Managing and Understanding Sediments in Your Watershed

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District

Great Lakes Hydraulics and Hydrology Office

20-21 October 2008

Oakland County, MI

20 October - CLASSROOM

Introduction (2.0 mb) - Jim Selegean, USACE – Detroit District

Sediment: The good and the bad (0.9 mb) - Sarah Miller, USACE – Research and Development Center

Sources of sediment (7.9 mb) - Jim Selegean, USACE – Detroit District

Monitoring for sediment (4.8 mb) - Cyndi Rachol, USGS

Web-based tools for soil erosion assessment/management:

Part I (6.6 mb) - Jon Bartholic, MSU

Part II (3.9 mb) - Bernie Engel, Purdue Univ.

Ditch-sediment management tool (1.7 mb) - Travis Dahl, USACE – Detroit District

 

Advanced tools (3.9 mb) - Jim Selegean, USACE – Detroit District

21 October – CLASSROOM

Sediment Prevention/Stabilization Methods:

Riparian zone mitigation (24.7 mb) - Rich Fischer, USACE - ERDC

In-stream mitigation (14.1 mb) - Meg Jonas, USACE - ERDC

Urban and construction BMPs for sediment (0.4 mb) - Rick Devisch, Oakland County

Soil and water conservation district programs (2.8 mb) - Jay Blair, NRCS

GL Basin Program for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control (0.1 mb) - Michael Schneider, Great Lakes Commission (program website)

Restoration case study (4.9 mb) - Rob Myllyoja, Hubbell, Roth & Clark

21 October - FIELD VISITS (Contact Jim Selegean for more information)

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