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Great Lakes Coastal Infrastructure Scoping Workshop

October 10-11, 2007
Canal Park Lodge
Duluth, Minnesota
Workshop focuses on aging coastal infrastructure in the Great Lakes

Wednesday,
October 10

Opening, introductions, objectives (PDF): Dave Knight, Great Lakes Commission and Linda Sorn, USACE Chicago District

Session 1: Climate change models and projected impacts for the Great Lakes basin

Session 2: Great Lakes Coastal protection infrastructure: inventory, conditions, maintenance status and related policy

Thursday, October 11

Session 3: Stakeholders’ perspectives

  • The States (PDF): Larry Kieck, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
  • Coastal municipalities: Allen Hansen, City of Petoskey, Michigan
  • Commercial ports (PDF): Eric Hirsimaki, Cleveland Cuyahoga County Port Authority
  • Recreational Boaters/Marinas: Workshop participants from this stakeholder group

Session 4: Facilitated discussion on strategies, actions

Lunch: Overview of accelerated erosion in Duluth-Superior harbor: Chad Scott, AMI Consulting Engineers

Optional field trip: Twin Ports harbor infrastructure




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