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. Stirrup wetland were during the last release, likely because the wetland was full. We can not explain why no beads were captured during the second release when some water was entrained, and why a few beads (74) were captured on the third release when nearly no water was entrained. The Stirrup wetland is downstream of the zone where orange and yellow beads have mixed across the channel. As a result, yellow and orange beads were collected in relatively even numbers on both the ascending and descending limb of the hydro graph (Tables 2, 3, and 4). No beads were collected in the breach at peak Green River flows. The percentage of flow entrained and the percentage of beads entrained also mirror one another, similar to the relationship observed at the other flood plain breaches. Numbers of beads captured in the near shore nets remained relatively constant from the first release to the last. Based on the number of beads collected at all sites and in all locations (breach, near shore, mid-channel, far shore), it appears that the Stirrup was not sampled at the time when most beads were passing the site. More beads were collected downstream at the Leota site, suggesting that sampling time at the Stirrup was either too early or too late. Thus, we believe data collected at this site are flawed. Sampling at the proper time would likely have resulted in entrainment patterns for water and beads that were similar to other wetland sites with single openings. . . . . . . Leota 7, 2005 The L- 7 wetland entrained relatively little water and captured few beads during 2005 sampling (Table 8, Figure 15). This was due, in part, to the greater distance downstream from the release site and subsequent lower bead density as the beads, concentrated at release, spread out. More importantly, L-7 had only a single connection during our sampling and water was not flowing into the wetland during the first sampling occasion, and was draining during the third . . . 41 .