Environment

Comments Sought On Lower Pool 13 Project Plan

The Rock Island Engineer District and its Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program partners are constructing a habitat rehabilitation project in Lower Pool 13 of the Mississippi River near Clinton, Iowa, and are seeking comments on the project plan. 

The draft feasibility report, which includes the project’s tentatively selected plan and an environmental assessment, is available for public review at: https://dvidshub.net/r/yl8viq. 

The project, which is funded through the Upper Mississippi River Restoration program and located within the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, will restore and enhance riverine habitat within the 3-mile corridor of the southwest corner of lower Pool 13, extending from Bulgers Hollow south to Lock and Dam 13.

Comments can be submitted through December 9 at the same website or by email to: publicinvolvement@usace.army.mil. Comments can also be sent to the team at: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, Attn: Programs and Project Management – Julie Millhollin, Clock Tower Building, P.O. Box 2004, Rock Island, IL 61201.

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