Video by Melanie Peterson | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District | 07.29.2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is partnering with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on a restoration project for Lower Pool 4 Big Lake, near Wabasha, Minnesota....
Video by George Stringham | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District | 07.20.2021
Time lapse video of the upstream, landside miter gate replacement July 20, 2021, at Lock and Dam 2 in Hastings, Minn. This was the first of four 80-year-old gates that were replaced during a series of 12-hour closures. The original upstream miter gates weigh 164,000 lbs. while the new gates weigh 256,000 lbs. The new downstream gates are 30 feet tall and weigh 266,000 lbs. Due to new criteria......
Video by Vanessa J Hamer | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District | 02.27.2012
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District expects to complete repair work at Lock and Dam 2 near Hastings, Minn. in anticipation for the 2012 navigation season. The guide wall work began in January and is scheduled to be complete in March. Produced by Vanessa Hamer. Also available in High Definition....
Video by Stefania Padalino | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters | 06.15.2010
The Corps of Engineers' Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) program (formerly known as the Environmental Management Program or EMP) has studies and projects in the Upper Mississippi River system north of Cairo, Illinois. The system includes the Illinois River. The program authorized by Congress in 1986 emphasizes habitat rehabilitation and enhancement projects and long-term resource......
