Program Meeting - May 2012

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Great Lakes Sedimentation Workshop

May 30-31, 2012

Kensington Court Ann Arbor

610 Hilton Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI 48108

734-761-7800

(All times EST)

Day 1 - Wednesday, May 30th

1:00 p.m. Welcome, Introductions and Meeting Objectives - Tom Crane,

GLC

1:10 p.m. Update on Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Nearshore Health

and NPS Focus Area Priorities (5.2 mb) - Elizabeth Hinchey Malloy,

USEPA

1:30 p.m. GLRI-Supported Nearshore Health and NPS Programmatic

Updates: Identifying Greatest Challenges and Unmet Needs

from an Ecosystem Perspective

   • USACE (0.1 mb) - Jan Miller

   • USDA-NRCS (5.3 mb) -Tom Krapf

   • USDA-FS - Ivich Fraser

   • CILER / NOAA-GLERL (1.9 mb) - Eric Anderson

   • USGS (1.8 mb) - Norm Grannemann

2:45 p.m. Break

3:00 p.m. Breakout 1: How can these areas be enhanced to support

nearshore health and NPS pollution priorities?

   • Information and Outreach

   • Web-based Tools and Modeling

   • Special Studies

4:00 p.m. Repeat of Breakout 1: How can these areas be enhanced to

support nearshore health and NPS pollution priorities?

   • Information and Outreach

   • Web-based Tools and Modeling

   • Special Studies

5:00 p.m. Adjourn

Day 2 - Thursday, May 31st

8:15 a.m. Recap from Day 1 / Breakout Group Reports

   • Information and Outreach (0.1 mb) - Tom Crane,

     GLC

   • Web-based Tools and Modeling - David Bucaro,

     USACE - Chicago

   • Special Studies - Jim Selegean, USACE -

     Detroit

9:15 a.m. District Updates - Detroit

   • Great Lakes Bank Erosion Curves (2.0 mb) - Jim             Selegean, USACE-Detroit

   • Dam Capacity Study (4.2 mb) - Dr. Carol Miller,

     Wayne State Univ.

   • Knowlton Creek (2.6 mb) - Travis Dahl, USACE-

     Detroit

   • Jordan River (3.0 mb) - Travis Dahl, USACE-Detroit

10:20 a.m. Break

10:35 a.m. District Updates - Chicago

   • Waukegan River (1.3 mb) - David Bucaro, USACE-

     Chicago

   • Calumet River (1.8 mb) - Sara Brodzinsky, USACE-

     Chicago

10:35 a.m. District Updates - Buffalo

   • Canaseraga Creek (10.2 mb) - Mike Baker, USACE-

     Buffalo

   • Tiffin River (3.7 mb) - Todd Redder, LimnoTech

   • Maumee River Sedimentation Project (4.3 mb) -

     Joe DePinto, LimnoTech

11:50 a.m. Lunch

12:45 p.m. Partner Progress Reports and Reactions to Breakout Group

Reports

   • Web-based Model Development: Forested Land

     Uses (0.9 mb) - Bill Elliot, USDA-FS

   • Web-based Model Development: Agricultural Land

     Uses (2.2 mb) - Glenn O'Neil, MSU-IWR

   • Web-based Model Development: Urban Land Uses

     (7.8 mb) - Bernie Engel, Purdue Univ.

1:45 p.m. Group Discussion of Breakout Group Reports: Next Steps

• Identifying New Priorities in the NPS Area

2:30 p.m. Break

2:45 p.m. Old Business

   • Update on Training Plans (0.3 mb) - Jim Selegean,

     USACE-Detroit

   • Coordination Opportunities with LaMPs - Tony

     Friona, USACE-ERDC

3:15 p.m. New Business - Jan Miller, USACE

3:30 p.m. Closing Thoughts and Adjournment