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*From:  '''Earth Magazine''' ---Date:  3/03/2013 -- Subject: ''Releasing a flood of controversy on the Colorado River''
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*[http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/releasing-flood-controversy-colorado-river earthmagazine.org/article/releasing-flood-controversy-colorado-river] --This  article sets the basis for the HFE, provides the history of past HFEs, and discusses the issues.  Key Words:  Sediment- Fish results- Adaptive Mgt
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/envdocs/ea/gc/HFEProtocol/index.html '''2011 HFE Protocol EA''']
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*'''[[Sediment Mass Balance for HFE consideratons- Model explaination| Sediment Mass Balance for HFE considerations- Model explanation]]'''
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*[http://www.gcmrc.gov/discharge_qw_sediment/station/GCDAMP/09382000#/ Paria River sediment gage] Click here to calculate how much sediment has come in from the Paria River.
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*'''[[GCDAMP Rapid Response Learning Page| Rapid Response HFE Page]]'''
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/02jan17/Attach_10a.pdf Sediment White Paper- AMWG Jan 2002]
 
*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/02jan17/Attach_10a.pdf Sediment White Paper- AMWG Jan 2002]
 
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/13feb20/Draft_Mins_gk.pdf '''2012 HFE SEDIMENT''' There was '''550,000 to 780,000''' metric tons essentially sitting on the bed of the Colorado River in Upper Marble Canyon when the HFE was released. Virtually NO additional sediment was in Lower Marble Canyon beyond 30 Mile.]
 
 
*[http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2014/11/high-flows-through-grand-canyon-national-park-met-mixed-reactions25903 The United States Geological Survey estimates that the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam only has 6 percent of the sediment that it received before the Glen Canyon Dam was built in the 1960s.]
 
*[http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2014/11/high-flows-through-grand-canyon-national-park-met-mixed-reactions25903 The United States Geological Survey estimates that the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam only has 6 percent of the sediment that it received before the Glen Canyon Dam was built in the 1960s.]
 
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  • Sediment Goal 7 of the DFC's- Maintain or attain levels of sediment storage within the main channel and along shorelines to achieve ecosystem goals.
  • Sediment Goal 8 of the Strategic Plan- Maintain or attain levels of sediment storage within the main channel and along shorelines to achieve the AMP ecosystem goals.


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