John Shelley and Paul Boyd on Reservoir Sediment Management in the US

In the first two episodes of this season Dr. Annandale and Dr. Morris talked about reservoir sediment management practices all over the world.  But examples in the continental US were noticeably absent.   Reservoir sediment management in the US has encountered some challenges that have made US agencies slow to adopt these practices. 

But Dr. Paul Boyd and Dr. John Shelley are involved in more reservoir sediment management initiative in the United States than anyone I know.  Dr. Boyd and Dr. Shelley are the regional technical specialists for sediment transport on the Missouri River watershed (Paul in the Omaha District and John in Kansas City)  and the Corps' national subject matter experts on reservoir sediment management. 

So I wanted to dedicate an episode to check in on these practices in my country, and talk about the "nascent" (as Dr. Morris described it) but growing momentum behind sediment sustainability in the United States.

The paper we talk about at the end of the conversation can be found here: 
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/full/10.1061/%28ASCE%29WR.1943-5452.0001494

This series was funded by the Regional Sediment Management (RSM) program.

Mike Loretto edited the first three seasons and created the theme music.
Tessa Hall is editing most of Season 4.

Stanford Gibson (HEC Sediment Specialist) hosts.

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