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Incorporating engineered oyster reefs into dredged material management Tyler Ortego, MS PE ORA Estuaries & Wayfarer Environmental Technologies.

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1 Incorporating engineered oyster reefs into dredged material management Tyler Ortego, MS PE ORA Estuaries & Wayfarer Environmental Technologies

2 “Integrating Dredging and Dredged Material Reuse with Environmental Restoration”

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4 http://www.deepeningportofhouston.com/downloads/POHDW_Env_Assess.pdf

5 Do more with less

6 Old School Do more with more http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/prj/westbay/photos/Hydraulic-cutterhead-dredge.gif

7 Do more with less

8 Achieve engineering objectives plus environmental/regulatory objective with one feature

9 The Oyster

10 Reef habitat Oyster brood stock Recreational fishing Water quality Shoreline protection Stabilize dredged material Oyster harvest Sequester carbon(?)

11 The Oyster Berrigan et al. (1991)

12 The Oyster

13 Engineered Oyster Reefs

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16 Do more with less Solve multiple objectives at once

17 Future work

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19 Some Resources

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