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New Tools:
  • new New Educational Primers on Nonpoint Source Pollution


  • Recent Events:
  • Short Course: Managing and Understanding Sediments in Your Watershed, July 24-25, 2012. (Contact Jim Selegean for more information.)


  • Workshop: Monitoring Michigan Streams for Sediment, August 2-3, 2012. (Contact Jim Selegean for more information.)


  • Visit our Resources page for additional nonpoint source and sediment related materials.

     

     

    Managing and Understanding Sediments in Your Watershed

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District

    Great Lakes Hydraulics and Hydrology Office

    11-12 January 2011

    Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

    Environmental and Maintenance Services Center (EMSC)

    Cuyahoga Heights, OH

     

    11 January - CLASSROOM

    Introduction (2.9 mb) - Jim Selegean, USACE – Detroit District

    The Role of Sediment in a Stream: The Good and the Bad (5.5 mb) - Missy Kropfreiter, USACE – Detroit District

    Sources of Sediment (8.0mb) - Jim Selegean, USACE – Detroit District

    Monitoring for Sediment (6.2 mb) - Cyndi Rachol, USGS - Lansing

        

    Web-based Tools for Soil Erosion Assessment/Management:

    •  Part I (10.2 mb) - Glenn O'Neil, Michigan State University
    •  Part II (7.0 mb) - Bernie Engel, Purdue University

    Understanding and Quantifying Bank Erosion (4.2 mb) - Calvin Creech, USACE - Detroit District

    Advanced Tools (5.4 mb) - Jim Selegean, USACE - Detroit District

    12 January – CLASSROOM

    Sediment Prevention / Stabilization Methods:

    Riparian Zone Mitigation (22.0 mb) - Rich Fischer, USACE - ERDC

     

    In-Stream Mitigation (25.0 mb) - Dave Derrick, USACE – ERDC

     

    Sediment Loads to Lake Erie (1.4 mb) - Pete Richards, Heidelberg University

    Fundamentals of Construction Site Pollution Prevention (8.2 mb) - Lisa Vavro, Cuyahoga SWCD

    NRCS Programs for Soil Conservation (2.0 mb) - Al Bonnis, NRCS

     

    GL Basin Program for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control (0.2 mb) - Gary Overmier, Great Lakes Commission (program website)     

    (NPS educational slides - demo)

    Corps Technical Assistance Programs - WOTS/DOTS - Tony Friona, USACE - ERDC (no slides available)

    Sediment in History (2.1 mb) - Jim Selegean, USACE - Detroit District

     

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    Additional sessions are being planned for other areas in the Great Lakes Basin. Check back soon for more information!

     

     

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