In 2008, the stakeholders of the Lower Columbia Solutions Group signed a Declaration of Cooperation to collaboratively develop a comprehensive Regional Sediment Management Plan for the long-term implementation of a beneficial use approach to dredging activities on the lower Columbia River. After four years of work dedicated to drafting this plan–and over ten years of collaborative deliberation on sediment management more generally–the Mouth of the Columbia River Regional Sediment Management Plan (MCRRSMP) was signed into support for implementation by the stakeholders in January 2012. These final documents (the plan and associated Declaration of Cooperation) can be found on the MCR Regional Sediment Management Plan page. Materials below include planning documents and progress reports developed in the process of creating the final MCRRSMP, as well as a few resulting from the early stages of implementing the plan.
The overarching goals of the ongoing regional sediment management planning are to:
- Keep sand in the littoral zone;
- Help protect the jetties;
- Avoid creating additional risks for navigational safety;
- Not adversely affect important biological species.
Project Documents
2008 Regional Sediment Management Declaration of Cooperation
MCR RSMP Ground Rules and Expectations
Progress Reports and Presentations
2012.6.18 MCR RSMP Progress Report
2011.7.8 MCR RSMP Presentation
2011.7.8 USACE Presentation, MCR RSMP
2010.10.22 MCR RSMP Progress Report
2010.10.22 USACE MCR Update Presentation
2010.5.4 MCR RSMP Progress Report
2009.3.5 MCR RSMP Progress Report
2008.10.10 MCR RSMP Progress Report
2008.5.1 MCR RSMP Progress Report
2007.11.29 MCR RSMP Progress Report
Policy Sub-Committee Materials
RSMP Policy Sub-Committee Operating Principles
2008.10.21 RSMP Policy Committee Meeting Notes
Lower Columbia Solutions Group 