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Background study on the environmental impacts of barge fleeting

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Background materials were compiled to determine what is currently known about barge fleeting on the Upper Mississippi River System. Background materials included available literature, contacts with professionals, permit information, regulatory statutes and a review of current aerial photography. Field investigations were conducted in an attempt to examine most of the fleeting areas on the Upper Mississippi and the Illinois rivers. Method of anchoring barges, distance to shore, water depths, substrate and shoreline composition, erosion, and any tree damage were noted. Fleeting areas were all located close to terminals. Barges were moored as close to the shore as water depths permitted. Trees were most often used for moorage in the Rock [...]

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Report by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Rock Island Field Office, Rock Island, Illinois, for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Environmental Management Technical Center, Onalaska, Wisconsin

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