The Rock Island Engineer District hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new mooring cell at Locks and Dam 14 near Pleasant Valley, Iowa, on April 23. This mooring cell, part… Read More
Upper Mississippi River
Locks and dams reopened on the Upper Mississippi as waters dropped below flood stage following a surge due to rapid snowmelt. According to river gauge readings from the National Oceanic… Read More
High water closed most of the Upper Mississippi River to commercial traffic as 33 river gauges from the Twin Cities through Burlington, Iowa, showed “major flooding,” according to the National… Read More
Scheduled maintenance and repair work at Lock 24, at Mississippi River Mile 273.4, near Clarksville, Mo., has been underway since the lock dewatering was completed January 23. Upper bulkheads were… Read More
LS Marine Inc., Grove Heights, Minn., was awarded a $7.7 million contract by the St. Paul Engineer District to use dredged material from the head of Lake Pepin to restore… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its report concerning a collision between a coal train and a barge pushed against the shoreline that was overhanging the railroad track… Read More
CGB/Waterfront Services has expanded operations in Cairo, Ill., and Cape Girardeau, Mo., with additional drydocks, tank barge cleaning, hull repairs, dry cargo barge cleaning, a floating crane service and small-scale… Read More
A pilot project on flooding and climate resilience in the Upper Mississippi River basin was recently announced by the National Oceanic and Aeronautic Administration and its partners, including the Upper… Read More
In 1983, famed ocean explorer and oceanographer Jacques Cousteau sailed his research vessel Calypso down the Mississippi River, sparking a conversation that continues to this day about rivers, their health… Read More
The Rock Island Engineer District and the U.S. Geological Survey, in partnership with others, released a report on June 22 titled “Ecological Status and Trends of the Upper Mississippi and… Read More
