28 Jan 2014

Corps of Engineers awards $2.4 million contract for Roseau flood project

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently awarded a $2.468 million contract to Gladen Construction Inc. of LePorte, Minn., to complete a 0.25 mile portion of a flood damage reduction project in Roseau, Minn.

28 Oct 2013

District attorney earns national award

St. Paul District lawyer Damon Roberts, counsel, was recently selected as the 2013 Joseph W. Kimbel Award recipient.

27 Sep 2013

University of Minnesota law graduate and St. Paul resident receives U.S. Corps of Engineers award

ST. PAUL, Minn. – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District lawyer and University of Minnesota Law School graduate, Damon Roberts, was recently selected as the 2013 Joseph W. Kimbel Award recipient.

20 Sep 2013

Corps of Engineers releases final Environmental Assessment package for changes to proposed Fargo, N.D./Moorhead, Minn., diversion channel

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Col. Daniel C. Koprowski, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, signed a ‘Finding of No Significant Impact’ for a final Environmental Assessment, or EA, Sept. 19, completed for the proposed Fargo, N.D./Moorhead, Minn., Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project.

18 Sep 2013

District foresters turn island into large Petri dish

The district recently finished a three-year reforestation project with a massive planting of 7,000 trees. The Gores Reforestation Project is intended to enhance wildlife habitat and manage invasive species on a Mississippi River island located near Red Wing, Minn., which is public land managed by the Corps. Reed canary grass, an invasive, has slowly been taking over this island.

18 Sep 2013

Public invited to comment on the Sand Hill River ecosystem restoration project in Polk County, Minn.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently completed a draft Environmental Assessment for a proposed Sand Hill River Ecosystem Restoration Project, 20 miles southeast of Crookston, Minn.

18 Sep 2013

Military Appreciation Day at the Minnesota State Fair

St. Paul District employees took on the August heat and humidity during Military Appreciation Day at the Minnesota State Fair on Tuesday, August 27, to spread the word about the district’s missions. More than 94,000 people passed through the turnstiles on what would be the warmest day recorded in the fair’s history.

2 Aug 2013

Corps of Engineers presents Grand Forks, N.D., resident with National Water Safety award

Maj. Gen. John Peabody, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Valley Division commander, presented Carma Hanson of Grand Forks Safe Kids a National Water Safety award on behalf of the National Water Safety Congress at the Grand Forks, N.D., airport July 31.

8 Jul 2013

Lock and Dam 1 open to public during Highland Fest 2013

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will host an open house at Lock and Dam 1, located near Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis, Friday, July 19, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

8 Jul 2013

Corps’ Leech Lake Recreation Area to host free youth fishing derby

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting a free youth fishing derby for kids age 14 and under at its Leech Lake Recreation Area in Federal Dam, Minn., July 20.