1. US Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District 2012 Training Volunteer Sediment Monitoring Corps & 2-Day Introductory Sediment Course Sediment Strong !

2. US Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District • We need long-term data sets to track changes in sediment • Problems with assessing the stream response to BMPs: • Improvements in the stream are slow to reveal themselves • It is even longer before a benefit it seen at our navigation channels

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4. US Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District Volunteer Sediment Monitoring Corps • The monitoring program would establish long-term monitoring stations throughout the Great Lakes to measure: • Changes in X-section (aggradation/degredation of the bed, lateral migration, changes in w:d ratio) • Changes in the longitudinal profile (pool depth, pool-pool spacing, riffle to riffle spacing, changes in bed and water surface slope) • Changes in bed gradation (using the Wolman pebble count, the gradation of the bed can be quantified and tracked over time

5. US Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District Volunteer Sediment Monitoring Corps • Workshop (2-3 Aug 2012): • 2-day training class for volunteer groups and NGOs in Roscommon County • Part classroom instruction • Part field instruction • Future workshops: • One training session in each of the 8 Great Lakes states, with maybe a second in those with many watersheds such as Wisconsin and Michigan

6. US Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District Volunteer Sediment Monitoring Corps • Workshop Costs • 1st workshop $40k • 2nd – nth workshop $25k • Archive yearly data $10k/yr ? • (maybe find a partner to do this task) • Optional tasks • Produce annual report summarizing data collected ($10k) • Detailed analysis of data every 5-10 years ($20k)

7. US Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District Other Training • Intro to Sediment Workshop (24-25 July 2012) • Two-day workshops in Duluth • (Similar to those in Buffalo, Detroit, Milwaukee and Cleveland) • Attendees with learn about: • Sediment production and delivery • The importance and problems of sediment • Tools available to help manage sediment • Local programs available to help manage sediment • Stream-bank and riparian restoration techniques for sediment reduction

8. US Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District Questions? Contact: Dr. Jim Selegean, P.E., P.H. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District Great Lakes Hydraulics and Hydrology Office 477 Michigan Ave Detroit, MI 48226 313.226.6791 james.p.selegean@usace.army.mil

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