Environmental Projects

Blackhawk Bottoms, Pool 19, Iowa – CAP Section 206
This project provides the opportunity to restore the historic fall flood pulse within Pool 19 of the Mississippi River at Blackhawk Bottoms...
Brandon Road Interbasin Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has evaluated potential control options and technologies at Brandon Road Lock and Dam to prevent the upstream Interbasin transfer of Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS)...
Coralville Lake, Iowa
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...
Illinois River Basin Restoration (sec 519,WRDA 2000)
Section 519 of WRDA 2000 authorized: (1) Comprehensive Plan to develop and implement a restoration program, long-term resource monitoring program, and evaluate new technologies and innovative...
Illinois Waterway
The project includes a total of 268 river miles of 9-foot commercial navigation channel from Chicago to LaGrange Lock and Dam, near Beardstown, Illinois; with 8 locks and 7 dams...
Lake Red Rock, Iowa
Lake Red Rock is a multiple purpose project providing primary benefits in flood control and secondary benefits in low-flow augmentation, recreation and environmental stewardship...
Mississippi River between Missouri River & Minneapolis
The project consists of a 314-river-mile reach of 9-foot commercial navigation channel from Guttenberg, Iowa, downstream to Saverton, Missouri...
Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) – Fish Passage - Lock and Dam 22
Location:Upper Mississippi River, River Mile (RM) 301.2 near Saverton, Missouri, between Ralls County, Missouri, and Pike County, IllinoisDescription:The Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability...
Northern Missouri Environmental Infrastructure Hannibal, MO – Sec 8353 WRDA 2022
LocationHannibal, MissouriDescriptionSection 8353 Northern Missouri of WRDA 2022 (Public Law 117-263), established a program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in four (4)...
Saylorville Lake, Iowa
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,...
Section 1135 Projects (Project Modifications for Improvements to the Environment) - Overview
Section 1135 of the 1986 Water Resources Development Act, as amended, provides authority for the Corps of Engineers to determine the need for project modifications in the structures and operations of...
Section 204 Overview
Section 204 of the 1992 Water Resources Development Act, as amended, provides authority for the Corps of Engineers to restore, protect, and create aquatic and wetland habitats in connection with...
UMRR Program – Beaver Island HREP - Pool 14
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...
UMRR Program – Green Island HREP – Pool 13
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...
UMRR Program – Huron Island Complex HREP - Pool 18
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,...
UMRR Program - IL, IA, MO, MN, WI - Upper Mississippi River Restoration
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...
UMRR Program - Keithsburg Division HREP - Pool 18
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...
UMRR Program – Lower Pool 11 HREP
LocationPool 11, Upper Mississippi River Miles 590 – 598, Grant County, WisconsinDescriptionThe Lower Pool 11 riverine, backwater, floodplain Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project, part of...
UMRR Program – Lower Pool 13 – Phase II HREP
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,...
UMRR Program - Lower Pool 13 HREP
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...
UMRR Program – Pool 12 Forestry – Pool 12
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...
UMRR Program - Pool 12 Overwintering HREP
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...
UMRR Program - Pool 18 Forestry HREP
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...
UMRR Program – Quincy Bay HREP – Pool 21
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...
UMRR Program - Rice Lake Complex HREP - LaGrange Pool
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...
UMRR Program - Steamboat Island HREP - Pool 14
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...
Upper Mississippi River - Illinois Waterway System Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP)
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...