The Biennial CALFED Science Conference is a forum for presenting scientific information and ideas relevant to the CALFED Bay-Delta Program's goals and objectives in the California Bay-Delta, its watershed, and the adjacent coastal ocean. Presentations at the 4th Biennial CALFED Science Conference cover all four of the CALFED Program's areas: ecosystem restoration, levee system integrity, water quality, and water supply reliability. The goal of the conference is to provide new information (i.e., results, models, syntheses, analyses) to the broad community of scientists, engineers, managers, and stakeholders working on Bay-Delta issues.

The physical modeling experiments were represented at this conference by five posters and three presentations (available for download below). A two-hour workshop was also held to facilitate discussions of the restoration impications of these experiments.

Posters

Dusterhoff, S., L. Sklar, W. Dietrich, F. Ligon, Y. Cui, and P. Downs. 2006. Physical modeling experiments to guide river restoration projects: an overview. Poster display. CALFED Science Conference, Sacramento, California. download

Leverich, G., C. Braudrick, L. Sklar, and W. Dietrich. 2006. Quantifying channel response to variable flow in a meandering river model. Poster display. CALFED Science Conference, Sacramento, California. download

Cui, Y. 2006. Simulating sediment transport following dam removal. Poster display. CALFED Science Conference, Sacramento, California. download

Wooster, J., S. Dusterhoff, Y. Cui, M. Malko, L. Sklar, and W. Dietrich. 2006. Fine sediment infiltration into gravel deposits: flume experiments, theory and applications to dam removal and gravel augmentation projects. Poster display. CALFED Science Conference, Sacramento, California. download

Vendetti, J., W. Deitrich, P. Nelson, A. Wydzga, J. Fadde, L. Sklar. 2006. Mobilization of Armored Gravel Beds by Pulses of Fine Gravel. Poster display. CALFED Science Conference, Sacramento, California. download

Nelson, P., J. Vendetti, W. Deitrich. 2006. Response of bed surface patchiness to rediucation in sediment supply. Poster display. CALFED Science Conference, Sacramento, California. download

Humphries, R., L. Sklar, J. Wooster, J. Vendetti, Y. Cui, T. Minear, W. Deitrich. 2006. Experimental study of gravel augmentation pulse movement duruing variable flow. Poster display. CALFED Science Conference, Sacramento, California. download

Presentations

Gravel Augmentation Implications

Dam Removal Implications

Channel-Floodplain Redesign Implications

Workshop materials

Workshop Agenda

Workshop Write-up

Flume Project Description

Flume Overview Handout

Channel Redesign Handout

Dam Removal Handout