The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is moving forward with the construction works on the Lower Pool 10 habitat rehabilitation and enhancement project, just upstream of Pool 10 in Guttenberg, Iowa.
The project includes construction of several new islands, shoreline protection of several existing islands, construction of rock mounds and sills, and dredging.
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Also, the program will beneficially use nearly 300,000 cubic yards of sand dredged for Mississippi River navigation to construct the island foundations.
The Lower Pool 10 islands are part of the Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) Program. The site is a 1,000-acre side channel and island complex located on the Iowa side of the Mississippi River navigation channel in Pool 10, approximately one mile upstream from Lock and Dam 10 in Guttenberg.
Also, the site lies within the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is moving forward with the construction works on the Lower Pool 10 habitat rehabilitation and enhancement project, just upstream of Pool 10 in Guttenberg, Iowa. The project includes construction of several new islands, shoreline protection of seve
