DOER FY14 – BU-ADMM: A Decision Support Tool for Beneficial Use
Development of a decision support tool that identifies then ranks potential beneficial use dredged material placement sites by utilizing data sources, landscape evolution, and hydrodynamic, sediment transport, and ecological processes.
POC: Candice D. Piercy
DOER FY15 – Technology for Measuring Thin Sedimentation
Methods and data collection protocols developed to quantify small-scale, dredge-induced bed elevation changes in sensitive habitats where small amounts of sedimentation or erosion are required to quantify to identify risk.
POC: Matthew B. Taylor, Anthony M. Priestas
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DOER FY16 – Quantification of DM Layer Thickness over Time as Applied to TLP Wetland Nourishment Projects
Guidance that incorporates soil, water, and vegetation interactions, and subsequent impacts on placement density, plant compression, and evapotranspiration induces settlement into the Primary consolidation, Secondary compression, and Desiccation of Dredged Fill (PSDDF) model for use in marsh restoration projects using thin layer placement of dredged material.
POC: Susan E. Bailey
Fact Sheet
Bailey, S. E., Tyler, Z. J., and Welp, T. L. (2017). “Application of laboratory and modeling tools to design thin layer placement projects for marsh nourishment,” Proceedings of The Dredging Summit & Expo ‘17, Western Dredging Association, Vancouver, BC, June 26-29, 2017. https://www.westerndredging.org/phocadownload/2017_Vancouver/Proceedings/2a_3.pdf
DOER FY16 – Innovative Capping for Navigation Channels
Technical guidance for the evaluation, design, and implementation of mobile caps for navigation regions with or without amendments.
POC: Carlos E. Ruiz, Joe Z. Gailani
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DOER FY16 – Predicting Marsh Response to Dredged Material Placement
Tool to predict short and long term responses of ecosystems to episodic sediment events such as thin layer placement in marsh environments by adding capabilities to the Marsh Equilibrium Model.
POC: Candice D. Piercy
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DOER FY19 – Evaluate Strategic and Direct Placement to Feed Mudflats and Marshes
Monitor direct and strategic placement sites to demonstrate proper construction techniques and document the procedures required to support the policy decision process for obtaining approval for direct and strategic placement.
POC: Joe Z. Gailani
Fact Sheet
DOER FY17 – Sediment Accretion in Thin Layer Placement (TLP) Marshes
Develop protocols for applying Gamma spectroscopy for measuring sediment accretion at thin layer placement sites.
POC: Brandon M. Boyd
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TN: Quantifying Sediment Accumulation and Accretion using 210Pb and 137Cs https://erdc-library.erdc.dren.mil/xmlui/handle/11681/27146
DOER FY17 – Guidance for Wetland Thin Layer Placement (TLP) of Fine and Coarse Grained Sediment
Synthesize knowledge from past, current, and ongoing thin layer placement research and development activities to provide guidance on planning, permitting, design, construction, and maintenance of thin layer placement projects.
POCs: Candice D. Piercy, Timothy L. Welp
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DOER FY17 – Sustainable Use of Dredged Material to Facilitate Contaminated Sediment Source Control
Identification of critical biophysical parameters governing the use of clean dredged material to stabilize and isolate contaminant sediment sources and the engineering requirements for successful and cost effective implementation.
POC: David W. Moore
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DOER FY19 – Modeling TLP for Project Design Optimization by Minimizing Confinement
Investigate shallow water placement of dredged material using minimal confinement, evaluate the effectiveness of lower cost, less intrusive confinement approaches, and provide guidance to optimize confinement requirements for thin layer placement projects.
POC: Donald F. Hayes
Fact Sheet
DOER FY19 – Adapting Consolidation Modeling to Optimize TLP Project Design and Ecosystem Services Returns
Summary: Application of the Primary consolidation, Secondary compression, and Desiccation of Dredged Fill (PSDDF) model to calculate dredged material settlement over time to optimize design elevation(s) to facilitate maintenance of sustainable wetlands through thin layer placement of dredged material.
