FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $347,000 contract for bank stabilization of the Mississippi River at Wilds Bend near Fountain City. Wilds Bend is a temporary site for dredged material that is subject to being carried away by high water. The contract went to LS Marine, of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. The contract calls for riprap vanes to prevent further erosion. The work will begin next fall, followed by establishing vegetation, such as willow cuttings, to prevent erosion.
Wilds Bend. The Army Corps is concerned that a shore dump for dredged river muck could be washed back in the river by erosion.