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Dredging and beneficial use workshop

Welcome to the Resource Page for the September 2026 Beneficial use workshop. Below you will find all the supporting materials created from this training. 

Agenda

Learning Objectives: 

• Increase participant understanding of dredging and beneficial use (BU) fundamentals.
• Demonstrate real-world BU project implementation through field visits and case studies.
• Highlight ecological and economic co-benefits of BU while equipping local planners with permitting pathways and funding opportunities.
• Foster collaboration to promote regional-scale sediment management planning and provide practical tools to support future projects.

Presentations:

• Dredging and Beneficial Use Workshop Welcome Deck.pdf
  
• Dredging and Beneficial Use Workshop Run Of Show Deck.pdf
  
• BU 101 MD and DNR Resources by MCavey.pdf
  
• BU 101 Scale, Precedents, and Partners by IHametz.pdf
  
• BU 101 Sediment Characterization by PDerrick.pdf
  
• Case Study AnchorQEA by JRieger.pdf
  
• Case Study BayLand by CRager and EMazur.pdf
  
• The Playbook MCavey.pdf

Speaker Bios