POC: Susan E. Bailey, Zachary J. Tyler
Fact Sheet
Bailey, S. E., Tyler, Z. J., and Welp, T. L. (2017). “Application of laboratory and modeling tools to design thin layer placement projects for marsh nourishment,” Proceedings of The Dredging Summit & Expo ‘17, Western Dredging Association, Vancouver, BC, June 26-29, 2017. https://www.westerndredging.org/phocadownload/2017_Vancouver/Proceedings/2a_3.pdf
Tyler, Z. and Bailey, S. 2019. Laboratory investigation of factors impacting coastal marsh consolidation after nourishment. The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2019 Conference, May 27-31, 2019, Tampa/St. Pete, FL.
https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789811204487_0077
DOER FY19 – A Framework for Systematic Wetland Beneficial Use of Dredged Sediments
Tool for identification of well-aligned maintenance dredging and wetland restoration projects centered on the potential for beneficial use of dredged material to support intertidal habitats based on dredged sediment resources, dredging economics, sediment, wave, and marsh processes, and sea level rise.
POC: Candice D. Piercy, Joe Z. Gailani
Fact Sheet
EMRRP FY15 – Restoring and Sustaining Ecological Function in Coastal Marshes Affected by Sea Level Rise – Current Practice, Management Alternatives and Guidance Development
Technical framework to delineate environmental considerations relevant to restoration of salt marshes for the purpose of offsetting effects of sea level rise based on reviewed literature and field monitoring.
POC: Elizabeth O. Murray, Damarys Acevedo-Mackey
Fact Sheet
VanZomeren, C. M., E. O. Murray, D. Acevedo-Mackey. 2019. Marsh Assessment and Restoration Implementation at Three Salt Marshes in Response to Relative Sea Level Rise: A Report from Webinars and Supplemental Findings. EMRRP Technical Notes Collection ERDC/TN EMRRP-EBA-23 Vicksburg, MS: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/1069314.pdf
Berkowitz, J.F., C.M. VanZomeren, C.D. Piercy, J.R. White. 2018. Evaluation of coastal wetland properties in a degrading marsh. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.07.021.
VanZomeren, C.M., J.F. Berkowitz, C.D. Piercy, J.R. White. Restoring a degraded marsh using thin layer sediment placement: Short term effects on soil physical and biogeochemical properties. Ecological Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.05.012.
Berkowitz, J.F., C.M. VanZomeren, C.D. Piercy. 2017. Marsh restoration using thin layer sediment addition: Initial soil evaluation. Wetland Science and Practice. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318238801_Marsh_restoration_using_thin_layer_sediment_addition_Initial_soil_evaluation
Christine M. VanZomeren, Damarys Acevedo-Mackey, Elizabeth Murray, and Trudy Estes (2019). Maintaining Salt Marshes in the Face of Sea Level Rise – Review of Literature and Techniques. ERDC/EL SR-19-4, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi. https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/1075958.pdf
Berkowitz, J. C., VanZomeren, C. Piercy, J. White (2018) “Evaluation of Coastal Wetland Soil Properties in a Degrading Marsh”, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (ECSS), Volume 212, 15 November 2018, Pages 311-317.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027277141730728X/pdfft?md5=aca45c7ce347a02b6c5e6747648399d3&pid=1-s2.0-S027277141730728X-main.pdf
M. Thorne, and C. M. Freeman (2017) “Thin-layer Sediment Application Pilot Project at Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge: Elevation Change Analysis” Unpublished Data Summary Report. U. S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Vallejo, CA. 92pp. (Non-Corps Publication for field study supported by USACE leveraging funds and technical expertise)
EWN FY13 – 21st Avenue West Living Shoreline (Duluth/Superior Harbor)
Cost-effective engineering methods for shallow-water placement of dredged material that maximize habitat restoration.
POC: Joseph P. Krietinger
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