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Dredging in the Great Lakes Region What's New | General Resources | Publications | Related Resources 
What's New Dredging begins: Stimulus money used to dredge harbor deeper than usual Ludington Daily News (6/25) The bottom of Michigan's Ludington harbor will soon be deeper than it’s been in years after the current dredging project ends. The $1.3 million project started this week and is expected to last until late July. Great Lakes study's lack of clarity muddies issue of water levels Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/20) The Great Lakes’ water levels are threatened by a warming globe and, some argue, by closed-door decisions being made by leaders of a study that many conservationists say is plagued by a lack of transparency. Cobourg explores purchase of harbour-dredging equipment Northumberland News (6/17) Just as in many Lake Ontario harbours, accumulation and build-up of silt and sediment is an ongoing problem in Cobourg. The city is examining a long-term solution to ensure the harbour is maintained at an acceptable depth for marina use. COMMENTARY: Great Lakes funds should address silt dredging, dumping The Toledo Blade (6/14) Officials across the region have complained about open-lake disposal of silt dredged from the Toledo shipping channel since at least the mid-1980s. So have scientists. Monroe harbor dredging to begin soon The Monroe Evening News (6/8) Within the next two weeks, a contractor working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expected to begin dredging the River Raisin navigation channel from Lake Erie to the Port of Monroe turning basin. Senator urges Corps to fund dredging of channel Watertown Daily Times (6/7) Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is calling on federal officials to support the dredging of the Port of Ogdensburg.
General Resources Coastal Engineering Advisory Services Program University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute The programs goals are to develop a method for more precise, cost-effective measurement of the areas of contaminated sediment and to provide an improved, more accurate method to evaluate the risk to coastal properties from high water and storms. Dredging Projects U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Great Lakes Regional Headquarters This site explains the dredging process and links to sites with more Great Lakes dredging information. Environmental Dredging U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Great Lakes Regional Headquarters Contaminated sediments have been dredged for environmental remediation at more than 30 Great Lakes sites. (Section 312 of WRDA 1990, as amended.) Great Lakes Dredging Team The GLDT is a partnership of federal and state agencies created to assure that the dredging throughout the Great Lakes is conducted in a timely and cost-effective manner while meeting environmental protection, restoration and enhancement goals. Great Lakes Tributary Modeling Program A cooperative initiative of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Great Lakes Regional Headquarters) and the Great Lakes Commission to develop sediment transport models for tributaries to the Great Lakes that discharge to federal navigation channels or Areas of Concern.
Publications Dredging and the Great Lakes Great Lakes Commission and Great Lakes Dredging Team A booklet published in October 1999 that highlights issues such as the beneficial use of dredged material, the role of sedimentation, the dredging connection with commercial navigation and the citizen's role in the dredging process. Great Lakes Dredged Material Testing & Evaluation Manual U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) A regional testing manual for evaluating potential impacts of contaminants from dredged material proposed for discharge to the Great Lakes, connecting channels and tributaries.
Related Resources GLIN: Agencies and Organizations, Maritime GLIN: Contaminated Sediments in the Great Lakes Region GLIN: Ecosytem Management in the Great Lakes Region GLIN: Maritime in the Great Lakes Region | |
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