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National Park Service museum technician Sheila Oberreuter walks along coir logs that were put in place two seasons ago to provide temporary protection from erosion Friday, September 13, 2024 in the Sny Magill unit of Effigy Mounds National Monument along the Mississippi River near Harper’s Ferry, Iowa. The logs are filled with coconut fiber and are biodegradable. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is drafting a plan to protect the from erosion by constructing a nearly 2,000-foot linear rock berm along the shore to protect the site.There are more than 200 known prehistoric mounds, constructed between 2,500 and 700 years ago, within Effigy Mounds National Monument.
Mark Hoffman
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Sny Magill Unit of Effigy Mounds National Monument, near Clayton, Iowa, contains one of the densest collections of ceremonial and burial mounds still existing in North America. But the river has significantly eroded the bank they're built on, eating away at some of the mounds at the water's edge. A multimillion-dollar bank stabilization project proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could protect them.
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