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St. Paul District
Public Affairs Office
332 Minnesota St., Suite E1500
St. Paul, MN 55101

Phone: (651) 290-5807
Fax: (651) 290-5752
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  • Corps of Engineers plans brief outflow reduction at Baldhill Dam

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is reducing outflows into the Sheyenne River at Baldhill Dam, located northwest of Valley City, North Dakota, from 800 cubic feet per second, or cfs, to 200 cfs, beginning Sunday, Dec. 8.

  • St. Paul District Receives Top Small Business Conference Awards

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, received two prestigious awards at the 2019 Society of American Military Engineers, or SAME, Small Business Conference in Dallas, Texas, Nov. 21, 2019.

  • 2019 navigation season wraps up

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The 2019 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District navigation season is coming to an end. The last tow of the season departed St. Paul, Minnesota, Thursday, Nov. 28.

  • Corps awards its second contract for Fargo-Moorhead diversion project

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $59,448,550.00 contract to Ames Construction, Inc. of Burnsville, Minnesota, to complete the Wild Rice River structure portion of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, late Nov. 27, 2019.

  • Corps of Engineers set to perform maintenance at three locks this winter

    ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is preparing for major repairs at three of its Mississippi River locks this winter to ensure they continue working as designed.

  • Corps releases draft dredged material placement plan, schedule public meeting

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released a draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for its proposed dredged material management plan in Pool 2 of the Mississippi River, near Cottage Grove, Minnesota, today, Nov. 22.

  • Corps of Engineers to host public scoping meetings on recreation sites

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting three public scoping meetings to garner input on how our reservoirs in western Minnesota and eastern South Dakota are managed for recreation and environmental stewardship.

  • Corps begins drawdowns in Red River of the North basin

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is lowering its reservoir elevations within the Red River of the North basin to prepare for potential spring snowmelt.

  • $3.2 million contract awarded for miter gate anchorages at Lock 2

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently awarded a $3.2 million contract to Kaiyuh Services, LLC, out of Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, to install new miter gate anchorages at Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, Minnesota.

  • Big Sandy Lake dam rehabilitation meeting scheduled

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, in partnership with the Sandy Lake Association, will host an informational meeting Sat., Nov. 2, following the association’s monthly meeting at 10:30 a.m., at the Big Sandy Lodge and Resort, 20534 487th Street, McGregor, Minnesota.