards and the actions they can take to reduce property damage and prevent loss of life. The program’s objective is to foster public understanding of the options for dealing with flood hazards and to promote prudent use and management of the nation’s floodplains. This project targets the southern half of Wood County in central Wisconsin.

  • Floodplain Management Services: Juneau County, Wisconsin, Groundwater Study

    The Floodplain Management Services program educates individuals who live and work in floodplains on flood hazards and the actions they can take to reduce property damage and prevent the loss of life. The program’s objective is to foster public understanding of the options for dealing with flood hazards and to promote prudent use and management of the nation’s floodplains. The Juneau County, Wisconsin, Groundwater Study targets the northern half of Juneau County in central Wisconsin.

  • Floodplain Management Services: Wisconsin

    This program educates individuals who live and work in floodplains on flood hazards and the actions they can take to reduce property damage and prevent the loss of life. The program’s objective is to foster public understanding of the options for dealing with flood hazards and to promote prudent use and management of the nation’s floodplains.

  • Floodplain Management Services: Wood County, Wisconsin, Groundwater Study

    This program educates individuals who live and work in floodplains on flood hazards and the actions that those individuals can take to reduce property damage and prevent the loss of life. The program’s objective is to foster public understanding of the options for dealing with flood hazards and to promote prudent use and management of the nation’s floodplains. Projects in the Floodplain Management Services program occur throughout Wisconsin. This project targets the southern half of Wood County, Wisconsin, in central Wisconsin.

  • Levee Safety Program: Wisconsin

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Levee Safety Program was created in 2006 to assess the integrity and viability of levees and to ensure that levee systems do not present unacceptable risks to the public and property. Several levee systems in Wisconsin are operated and maintained by the St. Paul District.

  • Mississippi River Locks and Dams 2–10: Tow Rail System

    The tow rail system is integral to the operation of Mississippi River Locks and Dams 2 through 10. At each lock, a tow rail system is attached to the top of the lock guidewall to help guide tows through the lock chamber. The tow rail systems of Locks and Dams 2 through 10 have been deteriorating over the past several years, requiring rehabilitation of these systems.
  • St. Paul District forester Bobby Jackson installs a sign on Lock and Dam 3 mitigation property near Maiden Rock, Wis. The recent construction of navigation improvements on the embankments at Lock and Dam #3, resulted in the loss of vital environmental features in the floodplain. As part of our efforts to mitigate these impacts, the St. Paul District purchased 520 acres along the Rush and Trimbelle Rivers in Pierce Co., Wis., restoring 313 of those acres back to native floodplain forest. This isn’t unique to the district. Read more about another reforestation project on a Mississippi River island near Red Wing, Minn.: http://go.usa.gov/WB3W

    Mississippi River Recreation and Environmental Stewardship

    Although navigation was the initial purpose of the Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Navigation Project, Congress has since authorized the development of recreational facilities, protection of forest resources, and required the consideration of fish and wildlife conservation.

  • Navigation: Fountain City Service Base Building 9 Replacement, Wisconsin

    The Fountain City Service Base Building 9 Replacement Project is a two-phase project to improve the function and safety throughout the service base. The two objectives of the project are to replace the deteriorated mooring dolphins on the west side of the Fountain City harbor channel and modernize the service base. 

  • Navigation: Fountain City Service Base Sustainment and Modernization, Wisconsin

    The Fountain City Service Base Sustainment and Modernization Project is a two-phase project to improve function and safety throughout the service base. The two objectives of the project are to replace the deteriorated mooring dolphins on the west side of the Fountain City harbor channel and modernize the service base.

  • Navigation: Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Navigation Project Maintenance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for maintaining a 9-foot navigation channel as an important component of the inland navigation system.

  • Project Alteration Reviews: Section 408

    Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 authorizes the Secretary of the Army to grant permission for alterations to existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) projects under certain circumstances. The authority is codified in 33 U.S. Code 408. Section 408 provisions apply to works that were built by USACE and are locally maintained, such as local flood control projects, and works that are operated and maintained by USACE, such as locks and dams. Proposals submitted for Section 408 review and approval undergo a rigorous engineering, policy and environmental review by USACE and, if required, independent external peer review.

