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. . Thunder Ranch, 2005 Thunder Ranch wetland, Breach 3 (no other breaches were sampled at Thunder Ranch in 2005), entrained the largest number of beads of any wetland over the 2005 sampling period. Flow volume entrained and the number of beads captured was positively correlated with Green River flow levels (Table 5, Figure 12) such that the largest number of beads and the highest percentage of beads entrained occurred at the highest flow sampled. Beads entrained per volume of water in the river followed this similar pattern, although beads entrained per volume of water entrained did not. At the lowest flow sampled, Thunder Ranch was minimally connected to the river and as a result, relatively little water and few beads were entrained. At the two higher flows, the percentage of beads captured (only those captured in nets in the breach, not the total entrained), as well as the number per unit volume of water entrained and the number per unit river flow, were much higher (Table 5). As flows increased at Thunder Ranch, Breach 3 became more effective at entraining beads. For example, on the first release, 934 yellow beads were captured in the near shore nets and had already passed the breach. On that same day, 577 yellow beads were entrained at the breach. At the peak flow, the near shore nets captured only 42 yellow beads, but the breach entrained 3,052 yellow beads (Tables 2, 3, and 4). The percentage of total beads captured in the near shore net location during the highest flow level at the peak release was only 1 % (the majority of beads captured were in the breach), but increased to 61 % (first release) and 35% (third release) for the other two releases at lower flows. In addition to increased bead entrainment effectiveness, Breach 3 became more effective at entraining mainstem flow at higher river stages (Figure 12). Breach 3 inflow increased from 0.67 m3/sec to 2.01 m3/sec between the first release and the second, and the percentage ofthe . . . . . . . . 38 .