A number of specific task activities being conducted in 2000 are now complete and the full task reports are available in the LMPDS Document Clearinghouse. Summaries of these tasks can be found by clicking the links below, and include:

• Mapping of shore protection and boating structures in drowned river mouth areas of Lake Michigan;
• GIS reattribution of open coast shore classification and recession rate data in 5 counties;
• Land use / land cover change analysis for a portion of the Wisconsin shoreline,
• Land Use Trend Analysis and Predictions in the Prototype Counties
• Update and Assessment of Landuse and Shoreline Management Practices
• An Assessment of Alternative Land Use Management Practices
• Completion of the Flood and Erosion Prediction System and Its Application to the 5 Prototype Counties
• Value Engineering study of maintenance and repair costs to Lake Michigan harbor structures under various water level scenarios
• Assessment of changes in cost ("avoided costs") of shore protection due to changes in design elevations under various water level scenarios
• An assessment of the impacts on shore protection structures of changes in water levels
• A preliminary evaluation of low water and erosion damages for the 5 Prototype Counties
• An assessment of water level impacts on the recreational boating and charter fishing industry.

LMPDS Study Team Welcomes New Consultants

The LMPDS Study Team is pleased to welcome Woolpert LLP of Dayton, Ohio - an award winning multi-disciplinary planning and engineering company - and Earth Data International of High Point, North Carolina - a leader in the airborne imaging, mapping, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) profession - to the LMPDS Study. Woolpert and Earthdata (and their teams of sub-consultants) will provide a range of GIS, mapping, air photo and database services to the Detroit District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, much of which will be in support of the Lake Michigan Potential Damages Study.

Study Update Workshops held July 25-27

The LMPDs Study Team held two Study Update Workshops this past July to update agency personnel and interested public on the status of the study. A focus of these meetings was the discussion of the implications of extreme water levels on coastal processes, planning policy and management, effectiveness of shoreline structures, and coastal hazard management. The first workshop was held in Zeeland, Michigan on July 25, 2000 at the Zeeland Community Center. Approximately 50 people were in attendance.

The second workshop was held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 27, 2000 at the University of Wisconsin, Great Lakes Water Institute. Approximately 40 people were in attendance and were provided with similar updates on 2000 activities, but with a focus on Ozaukee, Sheboygan, and Manitowoc counties in Wisconsin.

Presentations made at these workshops are available in the Presentations section.

Final 1999 Progress Reports Now Available
A Final Progress Report on 1999 activities within the LMPDS is now available for download at the LMPDS Document Clearinghouse.

Updated Plan of Study Available
An updated Plan of Study is now available on the LMPDS Document Clearinghouse. It is updated as of April 2001.

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