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The cover of the Fall 2023 issue of Crosscurrents. A man stands in front of a construction site. He is wearing a hard hat, safety glasses and a reflective vest. He is holding some sheets of paper.

Fall 2023 Crosscurrents is now available

The Fall 2023 issue of Crosscurrents is now available!

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The Corps Environment

The Nov. 2023 issue of The Corps Environment is now available.

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St. Paul District maintains the Mississippi River ahead of the fall harvest

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is actively maintaining the Mississippi River navigation channel ahead of the fall harvest to provide a safe, reliable navigation channel for the navigation industry to move the grains grown in...

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USACE project receives National Academy of Construction award

The Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project has been selected as the recipient of the National Academy of Construction Recognition of Special Achievement Award.

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Upper Mississippi River navigation season closes for the year

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, saw the last tow of the 2023 navigation season as the Motor Vessel Thomas Erickson, departed Lock and Dam 10, near Guttenberg, Iowa, Dec. 3, with 15 barges.

Published: 12/5/2023

Corps awards contract for bank stabilization near Fountain City, Wisconsin

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $347,400 contract to LS Marine, Inc., out of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, Nov. 16, for bank stabilization at Wilds Bend, near Fountain City, Wisconsin, in Pool 5 of the Mississippi River. Wilds Bend is a temporary dredged material, or river sand, storage site.

Published: 11/30/2023

Corps awards contract for bank stabilization near Diamond Bluff, Wisconsin

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $374,400 contract to LS Marine, Inc., out of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, Nov. 16, for bank stabilization at Corps Island, near Diamond Bluff, Wisconsin in Pool 3 of the Mississippi River. Corps Island is a temporary dredged material, or river sand, storage site.

Published: 11/29/2023

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