Over 60 participants attended the 2019 Great Lakes Regional Sediment Management Workshop to listen to presentations covering agricultural, urban, and coastal programs and projects managing sediment and nutrient pollution in support of GLRI Action Plan 3.
Presentations
GLRI Action Plan 3: Updates from EPA
Managing Nonpoint Source Runoff Part 1: Effectiveness of agricultural practices
- GLRI Edge of Field Monitoring, Matt Komiskey, USGS
- EOF Research in Ohio, Kevin King, ARS Ohio
- Please note, all data presented is preliminary unless otherwise indicated on the slide. No slides should be used in future presentations without permission.
- Phosphorus removal structures as a tool for reducing dissolved phosphorus losses, Chad Penn, ARS Indiana
- Researching the Effectiveness of Agricultural Programs, Victoria Pebbles, GLC & Robyn Wilson, OSU
Part 2: Role of in stream storage and legacy sources
- The chronic loss of legacy phosphorus to surface waters: source and hydrology, Chad Penn, ARS Indiana
- Stream corridor sources of suspended sediment and P in the Fox and Maumee Basins, Tanja Williamson, USGS
- Nutrient cycling and hot spots in river systems, Lynn Bartsch, USGS
- P optimal wetlands and soil phosphorus storage capacity, Jacob Berkowitz, USACE-ERDC
Part 3: Effectiveness of urban stormwater practices
- USGS Stormwater Research in the Great Lakes: Sources, Sinks, and Solutions, William Selbig, USGS
- Calculating the infiltration value of restored floodplains, Faith Fitzpatrick, USGS
- Improving confidence in stormwater practices: the Stormwater Testing and Evaluation for Products and Practices (STEPP) Initiative, Seth Brown, WEF (Water Environment Federation) Senior Advisor
Strategically targeting projects and engaging communities in planning
- Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF) tool and use in rural watershed engagement, Mark Tomer, ARS Iowa and Lisa Duriancik, USDA-NRCS
- Tipping Point Planner, Kara Salazar, Illinois – Indiana Sea Grant & Purdue University Extension
- GLRI Forest cover planning using iTree, Sheela Johnson, USDA Forest Service
- USACE -using Planning Assistance to States and Environmental Infrastructure authorities to prioritize GI projects, David Bucaro USACE
- The Great Lakes Stormwater Collaborative, Anne Vaara, Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner
Habitat and Restoration
- Sandusky Bay Project, Scudder Mackey, Ohio DNR and David Emerman, Ohio EPA
- The Kenosha Dunes REHAB project; an innovative approach to shoreline and habitat protection. Jim Killian, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
- Habitat Restoration at Cat Island: A success story, Betsy Galbraith and Gary Van Vreede, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Coastal Systems
- Sediment Delivery to the Coastal Zone and Offshore Losses – Uncertainty in the Sediment Budget, Jim Selegean, USACE-Detroit
- Great Lakes Sediment Budget, Weston Cross, USACE-Buffalo
- Development of a Hardened Shorelines Classification for the Great Lakes, Brandon Krumwiede, CSS Inc on contract to NOAA Office for Coastal Management
- Coastal resiliency, David Bucaro, USACE-Chicago
