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EXPERIENCE (continued) <br />Snake River habitat improvement river assessment. Vatentine, Nebraska. 2004 <br />Snake River habitat improvement river assessment, Addendum. Valentine, Nebraska. 2005 <br />Snake River habitat improvement - implementation 2005 - present <br />Geomorphic, hydrologic, and biological assessments were performed on 0.6 mile stretch of the Snake <br />River for a private landowner, Dr. J. Patrick Stout, MD. Of particular interest was the impact of the <br />operational hydrology of Merritt Reservoir on seasonal discharges, sediment inputs and transport, bed <br />and bank stability, riparian vegetation, and water temperature and how these factors influenced the <br />wild trout fishery in the 14 miles of river below Merritt Reservoir dam to its confluence with the <br />Niobrara River. The purpose of these assessments were to evaluate the current condition of the river <br />reach and the adjacent uplands, provide recommendations for potential improvements, and provide an <br />objective analysis of the operational hydrology of Merritt Dam on discharge/summer stream <br />temperature relationships downstream of the dam and on how that influences the fishery. Both <br />documents were submitted by the landowner to the US Bureau of Reclamation for the Ainsworth <br />Irrigation District Draft Environmental Assessment evaluating potential title transfer of the dam. <br />Eventually, the title transfer was denied and the operational hydrology of the dam was changed to <br />include recreation/fishery flows in the Snake River and minimum pool volumes in Merritt Reservoir. I <br />continue to work with Dr. Stout implementing the recommendations made in the documents for <br />improving instream, riparian, and upland habitat. <br />2004 Assessment/Document: <br />Primary Contractor: Williams & Associates, LLC. <br />Sub-Contractor: Blue Mountain Consultants <br />2005 AssessmendDocument and all subsequent work: <br />Blue Mountain Consultants <br />Contact: <br />Dr. J. Patrick Stout, MD <br />2670 Whispering Terrace <br />Colorado Springs, CO 80917-3634 <br />(719) 550-0580 Ph <br />PRRIP - Geomorphic Monitoring 13 of 20 Blue Mountain Consultants