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ROCK ISLAND DISTRICT - Saylorville and Red Rock reservoirs avert more than $11 million in flood damages

During the recent heavy rainfall events in the Des Moines River basin, Saylorville Lake’s and Lake Red Rock’s outflows were regulated to help reduce river levels and minimize flooding from Des Moines, Iowa, to Hannibal, Mo., on the Mississippi River. The operation of the Lakes prevented more than $11 million in additional flood damages to downstream areas.
Published: 6/19/2013

ST. PAUL DISTRICT - Corps and Diversion Authority to host landowner meeting on proposed Fargo-Moorhead diversion project design updates

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, in cooperation with the Flood Diversion Board of Authority, will host a meeting June 26 to update potentially affected landowners within the project’s northern reaches 1-3 of the Fargo, N.D./Moorhead, Minn., Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Plan.
Published: 6/19/2013

VICKSBURG DISTRICT - Open Carry Law for Guns Prohibited on Corps Property

The Mississippi Legislature passed House Bill 2, which allows any person in Mississippi who is legally allowed to carry a gun the right to openly carry the gun without a permit. The law goes into effect on 1 July 2013, but possessing a firearm on Corps of Engineers property is prohibited by federal regulation.
Published: 6/18/2013

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Mississippi Valley Division Awards Day

The Mississippi Valley Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, held its annual awards ceremony June 13, 2013.
Published: 6/13/2013

Burcham becomes first female General Officer on the Mississippi River Commission

Brigadier General Margaret W. Burcham was officially appointed as a member of the Mississippi River Commission by President Barack Obama May 28, 2013. Burcham is the first female general officer to be appointed to the commission.
Published: 6/5/2013

Whiplash weather patterns testing Mississippi Valley Division’s flexibility, responsiveness

Major General John Peabody, Commander of the Mississippi Valley Division and President of the Mississippi River Commission, describes water as “the perfect engine of destruction. If it finds a weak spot in your defenses, it will attack that weakness relentlessly.”
Published: 4/26/2013
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Students explore nature at the Audubon Center at Riverlands in West Alton, Mo.
Legislators and other dignitaries mingle atop a giant map of the Mississippi River during the announcement of the first-ever Mississippi River Caucus.
DNA potentially seeps into water from a dead silver carp on a barge.
May 11-19, 2013 - The Mississippi River Commission (Maj. Gen. John Peabody, commission president, Hon. Sam Angel, Hon. R.D. James and Hon. Norma Jean Mattei, Ph.D., commission members, attended), along with key individuals from The Nature Conservancy/Great Rivers Partnership, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center/University of Illinois, Engineer Research and Development Center staff and USAID representative conducted a very successful exchange with the Mekong River Commission. In May 2010, the Mississippi River Commission and the Mekong River Commission signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create the first partnership agreement between the two entities.
May 23, 2013 – Group photo taken at the New Orleans District’s change of command ceremony. Bottom row (left to right): Col. Ed Fleming (New Orleans District outgoing commander), Edward Belk (Miss. Valley Division Programs Director), Maj. Gen. John Peabody (Miss. Valley Division Commander), Rex Ostrander (Miss. Valley Division Regional Business Director) and Col. Vernie Reichling (Memphis District Commander). Top row (left to right): Lt. Col. Aaron Wolf (St. Louis District Deputy Commander), Judy DesHarnais (St. Paul District Deputy for Programs and Project Management), Gary Meden (Rock Island District Deputy for Programs and Project Management) and Col. Jeff Eckstein (Vicksburg District Commander).
April 29 - Major General John W. Peabody inspects the Bonnet Carre Spillway structure, getting a first-hand look of how the historic structure is operated. (Photo by the New Orleans District PAO)
Local residents of Meredosia, Illinois help fill sandbags to shore up the levee during flood fighting efforts. (Photo by MVD Public Affairs)
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn (left) and Major General John W. Peabody, Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Valley Division, answer questions during a press conference April 22 in Meredosia, Ill. Gen. Peabody and his staff were in the state for two days to survey and assess damage from Illinois and Mississippi Rivers flooding.
Seven barges rest against the Marseilles Dam, Marseilles, Ill., after the motor vessel Dale A. Heller lost control of its tow on April 18, due to strong river currents from heavy rainfall. The Coast Guard reports no injuries, pollution or breaches in the dam or nearby levees. The Corps assessed the structural damage to the gates and found the dam to be sound and there are no public safety concerns.
The Mississippi River Commission (MRC) conducted its annual high-water inspection trip on the Mississippi River April 8-12, 2013. Pictured are MRC members and Mississippi Valley Division staff departing the Motor Vessel MISSISSIPPI, which docked at City Front in Vicksburg, Mississippi on April 10. After departing, MRC members met at the MRC/MVD building for a tour and meeting. (Photo by Alfred Dulaney)
The Motor Vessel Roberta Tabor locks through Lock and Dam 2 in Hastings, Minn., April 8. The tow was the first to break through the ice at Lake Pepin on the Mississippi River and arrive in St. Paul, Minn. Traditionally, the first tow to break through the ice marks the unofficial start to the navigation season for the Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District. (Photo by Patrick Moes)
The Mississippi River Commission will conduct its annual high-water inspection trip on the Mississippi River April 8-12, 2013.
Maj. Gen. John W. Peabody conducted a town hall meeting March 14 aboard the Motor Vessel MISSISSIPPI while it was docked at the Ensley Engineer Yard in Memphis. During the meeting, he answered district employees’ questions concerning the future of the Memphis District.
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