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. . entrained and beads entrained per unit river flow also declined at higher flows. Based on what we observed at Thunder Ranch in 2005, these results would not be the expectation at a flow- through site. Presumably this occurred because as Stewart Lake filled and water elevation increased, inflows declined or ceased even at the highest river flows. It was surprising that any flow entered the inlet breach during the last sampling period because water should have been draining at that time. Because of its location on river right, Stewart Lake entrained predominantly orange beads, although some yellow beads were entrained on the first and third releases. No yellow beads were entrained on the second release, likely due to very low overall entrainment during this release. This was despite increased cross-channel mixing of beads at higher flows. The percentage of orange beads captured in the near shore nets relative to the total number of orange beads captured at Stewart Lake remained constant from the first to the second release (32%) and increased in the third release (46%) (Tables 2,3, and 4). No yellow beads were captured in the near shore nets in the first release; percentage of yellow beads captured in the near shore nets increased on the second release to 12% and then declined to only 2% during the third release. . . . . . . Stirrup, 2005 The Stirrup flood plain had only one breach, which when overtopped by the Green River, entrained flows as the river was rising and drained as flows receded until connection ceased. The Stirrup wetland entrained the least amount of water and the fewest beads of any wetland in the study area during 2005 (Table 7, Figure 14). Highest flow entrainment rates were during the first two releases during filling. Similar to Stewart Lake, lowest flow entrainment rates at the . . 40 .