Book
CSSR: Collaborative for Sediment Source Reduction Greater Blue Earth River Basin Final Report
(2016)
Abstract
We have identified near-channel sediment sources (primarily eroding bluffs) as the largest source of sediment in the GBERB. Because bluffs are the largest sediment source, the biggest reductions in sediment loading require either bluff stabilization or reductions of peak river flows. The Management Option Simulation Model has been used with project stakeholders to evaluate different portfolios of management actions for reducing sediment loading. Water conservation measures are the most favorable approach because they address the cause of the erosion, rather than the symptom, and because water conservation provides other ecosystem benefits, such as reducing nutrient loading and providing habitat.
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Publication Date
2016
Publisher
Collaborative for Sediment Source Reduction (CSSR)
Citation Information
Patrick Belmont. CSSR: Collaborative for Sediment Source Reduction Greater Blue Earth River Basin Final Report. (2016) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/patrick_belmont/148/