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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.
  • A woman kneels on the ground with a tree in her hands.

    USACE celebrates Earth Day with tree planting at restoration project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and agency partners celebrated Earth Day, April 22, with a tree planting at McGregor Lake Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project, near Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

  • January

    construction equipment scoops sand into a bucket atop a larger pile of sand.

    Wabasha, Corps partnership in managing Mississippi River dredged sand pays dividends

    The Upper Mississippi River near Wabasha, Minnesota, is traditionally quiet during the winter as the river freezes, halting large tow boats shipping grains, fertilizer and other bulk commodities.