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332 Minnesota St., Suite E1500
St. Paul, MN 55101

Phone: (651) 290-5807
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  • May

    A background of trees with the text "New issue of Crosscurrents Spring 2024" and in the foreground the front page of the spring 2024 issue of Crosscurrents which features a woman in a Corps of Engineers uniform holding a tree seedling.

    The Spring issue of Crosscurrents is now available

    The Spring issue of Crosscurrents is now available! Read it here https://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Media/Crosscurrents/
  • A man on a crane.

    Major work completed at Lock and Dam 2

    There is major work happening at Lock and Dam 2 in Hastings, Minnesota. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, performs rehabilitative work on each of the district’s 13 locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi River every 15-20 years. This year, it was time for Lock and Dam 2, in Hastings, Minnesota, to be dewatered for the first time since 2007. The Corps closed Lock 2 on Dec. 4, 2023, to complete the necessary work by a target date of March 5.
  • Two women sit at a table looking at some sheets of paper.

    People in the spotlight with regulatory committee

    The St. Paul District regulatory division is making waves with its People First committee. Originally called the diversity, equity and inclusion committee, it was formed in 2020 to increase representation and inclusion across the division.
  • A large skin plate at a construction site.

    USACE assembles Tainter gate puzzle at Red River Structure

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and its contractors continue to make strides in construction on the Red River structure, seven miles south of Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota, on the Red River of the North.

  • August

    Upper Mississippi River Restoration

    Corps partners to monitor Upper Mississippi River System

    We're celebrating the most complete understanding of any large river ecosystem in the world and the cooperative monitoring that led us here.

  • 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/

  • December

    The Fall 2022 issue of Crosscurrents is now available!

    Fall 2022 Crosscurrents

    The Fall 2022 issue of Crosscurrents, the district's newsletter, is now available here: https://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Media/Crosscurrents/

  • October

    The cover of Summer 2022 Crosscurrents

    Summer 2022 Crosscurrents

    The Summer 2022 issue of Crosscurrents, the district's newsletter, is now available here: https://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Media/Crosscurrents/

  • December

    A web ad for the Fall 2021 issue of Crosscurrents, the district's newsletter

    Fall 2021 Crosscurrents

    The Fall 2021 issue of Crosscurrents, the district's newsletter, is now available here: https://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Media/Crosscurrents/

  • September

    The Summer 2021 issue of Crosscurrents is now available

    The Summer 2021 issue of Crosscurrents is now available.

  • June

    People First 2021 Crosscurrents cover

    The People First 2021 issue of Crosscurrents is now available

    The People First 2021 issue of Crosscurrents is now available here: https://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Media/Crosscurrents/

  • April

    Crosscurrents Spring 2021 is now available

    The Spring 2021 issue of Crosscurrents is now available here: https://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Media/Crosscurrents/

  • December

    Crosscurrents Winter 2020 is now available

    The winter 2020 edition of Crosscurrents is now available.

  • September

    LGL meets with Beauregard Parish official

    Local Government Liaisons reach the hearts of communities

    Often during disaster response, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Planning and Response Teams such as, temporary emergency power, debris removal and Operation Blue Roof are the Corps activities in the limelight; however, the little-known and little-seen Local Government Liaison, or LGL, national cadre is operating in the background, providing a critical lifeline of communication between Federal Emergency Management Agency, the state, local officials, and the Corps.
  • Corps installs 5000th Blue Roof, commemorates one month anniversary of Hurricane Laura landfall

    Corps installs 5,000th blue roof on one month anniversary of hurricane’s landfall

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commemorated the one month anniversary of Hurricane Laura making landfall with the installation of the 5,000th roof as part of Operation Blue Roof in southwest Louisiana.

  • 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.