ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Army Corps of Engineers is spending $1 million on tribal shoreline restoration on the Minnesota River and on Big Sand Lake in Wisconsin. Nick Castellane, the Corps’ tribal partnership manager. said the projects will protect tribal cultural heritage. The projects:
> Granite Falls, Minnesota: $680,000 for riverbank stabilization with the Upper Sioux Pezihutazizi Oyate.
> Morton, Minnesota: $246,000 for riverbank stabilization with the Lower Sioux.
> Hertel, Wisconsin: $122,000 for for shoreline protection on Bog Shell Lake with the St. Croix Chippewa.