Corps Awards $5.2 Million Contract to Improve Conway Lake

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District, awarded a $5.2 million contract to Kaiyuh Services, LLC, of Anchorage, Alaska, July 18, to begin constructing a habitat restoration project in Conway Lake, near Lansing, Iowa.

The completed project will restore lost and diminished fish and wildlife habitat. A majority of the construction will include creating floodplain forests and berms to restore and improve the habitat within the river. Dredging will be part of the project. Construction is expected to begin in spring 2019 with anticipated completion by the end of fall 2020.

This project is funded under authority of the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Environmental Management Program, which ensures the coordinated development and enhancement of the Upper Mississippi River system with primary emphasis on habitat restoration projects and resource monitoring. The Corps partners on this project include the Iowa and Wisconsin Departments of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

In the 29-year history of the program, more than 55 habitat projects benefiting approximately 100,000 acres on the Upper Mississippi River, from Minneapolis to St. Louis, have been completed.