Sediment Reduction: Correlating BMP Installation with Ecological Improvement in the Great Lakes
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding requires recipients to track progress. In the nonpoint section two pollutants are being tracked: Sediment and Phosphorus. Monitoring each BMP installation is too expensive and requires long time periods to be scientifically accurate. The alternative is to calculate surrogates to direct measurements. The problem with surrogates is there are no standard protocols and sometimes no protocols at all. This training discussion session is to delve into alternative methodologies to estimate sediment reductions for BMP installations.
Presentations
- Introduction
- Web-based GIS application of WEPP
- Estimating sediment loadings with remote sensing
- Tracking GLRI 319 sediment load reduction
Short Course: Managing and Understanding Sediments in Your Watershed
This workshop was created for professionals responsible for managing sediment in rivers and watersheds. Sediment is a leading source of pollution to our waterways, impacting water quality, aquatic habitat, recreational opportunities and aesthetic conditions. You will learn about where sediment comes from, the impact it has on aquatic resources, and methods and tools for assessing, monitoring, and managing sediment in your river system.
Agendas
- July 24-25, 2012 – Duluth, MN
- January 11-12, 2011 – Cleveland, OH
- February 23-24, 2010 – Milwaukee, WI
- December 8-9, 2009 – Buffalo, NY
- October 20-21, 2008 – Oakland County, MI
Presentations
- Introduction
- Sediment: The Good and the Bad
- Sources of sediment
- Monitoring for sediment
- Web-based tools for soil erosion assessment/management
- Ditch-sediment management tool
- Advanced tools
- Riparian zone mitigation
- In-stream mitigation
- Urban and construction BMPs for sediment
- Soil and water conservation district programs
- Great Lakes Basin Program for soil erosion and sediment control
- Channel stability tool
- Sediment fingerprinting
- Sediment loads to Lake Erie
- Fundamentals of construction site pollution prevention
- Sediment in history
Interpreting the Sedimentary Record: Theory and Field Methods
This week-long, advanced course on sedimentation in the Great Lakes basin was created for professionals responsible for managing sediment in rivers and watersheds. Sediment is a leading source of pollution to our waterways, impacting water quality, aquatic habitat, recreational opportunities and aesthetic conditions. You will learn about the different types of sediment and how to identify and interpret them in the field, sediment dating and sampling methods, and the use of vegetation and other field tools to glean information about managing sediment in your river system.
Agendas
Presentations
- Introduction
- Identification of glacial sediment
- Fluvial overview
- Fluvial environments and features
- Fluvial – soils
- Reconstructing alluvial and lacustrine sediment environments
- Sediment budgets
- Sediment tracers
- Quantifying bed sediment
- Dendrochronology
- Introduction to the coastal depositional system
- Identification of coastal facies
- Coastal sequences
- Chronostratigraphic techniques
Volunteer Sediment Monitoring Workshop
Sediment is a leading source of pollution to our waterways, impacting water quality, aquatic habitat, recreational opportunities and aesthetic conditions. This two-day workshop is suitable for professionals responsible for managing sediment in rivers and watersheds as well as for volunteer organizations who have an interest in monitoring sediment in their adopted streams. The workshop will include a mix of classroom and field sessions. You will learn about sediment and river features, how to monitor changes in a river channel over time through basic surveying and pebble counts, and how to map and document your observations for later analysis.
Agendas
- August 13-14, 2014 – Rochester, NY
- September 25-26, 2013 – Green Bay, WI
- August 2-3, 2012 – Roscommon, MI
Presentations
- Introduction
- Sediment and river features
- Surveying basics
- Survey X-Sections and Longitudinal profiles
- Measuring bed gradation with a pebble count
- Map and documentation
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