Platte River Channel Dynamics Study Presentation of Preliminary Findings

• Description: related to the Platte River Endangered Species Partnership ‎(aka Platte River Cooperative Agreement [CA]; aka Platte River Recovery Implementation Program [PRRIP])‎
• State: CO
• State: NE
• State: WY
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 8/20/2001
• Author: Parsons Engineering Science, Simons & Associates, W. Carter Johnson, Mussetter Engineering, Inc. and Morrison & Associates
• Title: Platte River Channel Dynamics Study Presentation of Preliminary Findings
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Meeting

A2 - Evaluate Historical and Current
Sediment Supplies
• Importance of Bed Material Load (Sand and
Coarser) Data:
— The USBR and Simons &Associates in the
1980s concluded that changes or imbalances
in bed material load (sand and coarser) were
much more important than trends or
imbalances in finer -sized materials that are
transported in suspension.
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