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.
Corps of Engineers, Prairie Island Indian Community join together for restoration program
The Sturgeon Lake Ecosystem Restoration program will cost roughly $1 million and help restore islands in the Mississippi River north of Red Wing. 4:28 pm, Feb. 28, 2021 ×
The map shows the location of Sturgeon Lake near the Prairie Island Indian Community tribal lands north of Red Wing. The area will undergo an ecosystem restoration project where the tribe is partnering with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District. (Contributed photo/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District)
PRAIRIE ISLAND Working together to stabilize islands in the Mississippi River, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and the Prairie Island Indian Community signed a project partnership agreement Thursday.
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