Rock Island District District Projects

UMRR Program – Quincy Bay HREP – Pool 21

Pentagon News — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 04:00:00 GMT

Quincy Bay is a backwater lake complex measuring approximately 4 miles long with a variable width of up to 2 miles. The area is composed of interconnected channels and small bays, an existing small boat harbor, and a small boat access channel.

UMRR Program – Pool 12 Forestry – Pool 12

Pentagon News — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 04:00:00 GMT

The Pool 12 Forestry Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project (HREP) is located in portions of Jo Daviess County in Illinois, Dubuque and Jackson Counties in Iowa, and Grant County, WI. The project area covers approximately 26 miles of Pool 12 in the Upper Mississippi River, from Lock and Dam 12 (river mile 557.0) near Bellevue, Iowa, to Lock and Dam 11 (river mile 583.0) in Dubuque, Iowa. The Project is a 4,000-acre wetland complex that includes shallow lakes, emergent vegetation and managed moist soil areas, and braided channels surrounded by degrading riparian timber.

Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) – Fish Passage - Lock and Dam 22

Pentagon News — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 02:39:00 GMT

Location:Upper Mississippi River, River Mile (RM) 301.2 near Saverton, Missouri, between Ralls

Northern Missouri Environmental Infrastructure Hannibal, MO – Sec 8353 WRDA 2022

Pentagon News — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 01:43:00 GMT

LocationHannibal, MissouriDescriptionSection 8353 Northern Missouri of WRDA 2022 (Public Law

UMRR Program - Lower Pool 13 HREP

Pentagon News — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:59:00 GMT

The Lower Pool 13 Habitat Restoration and Enhancement (HREP) project is located approximately three miles upstream of Clinton, Iowa, and consists of backwater lakes, sloughs, flowing channels, and impounded water residing over historically flooded islands and remnant islands.

Coralville Lake, Iowa

Pentagon News — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:40:00 GMT

Coralville Lake is a multiple purpose project providing primary benefits in flood control and low-flow augmentation with secondary benefits in recreation, fish and wildlife management, forest management, and water quality improvement.

UMRR Program – Lower Pool 11 HREP

Pentagon News — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:29:00 GMT

LocationPool 11, Upper Mississippi River Miles 590 – 598, Grant County, WisconsinDescriptionThe

UMRR Program – Lower Pool 13 – Phase II HREP

Pentagon News — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:26:00 GMT

The Lower Pool 13 Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Project – Phase II, part of the Upper Mississippi River Restoration program, is located approximately three miles upstream of the city of Clinton, Iowa. The project features would be located entirely on federally owned land that forms part of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. The area consists of backwater lakes, sloughs, flowing channels, and impounded water residing over historically flooded islands and remnant islands. The lower section of Pool 13 is located in a valley that is 1.5 to 4.5 miles wide and contains few land masses.

UMRR Program – Green Island HREP – Pool 13

Pentagon News — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:19:00 GMT

The existing forest is degrading at an alarming rate with numerous stressed and dying trees. The ox-bow lakes have lost much of their depth due to sedimentation and provide little fish refuge in the summer and winter. The pump system is old, inefficient and expensive to operate. The old drainage ditches are sediment filled to the point that a drawdown cannot be completed to regenerate high quality moist soil or emergent and aquatic vegetation. Elevated water tables on the Mississippi River proper are also adversely affecting floodplain forest composition and regeneration.

UMRR Program – Beaver Island HREP - Pool 14

Pentagon News — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:05:00 GMT

Beaver Island is located along the right descending bank of the UMRS in the southern portion of Clinton County, Iowa. Lock and Dam 13 is located 5 miles upstream of the island system. The Project lands, part of the UMR National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, are federally-owned. The goals are to restore and protect aquatic, wetland, and floodplain forest habitats.

Blackhawk Bottoms, Pool 19, Iowa – CAP Section 206

Pentagon News — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:04:00 GMT

This project provides the opportunity to restore the historic fall flood pulse within Pool 19 of the Mississippi River at Blackhawk Bottoms.

UMRR Program - Pool 18 Forestry HREP

Pentagon News — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 15:58:00 GMT

The Pool 18 Forestry Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project, part of the Upper Mississippi River Restoration program, is located in portions of Louisa and Des Moines Counties in Iowa. The project area covers approximately 15 miles of Pool 18 in the Upper Mississippi River, near the towns of New Boston, Keithsburg, and Oquawka, IL, from the Iowa River delta, river mile 434.8 to Johnson Island, river mile 420.2.

Saylorville Lake, Iowa

Pentagon News — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 15:57:00 GMT

Saylorville Lake Project including the Big Creek Remedial Works is a multi-purpose project providing primary benefits in flood control and secondary benefits in low-flow augmentation, recreation, environmental stewardship, and water supply.

UMRR Program - IL, IA, MO, MN, WI - Upper Mississippi River Restoration

Pentagon News — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 15:51:00 GMT

The UMRR Program was authorized by the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1986 and continuously authorized by WRDA 1999. The program consists of two primary elements: habitat rehabilitation projects and systemic monitoring and research.

UMRR Program - Keithsburg Division HREP - Pool 18

Pentagon News — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 15:44:00 GMT

The Keithsburg Division is located in Pool 18 along the left descending bank of the Upper Mississippi River (UMR), immediately north of the City of Keithsburg in Mercer County, Illinois. The Project lands, part of the Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), are federally owned. The goals are to restore and protect off-channel aquatic, wetland, and floodplain forest habitats.

UMRR Program - Pool 12 Overwintering HREP

Pentagon News — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 15:39:00 GMT

The Pool 12 Overwintering project area is in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, upstream of Bellevue, Iowa. The project area is comprised primarily of a series of islands, backwater channels, and backwater lakes that are part of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. The goals of the project are to restore and protect off-channel aquatic habitat and restore floodplain forest habitat.

UMRR Program - Rice Lake Complex HREP - LaGrange Pool

Pentagon News — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 15:35:00 GMT

Rice Lake is a 6,800-acre backwater complex located 24 miles southwest of Peoria, Illinois. The project lands are state owned and are managed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (ILDNR) as a fish and wildlife area. The project goals are to enhance and restore wetland and aquatic habitat.

UMRR Program - Steamboat Island HREP - Pool 14

Pentagon News — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 15:30:00 GMT

The Steamboat Island Project is located in the middle section of Pool 14 along the right descending bank of the Upper Mississippi River (UMR), between the town of Princeton and the Wapsipinicon River. The goals are to maintain, enhance, and restore quality habitat for all native and desirable plant, animal, and fish species and maintain, enhance, restore, and emulate natural river processes, structures, and functions for a sustainable ecosystem.

UMRR Program – Huron Island Complex HREP - Pool 18

Pentagon News — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 15:25:00 GMT

The Huron Island Complex is located along the left descending bank of the Upper Mississippi River (UMR), approximately 20 miles upstream of Burlington in Des Moines County, Iowa. The Project lands, part of the National Wildlife Refuge System, are federally-owned. The goals are to manage for a diverse and dynamic pattern of habitats to support native biota; manage for viable populations of native species within diverse plant and animal communities; and mange for processes that shape a physically diverse and dynamic river floodplain system.

Upper Mississippi River - Illinois Waterway System Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP)

Pentagon News — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 15:22:00 GMT

NESP is a long-term program of ecosystem restoration and navigation improvements for the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS). NESP will improve system capacity and reduce commercial traffic delays through construction of 7 new 1,200-foot locks, mooring cells and switchboat implementation.