DredgeFest!

[Tim Hwang]

Hey BAIO:

Our friends at the Dredge Research Collective are bringing DredgeFest, their annual celebration of sediment engineering, to San Francisco June 13-19!

The event has two components - a week of workshops and - most interesting for our purposes - a series of tours to major dredging sites around the Bay on 6/18 and 6/19. In their words:

The Bay-Delta system is a complex network of human generated terrain and vital habitat. As sea levels begin to rise, and the sediment pulse begun during the Gold Rush wanes, the future of the region is at question. Hard questions are ahead for the best way to adapt to these changes. Can we move quickly enough to develop new ecologies and living landscapes or is the future going to consist of drowned marshes and armored shores?

It is in this context that we will explore the remarkable practices of sediment management and the ecological, commercial, and industrial uses of these landscapes. We will visit a variety of locations where sediments are being sculpted to build new and experimental landscapes.

More details on the tours available here, and tickets are available here. 

-Tim