2. A backhoe offloads dredge materials from a barge at the Edward Kraemer and Sons site on the lower Minnesota River, just upstream of the I-35 bridge.

3. The backhoe deposits the dredge materials on shore ...

4. ... and gets ready for another scoop.

5. Yes, it's a great place for making mud pies when the slurry of river silt and dirt plus water is bulldozed up the bank.

6. In short order, grass establishes itself on the offloaded dredge material at Kraemer's.

7. Here material is being put ashore just off Peterson's Bar, the cut that may demand most frequent dredging over the years. 

8. This dredging operations is at the Harvest States private slip just off the lower Minn.

9. A Harvest States barge full of grain puts out to the main channel after dredging has made the way clear.