GLIN==> Western Lake Superior Channel Stability Tool Presentation

Contact: Travis Dahl, (313) 226-3398, Travis.A.Dahl at usace.army.mil

Western Lake Superior Channel Stability Tool Presentation
Date: 		Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Time: 		1:00 - 3:00 pm
Location: 	Minnesota PCA Conference Room
		525 S. Lake Ave, #400
		Duluth, MN 55802

Over the last year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Detroit
District has developed a stand-alone Channel Stability Tool that
can be used by local stakeholders to design maintained channels in
clay soils, with the goal of limiting bank failures, erosion, and
sediment delivery to rivers and streams and, subsequently, to Lake
Superior.  The project was made possible by funding under the
Great Lakes Tributary Modeling Program, which is a joint
initiative between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Great Lakes
Region) and the Great Lakes states. 

The Corps of Engineers Detroit District will host a technical
workshop on October 18, 2011, to introduce this new tool that can
be used to estimate the stability of maintained channels and
ditches in clay soils. The tool incorporates the effects of
cohesive soils, vegetation, and hydraulic scour.  Representatives
from the Corps of Engineers Detroit District will be demonstrating
this tool and soliciting feedback on the user interface in order
to ensure that the final product is useful to stakeholders. The
final version of this tool, incorporating suggestions gathered
during the October 18th meeting, will be released later this fall.

The workshop will be held at the Minnesota Pollution Control
Offices, located at 525 S. Lake Ave, #400, Duluth, MN 55802, from
1:00 - 3:00 pm. Organizations interested in learning to use the
Channel Stability Tool and providing constructive feedback are
invited to participate in this technical workshop. 

If you are unable to attend and would like additional information,
please contact: 

Travis Dahl, PE
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Phone:  (313) 226-3398
Email:  Travis.A.Dahl at usace.army.mil

The objective of the Great Lakes Tributary Modeling Program is to
develop tools for watershed planning that are readily usable by
stakeholders who make decisions about soil conservation and
non-point pollution prevention measures, and by other stakeholders
who might support these activities. By supporting state and local
measures that will reduce the loading of sediments and pollutants
to tributaries, this work is helping to reduce the need for-and
costs of-navigation dredging, while promoting actions to delist
Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOCs). 

Feel free to forward this meeting notice to others who may be
interested. We look forward to seeing you on the 18th!

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The above meeting announcement is being forwarded to you by the
Great Lakes Commission as part of the Great Lakes Tributary
Modeling Program. The Great Lakes Commission
<http://glc.org/index.html>  provides technical and administrative
support to the Corps of Engineers in the implementation of this
important initiative, as directed by Section 516(e) of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1996
<http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/imo/Iss/mgt_info_sec/library/pl1043
03.pdf> . The Commission helps to facilitate the Corps'
coordination with the Great Lakes states and the Great Lakes Basin
Program for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
<http://glc.org/basin/> , a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant
program for soil conservation that is managed by the Commission.

For more information on this program, visit www.glc.org/tributary
or contact: 

Michael Schneider
Great Lakes Commission
2805 S. Industrial Hwy, Suite 100
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-6791
Ph: (734) 971-9135
Email: michaels at glc.org

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Michael H.Schneider
Program Specialist
Great Lakes Commission
Eisenhower Corporate Park
2805 South Industrial Hwy.
Suite # 100
Ann Arbor, MI  48104-6791
Phone: 734-971-9135 ex. 129
Fax: 734-971-9150 
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