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In the News
Oregon's Sandy River reinvents itself after dam removal: The Oregonian 7/30/08

Scientists study impact of glacier melt on rivers: Tacoma News Tribune 7/21/08

National Forest Lands and Water Supplies in an Uncertain Climate Future: PNW Research Station Science Update, Spring 2008

As Roslyn Lake drains...a river renews: Oregonian 5/9/08

Watch Oregon Field Guide's: Marmot Dam Removed

A region's vitality, melting away: Oregonian 2/11/08

New Publications
Major et al., 2008. Initial Fluvial Response to the Removal of Oregon's Marmot Dam, EOS 89(27): 241-252.

Jefferson, A., Nolin, A., Lewis, S., and Tague, C., 2008. Hydrogeologic controls on streamflow sensitivity to climatic variability, Hydrological Processes. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7041.

Grant, G.E., Lewis, S.L., Swanson, F., Cissel, J. & McDonnell, J., 2008. Effects of forest practices on peakflows and consequent channel response: a state-of-science report for western Oregon and Washington. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-760. Portland, Oregon: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 76 p.

O'Connor, J., Major, J., Grant G. Down with Dams: Unchaining US Rivers. Geotimes March 2008

Burkholder BK, Grant GE, Haggerty R, Wamper PJ, Khangaonkar T. 2008. Influence of Hyporheic Flow and Geomorphology on Temperature of a Large, Gravel-bed River, Clackamas River, Oregon, USA. Hydrological Processes DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6984.

Wallick, J.R., Grant, G.E, Lancaster, S.T., Bolte J.P. and R.P. Denlinger. 2008. Patterns and controls on historical channel change in the Willamette River, Oregon USA. In Gupta A.V., ed. Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management. John Wiley and Sons. p491-516. (buy this book)

Running Dry: Where will the West get its water? Science Findings October 2007 (Issue 97). Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. September (97): 6 p.

Tague, C., Farrell, M., Grant, G. Choate, J., and Jefferson A. 2008. Deep groundwater mediates streamflow response to climate warming in the Oregon Cascades, Climatic Change 86: 189-210

 


Marmot Dam (Sandy River, Oregon)
prior to removal in summer 2007

additional information

after removal and cofferdam breach
October 20, 2007

For more information and video coverage, visit the
Marmot Dam website (PGE)

and
National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics
Marmot Dam Removal Webpage

Video Presentations
Hydrology and Geomorphic Evolution of Basaltic Landscapes, High Cascades, Oregon
Anne Jefferson (2006)

The Geomorphic Response of Rivers to Dam Removal
Gordon Grant (2003)

 
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