1. Sustainable Management of Sediment Rafael Calderon Gulf of Mexico Program The Nature Conservancy USACOE-TNC New Orleans, LA. October, 2009

2. Dredge and Spoil Management

3. Large Watershed Approach

4. Sediment and Ecosystem Health Sediment Ecosystem Health

5. Ecosystem Health & Biodiversity

6. Healthy Ecosystems Economic Activities - Hunting - Recreational Fishing - Commercial Fishing - Recreational Boating - Bird Watching - Tourism

7. Sustainable Management or Not 2020 Marsh Loss (freshwater & Sediment) Barrier Island Loss (sediments) Hypoxia (nutrients)

8. Partnership Development Priority Setting 1. Joint Regional Planning

9. 2. Large Scale Modeling Wetland Restoration Sediment Budgets & Sources Sediment Dynamics Sea Level Rise Climate Change

10. 3. Ecosystem Management

11. Habitat/System Restoration

12. Shoreline Protection & Stabilization

13. Marsh and Wetland Restoration

14. Barrier Island Restoration and Conservation

15. Southwestern Division Mississippi Valley Division South Atlantic Division Cross Jurisdictional Cooperation

16. Dead Zone

17. THANK YOU