Building sandbars in Grand Canyon

Boatman's Quarterly Review
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Abstract

Now, by implementing a new strategy that calls for repeated releases of large volumes of water from the dam, the U.S. Department of the Interior seeks to increase the size and number of these sandbars. Three years into the “High Flow Experiment” protocol, the releases appear to be achieving the desired effect. Many sandbars have increased in size following each controlled flood and the cumulative results of the first three releases suggests that sandbar declines may be reversed if controlled floods can be implemented frequently enough.
Publication type Newsletter
Publication Subtype Newsletter
Title Building sandbars in Grand Canyon
Series title Boatman's Quarterly Review
Volume 28
Issue 4
Year Published 2015
Language English
Publisher Grand Canyon River Guides
Contributing office(s) California Water Science Center, Southwest Biological Science Center
Description 5 p.
First page 18
Last page 22
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