Building a flood risk management system is challenging. Building one that incorporates a 30-mile diversion, 22 miles of embankments, multiple highway and railroad bridges, three gated structures [the Wild Rice River Structure, the Diversion Inlet Structure and the Red River Structure], two states, and two aqueduct structures is daunting but currently on pace to be completed in 2027.
A major component of this work in environmental mitigation to include relocating fish and mussels.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on a draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for a proposed water system improvement project for the city of Northfield, Minnesota.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on a draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for the unloading of dredged material, or river sand, from its Corps Island placement site in Pool 3 of the Upper Mississippi River, located near Red Wing, Minnesota.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, announced additional water level changes, today, Aug. 20, at its Lac qui Parle Lake Dam, near Watson, Minnesota, due to ongoing rain within the basin.
