Construction works under Sturgeon Lake island erosion project have been completed for this season and will resume with the placement of fine material and tree planting in 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will soon begin construction activities in Sturgeon Lake in Pool 3 of the Mississippi River and at the Sturgeon Lake boat landing near Red Wing, Minnesota.
March 8, 2021 By Waterways Journal
The St. Paul Engineer District and the Prairie Island Indian Community signed a project partnership agreement February 25 for an environmental improvement project on the Mississippi River. The project is the first to be signed under the Tribal Partnership Program within the Mississippi Valley Division and only the second such project within the Corps of Engineers to move into the design and implementation phase.
Col. Karl Jansen, St. Paul District commander, and Prairie Island Indian Community Tribal Council President Shelley Buck signed the agreement to complete the Mississippi River Sturgeon Lake Island Restoration Project upstream of Red Wing, Minn.