Experimental Flow Releases Handout

Experimental Flow Releases Handout
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Experimental Flow Releases from El Vado Reservoir in the Rio Chama CART Case Study Handout

The Rio Chama Flow Project was created by stakeholders in 2011 to provide suggestions for how the Rio Chama river could be managed for provision of human water needs while also improving the river’s ecology. With additional water from the 1972 San Juan-Chama Project, the Project team was able to release experimental flows to assess how the timing and magnitude of future flows could improve the geomorphology and ecology of the river. 

Read the full case study here: https://www.fws.gov/project/experimental-flow-releases-el-vado-reservoir

 

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