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Army Corps Flood 2008 news

Army Corps closes locks in Illinois and Missouri due to high water.
Reopened: Lock 12 at Bellevue, Iowa, Lock 13 in Clinton, Iowa, and Lock 14 in Pleasant Valley, Iowa.

Corps map of levee status (Quad Cities downstream) Levees overtopped

USGS Flood 2008 Links

Mississippi River bridge at Winona, Minn., reopens to cars June 14 MNDOT Winona bridge page

New Refuge Rules (pdf)

Hennepin County closes Lowry Avenue Bridge April 25, 2008.

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Upper Mississippi environmental news and commentary from Grist