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<br />ARKANSAS RIVER FROM JOHN MARTIN DAM TO
<br />THE COLORADO-KANSAS STATE LINE:
<br />CHANNEL CAPACITY AND RIPARIAN HABITAT PLANNING STUDY
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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS
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<br />SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, . , , . . , , , , , , , . , , , , . " i
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<br />1. INTRODUCTION ..,..'""."",.,.'.'""""",.",.""".""" 1
<br />1.1 STUDY AUTHORITY .......,..,..""..,......,.."....,'...." 1
<br />1.2 STUDY PURPOSE "."",.".'"""",.""""".,.""'.,.,, 1
<br />1.3 STUDY REACH AND TYPICAL PROBLEM AREAS "",.""",.." 1
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<br />2. GENERAL BACKGROUND AND SETTING, , , , , , , , , , , . . , , . , , , , , . . , , , , , 2
<br />2,1 JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR PROJECT .'"""".""""",."", 2
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<br />2,2 CLIMATE"".,.""."."..".....""""""..""""..,." 1 0
<br />2.3 PHYSIOLOGY, GEOLOGY, AND SOILS, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . . " 10
<br />2.4 WATER QUALITy...., ...... ,.... .. ....,.. ...... ..,.... ,....'.. 10
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<br />3. HYDROLOGIC AND ECOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS, .. . , , , , , , , , . , ,. , " 12
<br />3,1 GEOMORPHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT, , , , , , , , , . " , , , " , , , , , , , , , " 12
<br />3.2 HYDRAULICS AND SEDIMENTATION, . , , . , . , , . , , , , , , . , , , , , , , , . ., 12
<br />Historic Hydrology ".'"".'",.'"""""""",."",.."", 12
<br />Historic Sediment Information "".'"""""".."",..""..", 14
<br />Hydraulic Modeling, , , , , . .' , , , , . , , , , , , . , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , " 16
<br />Sediment Modeling , , , , , , , . . , , , . , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , " 18
<br />Problem Areas - Existing Conditions " , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . , , , , " 19
<br />Hydraulic and Sediment Summary """,."."",..".""".,.", 23
<br />Groundwater/Surface Water Interaction "".""."".""""""" 24
<br />3.3 ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES, , . , , , , . , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . . , , , , . , " 25
<br />Aquatic System ".""",.."".""."""""",..,."""". 26
<br />Riparian System, , . . , , . , , , , . , , , , , , . , , , , , , , , , , , , . , , , , . , . , . , , , , . .. 26
<br />Functions of Riparian Vegetation, , . , . , , , . . , . , , , , , , , , , , . , , , , , , . , , " 28
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<br />Riparian Fauna, . , , , , , , . . , , , , . , , , , , , , , , . . , , , , . , . , . , , , , , , , , , . , , " 30
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<br />4. ALTERNATIVES",.,.""".."""."""..""."",."..,."", 31
<br />4.1 CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT "",..'""",.""...""""""", 31
<br />4,2 LIMITED CHANNELIMPROVEMENT , , , , , , , , , . . , . , , , , . , , , , , , .. , ,. 36
<br />4.3 FLOODW A Y IMPROVEMENT.. , .. .. , , .. , .. , .. .. , .. , .. .. , .. .. .... 36
<br />Structural Alternative: Berm Rehabilitation """"""".""""" 37
<br />Non-structural Alternative: Conservation and Restoration """"'.",, 39
<br />Local Education, Coordination, and Planning , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , " 40
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