PubTalk 11/2011 — Colorado River High-Flow Experiments

- a story of Grand Canyon geology, water, and biology

by Jack Schmidt & David Rubin

• New insights from recent Glen Canyon Dam high-flow experiments on the Colorado River
• Are these high flows doing more than building large sand bars in Grand Canyon National Park?
• The challenge of adaptively managing a highly regulated river
• USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center: www.gcmrc.gov