The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District hosted the National Regional Sediment Management (RSM) Program In-Progress review and workshop at the Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel in Mobile, Ala., May 15 through May 17.
The purpose of the in-progress review and meeting was to bring together the RSM community to review and share the progress on the current year RSM projects.
Linda Lillycrop, program manager RSM Program, said the meeting and workshop were highly successful.
“The workshop was a great success with participants from across USACE sharing insights on how the RSM Principles and Practices are implemented in different regions of the nation,” said Lillycrop. “The sharing of challenges and lessons learned also assisted participants in addressing similar challenges in their region.”
USACE first implemented RSM in 1999 and Lillycrop was a member of the original USACE RSM team when RSM was established in the Mobile District. She became program manager of the National RSM Program in 2009.
Mobile was selected to host this year’s event to highlight the Mobile District’s accomplishments since the implementation of RSM.
It was also chosen because this will be Lillycrop’s last workshop as she will be retiring later this year.
“My last workshop was fantastic and bittersweet,” Lillycrop said. “RSM has been my passion since the USACE implemented the program. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with RSMers in all the regions across the USACE.”
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