Friday, May 4, 2007
Clark Building, 5th Floor
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Workshop sponsors
Woods Hole Sea Grant and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension
Additional support provided by
Woods Hole Oceanographic Instituition Coastal Ocean Institute
Agenda — Registration — Directions — Lodging — Workshop Planning Committee
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome: Judy McDowell, Director, Woods Hole Sea Grant, and Bill Clark, Director, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension |
| 8:45 a.m. | Present Status and Future of Massachusetts Beaches: Jim O'Connell, Woods Hole Sea Grant and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension |
| Beach Nourishment: General | |
| 9:05 a.m. | Beach Nourishment Overview and Engineering Design Consideration: Kirk Bosma, Woods Hole Group |
| 9:25 a.m. | Sediment Sources and Compatibility Issues: Inland, Offshore, Channel Dredging/Over Dredging, and Inlet By-passing: John Ramsey, Applied Coastal |
| 9:45 a.m. | Questions/Comments |
| Environmental/Resource Issues: Beach Nourishment and Sediment Sources | |
| 9:55 a.m | Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Wetlands Program: Jim Mahala |
| 10:10 a.m. | Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries: Paul Diodati |
| 10:25 a.m. | National Marine Fisheries Service: Louis Chiarella |
| 10:40 a.m. | Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Endangered Species Program: Scott Melvin |
| 10:55 a.m. | Questions/Comments |
| Public/Private Partnerships for Beach Nourishment Planning in Massachusetts | |
| 11:05 a.m. | Chapter 91 Public Easements: Andrea Langhauser, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Waterways Program |
| 11:20 a.m. | Operation and Maintenance: Mark Habel, Army Corps of Engineers, New England Division |
| 11:35 a.m. | Questions/Comments |
| 11:45 a.m. | Lunch |
| Beach Nourishment Case Examples: Massachusetts | |
| A. Public Projects | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Revere Beach, Revere: John Winkleman, Army Corps of Engineers, New England Division |
| 12:45 p.m. | Winthrop Beach, Winthrop: Joe Orfant, Massachusetts Division of Conservation and Recreation |
| 1:00 p.m. | Long Beach, Plymouth: Sean Kelly, Applied Coastal, and David Gould, Town of Plymouth |
| 1:15 p.m. | Questions/Comments |
| B. Private Projects | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Dead Neck, Osterville (Barnstable): John Ramsey, Applied Coastal, and Lindsey Counsell, Three Bays Preservation |
| 1:45 p.m. | Long Beach, Centerville (Barnstable): Leslie Fields, Woods Hole Group |
| 2:00 p.m. | Sconset Beach, Nantucket: Les Smith, Epsilon Associates |
| 2:15 p.m. | Questions/Comments |
| Public/Private Partnerships for Beach Nourishment and Beneficial Re-use of Dredged Material | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Barnstable County Dredge Program: Wayne Jaedtke, Program Manager |
| 2:45 p.m. | Privately Funded Public Dredging and Nourishment, Harwich: Lee Weishar, Woods Hole Group |
| 3:00 p.m. | Use of a Feeder Beach for Downdrift Nourishment at Cockle Cove Beach, Chatham: Ted Keon, Coastal Resources Director, Town of Chatham |
| 3:15 p.m. | Questions/Comments |
| Beach Nourishment and Funding in New Jersey and Delaware | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Beach Nourishment and Funding in New Jersey: Tom Herrington, New Jersey Sea Grant and Steven Institute of Technology |
| 3:50 p.m. | Beach Nourishment and Funding in Delaware: Tony Pratt, Delaware Department of Natural Resources, Shoreline, Waterways Management Section |
| 4:10 p.m. | Questions/Comments |
| 4:20 p.m. | Open Discussion and Suggestions for Further Research and Study: Jim O'Connell (Facilitator) |
NOTE: Workshop is now full and has a lengthy waiting list. Proceedings will be available by late summer.
To register, please send the following information:
along with a check for $35 (made payable to "WHOI") to:
Beach Nourishment
Cape Cod Cooperative Extension
P.O. Box 367
Barnstable, MA 02632
Be sure to Register Early! Registration deadline is April 20, 2007.
Sorry, credit cards cannot be accepted.
You will receive an e-mail confirmation of your registration. Registration fee includes lunch, refreshments throughout the day, and workshop proceedings (the workshop will be verbatim recorded and proceedings produced).
Questions should be addressed to Jim O'Connell at 508-289-2993 or joconnell@whoi.edu.
The workshop will be held on the 5th floor of the Clark Building located on WHOI's Quissett Campus. Download directions here (PDF).
If you're planning on staying over before or after the workshop, WHOI's Conference Services office offers suggestions for local accommodations - click here.
Workshop Planning Committee Members