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Archive: June, 2013
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    Bulldozers move dredge material to create islands in the Mississippi River as part of the Capoli Slough Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project.

    Walking on water

    Walking on water? Not quite. One aspect of the Corps of Engineers not often seen is our Environmental Management Program.
  • Tom Novak, project manager for the recently completed Lock and Dam 3 Navigation Safety and Embankment Improvements project talks with stakeholders and partners at the end of the 862-foot upstream guide wall. A rededication ceremony was held at the facility May 31, signifying the completion of the nearly $70 million dollar project that significantly improves the navigational safety of boats entering the lock.

    Corps of Engineers holds dedication ceremony for Lock and Dam 3 navigation safety project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, conducted a project dedication ceremony and open house at Lock and Dam 3, near Red Wing, Minn., on May 31 at 9 a.m.
  • Planting crew spreads out across the island to plant seedlings

    Little Hoot Island tree planting

    On May 23, 2013, 19 tree planters representing individual volunteers, the Student Conservation Association, School on the Prairie from Holmen, Wis., U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Environmental Section of the Corps of Engineers, converged on Little Hoot Island on the Mississippi River in Pool 8 near Brownsville, Minn., to plant 750 tree and shrub seedlings.