Navigation – Recreation – Wildlife Mitigation Management of Sediment Post-Hurricane – Beneficial Uses of Dredged Material

Navigation – Recreation – Wildlife Mitigation OVERVIEW Primary Purpose: To introduce the Disposal Area Management Application (DAMA). What is it? DAMA is a business tool developed to improve and modernize the business process of managing disposal areas on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. So, what? The same decision making criteria can be applied to managing sediment after a hurricane, including the beneficial use of dredged material. Primary Purpose: To introduce the Disposal Area Management Application (DAMA). What is it? DAMA is a business tool developed to improve and modernize the business process of managing disposal areas on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. So, what? The same decision making criteria can be applied to managing sediment after a hurricane, including the beneficial use of dredged material.

Navigation – Recreation – Wildlife Mitigation TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY 234 Mile Inland Waterway Project located in northeastern Mississippi and west- central Alabama Fully operational since 1985 Primary Project Purposes: Navigation Recreation Wildlife Mitigation 234 Mile Inland Waterway Project located in northeastern Mississippi and west- central Alabama Fully operational since 1985 Primary Project Purposes: Navigation Recreation Wildlife Mitigation

Navigation – Recreation – Wildlife Mitigation DISPOSAL AREA MANAGEMENT Management of the Physical Components Stewardship Responsibilities Management of Contracts Beneficial Use Agreements Management of the Physical Components Stewardship Responsibilities Management of Contracts Beneficial Use Agreements

Navigation – Recreation – Wildlife Mitigation PHYSICAL COMPONENTS Volume Requirements and Capacity Ancillary Elements Volume Requirements and Capacity Ancillary Elements

Navigation – Recreation – Wildlife Mitigation STEWARDSHIP Natural Resources Cultural Resources Environmental Challenges Recreation Natural Resources Cultural Resources Environmental Challenges Recreation

Navigation – Recreation – Wildlife Mitigation CONTRACTS DREDGING CONTRACTS MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS

Navigation – Recreation – Wildlife Mitigation BENEFICIAL USE

Navigation – Recreation – Wildlife Mitigation QUESTIONS Teresa Parks, Programmer Teresa Parks, Programmer Tony Palmer, GIS Manager Tony Palmer, GIS Manager