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Foreword Rivers Without Boundaries, a symposium sponsored by the American River Management Society, drew 300 people to Grand Junction, Colorado from April 18 to 22, 1994. The interest displayed by so many participants reflects the important values attributed to and issues associated with rivers and river environments today. From urban interface zones to wilderness, rivers and river systems are a composite of many elements, and have many uses. River management was the focus of the symposium, and management is complex, with issues ranging from aesthetics and humanistic values to biocentric watershed monitoring, water quality, and restoration. These issues occur throughout this nation and indeed the world, and the sharing of ideas from a wide variety of specialists enables river management personnel to better deal with them. That was the purpose of the symposium. The long list of symposium cosponsors reflects the recognition of the importance of rivers and river management Their support was essential to the symposium's success, and we thank them greatly. Most of the Grand Junction presentations are included in this publication. In most of the concurrent sessions, all presenters submitted a paper. In some sessions, only one or two papers were submitted. A few presenters submitted abstracts only, but all technical sessions are represented herein. The papers contained in this volume were written by leading authorities on each topic. They did an outstanding job and are to be commended. Manuscripts were submitted following the symposium, and are reproduced here basically "as submitted." The content of the papers remains the sole responsibility of the authors. We hope that managers will use these papers to strengthen their programs for management and protection of rivers. Special thanks are due to the organizing committees, especially the Speaker Committee for its work in molding a cohesive agenda from the diversity of topics submitted for presentation. Thanks are also due to session moderators and facilitators, and especially to Caroline Tan for her persistent badgering to get the papers submitted and her work in making this publication readable and useful. The symposium and the preparation of this document were lots of work, but defmitely worth it! We hope that the major beneficiaries of the symposium will be our river resources and the people who will experience them far into the future. LuVerne Grussing President American River Management Society Special Thanks to Our Cosponsors re Bureau of Land Management National Park Service United States Forest Service Environmental Protection Agency Bureau of Reclamation Colorado Stale Parks Colorado Division of Wildlife Utah Division of Parks and Recreation Dinosaur Nature Association Canyonlands Natural History Association Big Bend Natural History Association American Canoe Association