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 MEETING: SEPTEMBER 14-15, 2022, MILWAUKEE, WI

• Agenda
• Establishment and Lodging Information
• ERDC Updates | Karen Keil, ERDC
• The Great Lakes Legacy Act: A History of Progress and a Historic Opportunity | USEPA and GLNPO
• Small Harbors and Coastal Communities Update | Tom Crane, Great Lakes Commission
• Section 125 of WRDA 2020 | Kate Skelton and Jase Ousley, USACE HQ
• SandSnap - Citizen at the Beach | Jennifer Miller, USACE Chicago
• Wisconsin's Great Lakes Area of Concern | WDNR
• Port Milwaukee Overview | Adam Tindall-Schlicht, Port of Milwaukee
• Great Lakes Navigation Update | Marie Strum, USACE Detroit
• Milwaukee Estuary of Concern | Scott Inman, WDNR
• Improving Aquatic Placement Practices for Beneficial Use of Dredged Material in the Great Lakes | ERDC
• Restrictions on Dredging Activities BUI Removal Criteria | Summary Table
• Dredged Material Management After the Dredging Restrictions BUI Has Been Removed from Areas of Concern | Karen Keil
• Dredged Material Management After Removal of the Restriction on Navigational Dredging Activities Beneficial Use Impairment in Ohio's Ashtabula River and Black River | Vanessa Steigerwald Dick, Ohio EPA
• Buffalo River Area of Concern - Restriction on Dredging Activities BUI | David Clarke, NYSDEC
• Dredged Material Management Facility | MMSD
• Great Lakes Dredging Team Agency Updates | Multiple Authors

 GREAT LAKES DREDGING TEAM INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR: FEBRUARY 9, 2022

• Webinar Recording
• Agenda
• Best Management Practices for Addressing Turbidity During Aquatic Placement of Dredged Material | Anna Hotz and Kevin Molloy, Minnesota MPCA
• Great Lakes Dredging Team: Turbidity | Sarah Szabo, Wisconsin DNR
• Addressing Lake Erie Water Clarity: BMPs for Turbidity and Placement of Dredged Material | Anna Kamnyev, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
• From the Field: Developing Best Management Practices for Turbidity in Construction of Dredged Material Placement | Esther Johnson and Dan Wiesner, USACE
• Principles of Turbidity Controls | Paul Schroeder, Engineer Research and Development Center

 GREAT LAKES DREDGING TEAM ANNUAL MEETING: OCTOBER 5, 2021 - VIRTUAL

• Webinar Recording

• 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

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• 2020 Informational Webinar, Opening Remarks and Presentation by the Technical Committee | Tom Crane, GLC; Karen Keil, USACE Buffalo; Dan Breneman, Minnesota PCA
• Evaluation of Dredged Sediment for Aquatic Placement: Interpreting Contaminant Bioaccumulation | Andrew McQueen, USACE ERDC

 GREAT LAKES DREDGING TEAM 2020 INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR: SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

• Agenda
• 2020 Informational Webinar, Opening Remarks and Update from the Technical Committee | Dave Knight, GLC; Karen Keil, USACE Buffalo
• Environmental Evaluation and Management of Dredged Material for Beneficial Use: A Regional Manual for the Great Lakes Update on Status and Path Forward | Karen Keil, USACE Buffalo District
• Fate and Effects of Microcystin in Nearshore and Upland Environments | Andrew McQueen, USACE ERDC
• Assessing the Effects of Lake Dredged Sediments on Soil Health: Agricultural and Environmental Implications | Dr. Angélica Vázquez-Ortega, Bowling Green State University

 GREAT LAKES DREDGING TEAM 2020 INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR AND SPRING BUSINESS MEETING: JUNE 3, 2020

• Agenda
• Updating the International Great Lakes Datum and Low Water Datum | John Allis and Cynthia Jarema, USACE Detroit
• Great Lakes Water Levels, Water Level Forecast for 2020 | Keith Kompoltowicz, USACE Detroit
• Great Lakes Navigation Update, 2020 Great Lakes Dredging Program | Marie Strum, USACE Detroit

 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

The presentations below highlight material from events that occurred between 2011 - 2018.

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 2018

• Implementation of Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Projects int the Great Lakes, Engineering with Nature | Burton Suedel, USACE ERDC; Amanda Meyer, USACE Detroit; Dan Breneman, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; Scudder Mackey, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
• Beneficial Use Opportunities in the St. Louis River Estuary | Dan Breneman, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• Beneficial Use of Dredged Material in Detroit District | Amanda Meyer, USACE
• Ohio Beneficial Use Projects – An Update | Scudder Mackey, Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources
• Assessing the Physical Effects of Dredge Plumes on Aquatic Organisms – A Need for Science-based Solutions | Burton Suedel, Ph.D., ERDC
• Regional Sediment Management & Nearshore Placement Techniques in Southern Lake Michigan | Katherine Brutsché, Ph.D., David Arnold, Brian McFall, Honghai Li, USACE, ERDC – Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory; Erin Maloney, David Bucaro, USACE Chicago
• Alternatives to Open-Lake Disposal in Lake Erie | David Emerman, Ohio EPA
• Environmental Evaluation and Management of Dredged Material for Beneficial Use: A Regional Manual for the Great Lakes | Karen Keil, USACE Buffalo
• USACE Efforts to Promote Beneficial Use of Dredged Material in the Great Lakes Region | Karen Keil, USACE Buffalo
• Healthy Port Futures | Sean Burkholder and Brian Davis
• Great Lakes Navigation Update | Marie Strum, USACE Detroit

 2017

• The Future of Dredged Material Management in the Great Lakes and the Partnerships it Requires | John Hull, Hull and Associates; Ted Smith, Marine Tech LLC
• Creative Financing: Implementing the St. Louis River Area of Concern Remedial Action Plan in Minnesota | Nelson French and Dan Breneman, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• Perspectives on the Beneficial Use of Dredged Materials for Habitat Restoration Projects for Duluth/Superior Harbor | Joseph Kreitinger, ERDC

 2016

• Working with the Federal Standard in Planning Beneficial Uses of Dredged Material | Brian Ross, EPA Region 9

 2015

• Environmental Windows Research Update: Smallmouth Bass Studies | Burton Suedel and Justin Wilkens, USACE ERDC; Scott Pickard, USACE Buffalo; Hal Harrington, USACE Detroit 
• Cat Island Chain Restoration Project | Dean Haen, Director of Brown County Port and Resource Recovery Department
• Cat Island Restoration | Steve Check, USACE

 2014

• USACE Report: Influence of Open-Lake Placement of Dredged Material on Western Lake Erie Harmful Algal Blooms | Joe DePinto, USACE Buffalo; Ed Verhamme, LimnoTech
• Framing the Issues: Laws, Regulations and Policies | Jan Miller, USACE
• Environmental Risks Associated with Open Water Placement of Dredged Material in the Great Lakes – A Literature Review and Synthesis | Burton Suedel and Joe Kreitinger, USACE ERDC

 Prior to 2014

• Green Bay Harbor Cat Island Dredged Material Placement Facility | Bowman, USACE Detroit
• Recent Dredging Studies Relevant to Environmental Windows | Doug Clarke, USACE ERDC