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sites to approximately 16,000 cfs. Conversely, at the Old Charlie Diked bottomland, the net deposition at the new opening was negligible. The flooding elevation at that site remains 13,000 cfs. Cross sections were also established across the actual bottomlands at Bonanza Bridge and Stirrup sites to quantify any sedimentation that occurs in future years. These cross sections mainly provide baseline data for future reference. At Old Charlie Diked, there were no good locations to establish bottomland monitoring cross sections, only the inlet area will be monitored. In addition to the surveying of bottomland monitoring cross sections, the adjacent Green river cross sections at all sites which have been modified or may be modified in 1997 were re-surveyed in June 1997 to monitor any significant changes to the river channel. Also, water surface elevations were taken on two occasions during the 1997 runoff season to monitor any significant changes to the stage/discharge relationships. These results have not yet been quantified. Task 9 - Deliverables - A draft report summarizing the 1996 data collection efforts was distributed for review in January 1997. Task 10 - Report Review, Editing, and Final Report Preparation - All of these tasks were accomplished. The report was peer-reviewed and reviewed by the Biology Committee in 1997, appropriate edits were made, and the Final report was completed and distributed in September 1997. Task 11 - Presentation - Results of the 1996 data collection efforts were presented at the annual researchers meeting in January 1997. Recommendations: The monitoring of erosion and sedimentation at the bottomland and river cross sections should continue in 1998 and beyond. The reaction of the river and bottomland to various opening configurations will provide valuable geomorphological information which can be referenced in making decisions on future levee removal activities. Monitoring of sediment size distribution depositing into the bottomland would also provide useful information and should be considered as an additional task for the data collection monitoring in conjunction with the cross section monitoring at the sites. Bed material samples could be taken at the cross sections for little extra cost. The additional costs would be comprised mainly of the lab analysis of the samples. As noted in the discussion of tasks 1-3, FLO was not involved in any of the initial screening or evaluation of the sites. It is recommended that FLO takes a more active role in the initial evaluation or at least discussion of the location of the new sites. This may help alleviate many of the access problems experienced in 1997 and/or problems concerning property boundaries at the sites. Also, prioritization of site work should include access concerns. At sites where cooperation with adjacent landowners is of concern, the majority of the work should be done during runoff season. At that time of year, most of the flood ability assessment can be performed on site. At any other time of year, hydraulic modeling is necessary, which involves establishing cross sections up and downstream of 4