Project Title: Sediment Transport at Selected Sites--South Branch of the Wild Rice River, Northwest Minnesota
Project Number: 860700430 - MN 430
Project Chief: Ellison, Chris
Project Start Date: December 2006
Project End Date: September, 2011
Objectives:
Collect site-specific data consisting of streamflow, bed load, cross-sectional suspended sediment concentrations, turbidity, and water transparency at selected sites in the Wild Rice River Basin.
Progress during FY11:
Collection of all water samples for the project was completed for suspended sediment concentration (SSC) and field measurements of water temperature, turbidity, transparency (transparency tube), and specific conductance. The five sites include: (1) Wild Rice River near Twin Valley, (2) Wild Rice River near Ada, (3) Wild Rice River at Hendrum, (4) South Branch Wild Rice River at Ulen, and (5) South Branch Wild Rice River at County Road 27 near Felton. Four bed load samples were collected from monitoring sites at Ada and Felton. Results were presented at the Federal Interagency Sediment Conference.
Plans for FY 11:
Final communication to the watershed district will occur that the sampling for the year has been completed. The project chief will coordinate delivery of the sampled results from years 2007 – 2010. The Department of Natural Resources has expressed interest in continuing the study; however funding hasn’t been allocated to commit to this project.
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