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<br />01901 . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~~.!-~ -- .,~=,=""' <br /> <br />Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center <br /> <br />.~ <br />.....:: J <br />-, <br />I <br /> <br />--- <br /> <br />---- <br /> <br />-- - <br /> <br />Welcome to the GC~IRC monthly outreach summary. February 1 to February 28. 2005 <br /> <br />1.llighlighls ufCCi\IRC a('th'ilie~: <br /> <br />Kids and Science: Kristin Brown and Carol Fritzinger of the Southwest Biological <br />Science Center participated in ~lath and Science Night at ,'\larshall Elementary School. <br />They displayed posters showing the Grand Canyon Youth assist in a SBSC project to <br />collect infonnation 10 input into the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center's <br />Control Point Database. A surveying total station was featured as a hands-on display for <br />the students and parents. The event also exhibited displays from Lowell Observatory. <br />NOAA. and Willowbcnd Environmental Educational Center. The well attended event <br />\\'as intended to introduce children (and parents) to career paths using applied math and <br />science. Contact: Kristin Brown, USGS Southwest Riolo~ical Science Center. Grand <br />Canyon Monitoring and Research Cenler, Flagstan: AZ; (928) 556-7084. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Balh~'melric ~lappil1g Tt'chniqut's: Mark Gonzales of the Southwest Biological <br />Science Cenler attended a hydrographic conference sponsored by Hypack Coastal <br />Oceanographic Inc. in South Carolina and made an oral presentation 011 hydrographic <br />data collection and processing methods lIsed on the Colorado River through the Grand <br />Canyon. The conference organizers were appreciative l'Or his involvement in the <br />presentations. Contact: Mark Gonzales. USGS Soullw.;esl Biological Science Center, <br />Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ; (928) 556-7459 <br /> <br />USGS Scit'nlisl conlrihllles 10 Della R.estoration Project: A paper titled "Suspended- <br />Sediment Transport Where Rivers Become An Estuary: Sacramento - San Joaquin River <br />Delta" authored by sasc scientist. Scott Wright. has been accepted by the Water <br />Resources Research Journal. The paper defines the spatial variability of suspended <br />sl..""1.iiment transport in the delta and documents significant annual sedimentalion on the <br />deha. This infonllation was used to derive and present a sediment budget for California's <br />Sacramento ~ San Joaquin River Delta. This CalFed Bay-Delta funded study is intended <br />to identify arcas mosllikely to receive suspended sediment when exposed to tidal <br />nuclualions required for a successful wetlands restoration project. Contact: SCOI( Wright, <br />USGS Southwest Biological Science Cenler. Flagstaff. 1\Z; telephone: 928-556-7069: <br />cmail: sawright('iiusgs.gov. <br /> <br />2. GC~IR.C in Ihe n('n-s: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />USGS Scientists. Dr. Jeff Lovich and Dr. Scott Wright \\-.ere quoted in the January 2005 <br />issue of Gcolimcs News Notes concerning the Grand Canyon Floods. The article <br />