UPCOMING EVENTS: Please join us for our 2022 Informational Webinar, Wednesday February 09, 2022, from 10 AM - noon EDT | 9 AM - 11 AM CDT

• This webinar will focus on the best management practices for addressing turbidity during aquatic placement of dredged material. Click here to see the Agenda and login information.

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 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