The Great Lakes Dredging Team hosts meetings on a regular basis, including an annual meeting. Please browse the links below to learn more about past GLDT meetings and events.
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GREAT LAKES DREDGING TEAM INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR: April 3, 2024 - Virtual
GREAT LAKES DREDGING TEAM MEETING: SEPTEMBER 6-7, 2023, SAULT STE. MARIE, MI
- Agenda
- State and Regional Agency Updates - Dredging, Dredged Material Management, and related projects | Multiple authors
- Federal Agency Updates - Dredging, Dredged Material Management, and related projects | USACE and Coast Guard
- Great Lakes Commission Update | Tom Crane, Great Lakes Dredging Team
- Why Does Dredging Matter? | Eric Peace, Lake Carrier's Association and Steve Fisher, American Great Lakes Ports Associations
- 2023 Navigation Budget Update | Marie Strum, USACE Detroit
- Beneficial Use Testing Manual | Karen Keil, USACE ERDC
- Application of Existing Tools to Systematically Identify Nearshore Placement Sites for Beneficial Use of Navigation Sediments | Jen Miller, USACE ERDC
- Panel Discussion: What cooperative efforts would be needed to demonstrate or develop pilot projects for beneficially using fine grained dredged material? | Multiple authors
- Achieving the USACE's "70% beneficial use by 2030" goal: Opportunities for Cost Sharing | Joshua Feldman, USACE Buffalo
- Dredged Material Preliminary Assessment process: St. Marys River as a case study | Esther Johnson, USACE Detroit
- Introduction to the Soo Locks and Construction Update with Q&A | LeighAnn Ryckeghem, USACE Detroit
GREAT LAKES DREDGING TEAM INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR: MARCH 16, 2023 - VIRTUAL
GREAT LAKES DREDGING TEAM MEETING: SEPTEMBER 14-15, 2022, MILWAUKEE, WI
GREAT LAKES DREDGING TEAM INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR: FEBRUARY 9, 2022
GREAT LAKES DREDGING TEAM ANNUAL MEETING: OCTOBER 5, 2021 - VIRTUAL
- Agenda
- Exploring Science-Based Strategies for Environmental Dredging Windows in Lake Michigan | Tom Crane, Great Lakes Commission
- Great Lakes Dredging Team WRDA 2020 Section 125 Beneficial Use | Jase Ousley and Kate Groth, USACE HQ
- Great Lakes Navigation Update | Marie Strum, USACE Detroit
- Great Lakes Legacy Act Remediation | Meaghan Kern, GLNPO
- Lake Carriers' Association 2021 Navigation Season | Eric Peace, Lake Carriers' Association
- Minnesota Point Beach Nourishment Lessons Learned for Beneficial Use | Melissa Bosman, USACE Detroit
- Minnesota Point Beach Nourishment MPCA's Perspectives and Lessons Learned | Anna Hotz, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- Opportunities for Public Input During Permit Process | Jim Killian, Wisconsin DNR
- Seed Bank Characterization of Dredged Sediment from Lorain and Duluth Harbors | Michael Habberfield, USACE Buffalo and Catherine Thomas, ERDC
GREAT LAKES DREDGING TEAM INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR AND SEMIANNUAL MEETING: FEBRUARY 26, 2021
- Agenda
- CDF History and Dredge Material Management Plans – How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going? | Jennifer Miller, USACE Chicago
- Rehabilitating for the Future – Expanding the Chicago Area CDF | Mike Padilla and Alex Hoxsie, USACE Chicago
- Development of the Milwaukee Harbor Dredged Material Disposal Facility 2008 – 2011 | Jim Killian, WDNR
- Constructing a New DMDF | Scott Inman, WDNR
- Sediment Management and Beneficial Use at Erie Pier | Jeff Stollenwerk, Port of Duluth; Jon Imbrunone, USACE Detroit
- GeoPools for Sediment Dewatering | Kathryn Golden, City of Lorain, OH; Corry Platt, Coldwater Consulting
- FY21 Budget Update | Marie Strum, USACE Detroit
GREAT LAKES DREDGING TEAM INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR: NOVEMBER 17, 2020
GREAT LAKES DREDGING TEAM 2020 INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR: SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
GREAT LAKES DREDGING TEAM 2020 INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR AND SPRING BUSINESS MEETING: JUNE 3, 2020
GREAT LAKES DREDGING TEAM ANNUAL MEETING: JUNE 10-11, 2019 – BUFFALO, NY
- Agenda
- Meeting Summary
- Ashland Superfund Site | Brian Hinrichs, Foth Infrastructure & Environment
- Beneficial Use Opportunities – Lessons Learned in Duluth/Superior | Dan Breneman, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- Buffalo Outer Harbor | Mark Wendel, Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation
- Environmental Evaluation and Management of Dredged Material for Beneficial Use: A Draft Regional Manual for the Great Lakes | Karen Keil, USACE Buffalo
- Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency | Kaitlyn McClain, USACE Chicago
- Great Lakes Deep Draft Navigational Dredging from an Operator’s Perspective | Kevin McMonagle, American Steamship Company
- Great Lakes Dredging Team update | Tom Crane, GLC
- Great Lakes Navigation Update | Marie Strum, USACE Detroit
- Ohio Lake Erie Dredged Material Program – 2019 Update | Scudder Mackey, Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources
- Treatment – Expanding Dredged Material Management Alternatives | Paul Schroeder and Bobby McComas, USACE ERDC
- Unity Island 204 Project: Beneficial Use of Dredged Material to Restore Wetland Habitat in the Upper Niagara River, Buffalo, NY | Andrew Hannes, USACE Buffalo