  • Tribal Partnership Program

    The Tribal Partnership Program provides authority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform water-related planning activities and activities related to the study, design and construction of water resources development projects located primarily on tribal lands that substantially benefit federally recognized tribes.

  • Tribal Partnership Program: Section 203, Big Sand Lake Shoreline Stabilization, Wisconsin

    The purpose of the project is to stop erosion along tribal lands on the southeast side of Big Sand Lake in Wisconsin while enhancing access to the water for cultural practices.

  • Upper Mississippi River – Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program: Johnson Island Project, Wisconsin

    The Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program is a long-term program of ecosystem restoration and navigation improvements for the Upper Mississippi River System. Johnson Island is located near Trempealeau, Wisconsin, in Pool 6 of the Mississippi River. Island erosion, island dissection, and sedimentation have greatly reduced the quality and quantity of terrestrial and aquatic habitat in the project area. Project objectives are directed at improving conditions for fish, aquatic and terrestrial wildlife, maintaining emergent vegetation, maintaining submersed vegetation and island stabilization and nourishment to restore connectivity, and promotion of floodplain forest regeneration.

  • Upper Mississippi River – Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program: Systemic Mitigation Island 4 Project, Wisconsin

    The primary purpose of this project is to address general degradation of habitat quality due to sediment deposition, wind-driven wave action, declining bathymetric diversity, and a decline in aquatic vegetation. Concerns over habitat deficiencies in Upper Pool 4 include reduced habitat diversity and quality, lack of aquatic vegetation and invertebrates, and reduced abundance of fish and wildlife.

  • Upper Mississippi River – Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program: Wacouta Bay Project, Wisconsin

    Concerns over habitat deficiencies in Wacouta Bay, most resulting from sedimentation and turbidity, include reduced aquatic and terrestrial habitat diversity and quality, lack of aquatic vegetation, lack of protected wetlands, and reduced abundance of fish and wildlife. The Wacouta Bay project is a Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program study that will consider alternatives including island building and enhancement, forest enhancement and creation, backwater restoration and dredging, island and shoreline protection, and use of dredged material.
  • Lock and Dam 6, near Tremplealeau, Wis.

    Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Navigation Project: Locks and Dams, Minnesota/Wisconsin/Iowa

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District is responsible for maintaining 244 miles of the Upper Mississippi River 9-foot channel navigation system. The navigation project within the St. Paul District includes 13 locks and dams that are operated and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
  • WABASHA, Minn. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District's Dredge Goetz conducts dredging operations in the Mississippi River near Wabasha, Minn., June 8, 2011.

    Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Navigation Project: Maintenance, Minnesota/Wisconsin/Iowa

    The St. Paul District is responsible for maintaining 244 miles of the Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Navigation Project for inland navigation.

  • Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program: Big Lake, Pool 4, Wisconsin

    The sedimentation of backwater areas of the Upper Mississippi River is an ongoing issue. The project area is greatly influenced by the input of sand from the Chippewa River, entering Pool 4 at approximately river mile 764. Other potential sources of sand are the historic channel maintenance dredging side-cast islands and the four active temporary placement sites within the study area. Big Lake has lost much of its island complex and bottomland forest to wind and wave erosion. The barrier islands between the lake and Catfish Slough have been degraded and/or eliminated over the past several years.

  • Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program: McGregor Lake Habitat Restoration, Wisconsin

    The purpose of this project is to support diverse and abundant native fish, wildlife and plants while sustaining a high level of environmental health and promoting recreation opportunities.

  • Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program: Minnesota/Wisconsin/Iowa Habitat Restoration

    This program, authorized by Congress in 1986, emphasizes habitat rehabilitation and enhancement projects (HREPs) and long-term resource monitoring. The HREP component includes dredging backwater areas and channels, constructing dikes, creating and stabilizing islands, controlling side channel flows and water levels, and creating floodplain forest habitat.