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Lake Superior Watershed Ditch and Culvert Design Workshop


When: Wednesday, March 6, 2013- 9:00 AM-4: 30 PM and Thursday, March 7, 2013- 8:00 AM-12: 30 PM 
Where: EPA Mid Continent Ecology Division, 6201 Congdon Blvd., Duluth, MN, 55804

This Workshop will provide training to public and private sector professionals on how to plan, install, and maintain road culverts and ditches that are safe, resilient, long-term solutions. 

Workshop Description:

This workshop will focus upon on ditch and culvert design in the Lake Superior Watershed that will; minimize hydrologic impacts, system failure/subsequent erosion, and maximize cost effective installation, and maintenance. 


Attendees will learn how to analyze, plan, construct, and maintain runoff management systems that reduce hydrologic impacts and erosion that degrade surface water in the Lake Superior Watershed. 

The workshop will be 1.5 days long covering: 
  • Watershed and stream system physical and biological processes and functions.
  •  Runoff hydrology
  •  The impacts of ditches and culverts on hydrology and stream systems
  •  Case studies of failed ditches, culverts, and bridges
  •  Permitting
  •  Proper planning and design of ditches, culverts, and bridges to minimize on and off site impacts.

Who Should Attend
  • Private Contractors, Foresters, Loggers, and Developers 
  • City, township, and county employees and officials
  • MN and WI DNR – Hydrologists, Parks, Fisheries and Forestry
  • NGO workers involved in planning and installing roads
  • Federal personnel who plan and install roads

“Loggers who attend the training (both days) will receive 12 hours of MLEP credit”
The workshop has been approved for 10.0 hours Category 1-CF, SAF CFE credit and has been entered into SAF’s online calendar

Registration fee before February 27th is $30. 
Registration fee after February 27th is $60. 
Register early, space is limited and filling up.
Registration includes lunch on day one and refreshments. 

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Registration is through Eventbrite click on the logo below.

For additional information on the event, or information on available scholarships go to LRCD "Contact Us", and call Paul Sandstrom or send a message at the online contact site.
Eventbrite - Lake Superior Watershed Ditch and Culvert Design Workshop
Workshop Planning: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources, Minnesota Sea Grant, and Laurentian Resource Conservation and Development Council
“This Project was funded in part by the Coastal Zone Management Act, NOAA’s Office of Ocean and Coastal Resources Management, In cooperation with Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program.”