This report summarizes the presentations and discussions at the Regional Gravel Initiative Workshop at the South Slough National Estuarine Reserve, Charleston, Oregon (November 30–December 1, 2009). The Workshop was designed and conducted by the Institute for Natural Resources (INR) and Oregon Sea Grant (Sea Grant) on behalf of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL), and the Oregon Concrete and Aggregate Producers Association to support and further the work of the Regional Gravel Initiative (RGI). The Workshop centered on a USGS report presented by Dr. Jim O’Connor and two scientific panels. The geomorphology panel was composed of Dr. Brian Cluer (NMFS), Dr. Pete Klingeman (OSU Department of Civil Engineering), Chris Lidstone (Lidstone and Associates) and Dr. Desiree Tullos (OSU Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering). The biological panel was composed of Todd Confer (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife), Dennis Halligan (Stillwater Sciences), Jim Waldvogel (Sea Grant), and Chuck Wheeler (NMFS).

Authors: 
Preparers: G. Achterman, A. Ewing, & M. Kleibacker
How to Order : 

Available only online from the National Sea Grant Library

Product Number: 
ORESU-W-09-001
Year of Publication: 
2010
Length: 
27 pp.
Size and Format: 
Online, 8 1/2 x 11