From left, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Biologist Brenda Kelly; Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Adam Payne, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, Village of Bay City, Wisconsin, President Rodger Spindler; Prairie Island Indian Community Council President Johnny Johnson; Red Wing, Minnesota, Mayor Mike Wilson; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District Commander Eric Swenson; and Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance Executive Director Rylee Hince, throw sand during a groundbreaking ceremony in Bay City Wisconsin, May 16. The St. Paul District, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance held the ceremony to kickoff construction of a first-of-its-kind Mississippi River habit improvement project. The Mississippi River Upper Pool 4 habitat project is a nearly $27 million project, with more than $20 million in contributions from USACE, and one of the first in the nation to use river sand from the Mississippi River navigation channel and backwaters to improve habitat. Some of the key features of the project include building peninsulas, access dredging, and shoreline protection near Bay City at the head of Lake Pepin. The improvements will support fish and wildlife habitat. The contractor, LS Marine, Inc., of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, is scheduled to begin construction this summer.
| Date Taken: | 05.16.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 05.16.2023 19:17 |
| Photo ID: | 7800434 |
| VIRIN: | 230516-A-LI073-044 |
| Resolution: | 5580x3316 |
| Size: | 11.61 MB |
| Location: | BAY CITY, WISCONSIN, US |
| Web Views: | 19 |
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