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sand bar area between the J2 return and Kearney (aided by LiDAR mapping and 1D or 2D <br />modeling) <br />F. Study to determine the movement of sediment in the central Platte River <br />III. River Plan Form Research and Management Protocol <br />• use LiDAR mapping and aerial photos from the Protocol for Aerial Photography and <br />airborne terrestrial LiDAR <br />• use channel form data from the Geomorphic Monitoring Protocol <br />A. Study relation between number of channels, topography and plan form <br />(already begun, nearly complete) (aided by LiDAR mapping, could include 2D <br />modeling) <br />B. Study relation of braiding index to plan form <br />C. Study relation of braiding index to channel width and channel width-to-depth ratio <br />(could include 2D modeling)- <br />D. Study relation of sand bar area to plan form (aided by LiDAR mapping and sand bar <br />2D, or 3D, modeling) <br />D. Analyze, design, and assess the experimental treatment, consolidating flows, to create <br />braided river in anastomosed reaches and increase in the main channel: width-to-depth ratio, <br />sand bar area, and width (aided by LiDAR mapping and 1 D and 2D modeling). <br />E. Analyze, design, and assess the experimental treatment, cutting banks and lowering <br />islands, to widen braided river (aided by 1D and 2D modeling) <br />F. Analyze, design, and assess the experimental treatment: mechanical creation of sand <br />bar nesting areas in RIVER for tern and plover in the river <br />G. Analyze, design, and assess the experimental treatment: mechanical creation of sand <br />nesting areas in sand PIT for tern and plover [not a river geomorphic study but included here to <br />be comprehensive] <br />H. Design and assess a comparison of experimental treatments: existing braided river <br />sand bars (control), mechanical creation of sand bars in the river, mechanical creation of nesting <br />in sand pits, and braided river sand bars enhanced by pulse flows: for increasing tern and plover <br />nesting habitat <br />1. Analyze, design, and assess the experimental treatment: vegetation removal by <br />disking and its effects on sediment transport and cross section width to depth ratio. <br />Page 3 of 3 Draft.Iuly 2, 2007