Proposed Workplan for Yampa River Basin Sediment Monitoring Program with Notes

• Description: Yampa River Management Team
• State: CO
• State: UT
• State: WY
• Basin: Yampa/White/Green
• Water Division: 6
• Date: 5/7/1997
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, George Smith
• Title: Proposed Workplan for Yampa River Basin Sediment Monitoring Program with Notes
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Project Overview

Colorado River Recovery Program
FY -1998 Proposed Scope of Work
Project No.
(Use FY 986#)
Lead Agency: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Submitted By: George Smith, Division of Water Resources
Address: P.O. Box 25486, DFC, Denver, CO 80225 -0486
Phone: 303 - 236 -5322
Fax: 303 - 236 -4224
E -mail: George - Smith @fws.gov
Date: May 7, 1997
Category:
_ Ongoing Project
_ Ongoing Revised Project
2L Requested New Project
— Unsolicited Proposal
Proposed Workplan
Yampa River B ediment nitoring Program
I. Title of Proposal:�� 1(�
Yampa River Basin Sediment Monitoring Program I
I1. Relation to RIPRAP:
T ask Task Description
Yampa River Action Plan: Yampa and Little Snake Rivers
1.A.4.a(3) Yampa River Operation and Management Plan
III. Study Background/Rationale and Hypotheses:
The Colorado River Recovery Program Director and Water Acquisition Committee have
identified a need to better define the requirements, appropriate methodologies, and levels
of effort for a sediment monitoring program to help define habitat requirements for
endangered native fish in the Yampa, Little Snake, and Green Rivers. To meet that need,
an independent peer review panel was formed to review historical data, review the status of
ongoing data collection efforts, identify sediment issues as they relate to recovery of
endangered fishes, and develop recommendations for future sediment work to support
Program efforts. To accomplish the goals of the peer review panel, a summary of available
sediment and river channel information was compiled by Mussetter Engineering, Inc. (MEI)
and a one -day workshop involving the other members of the panel and other interested
parties was conducted. This proposal was developed based on recommendations resulting
from the peer review workshop. The peer review panel strongly believes that the success
of the proposed sediment monitoring program is contingent on a long -term (minimum 10
years) commitment to the data collection and analysis efforts.
Expected Funding Source:
— Annual Funds
Capital Funds
Other (explain)
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