Because lower Missouri River management began in
the early 1800s, a challenge for present-day ecosystem
restoration efforts is a lack of quantitative data on pre-management
river hydrology and long-term (100+ yr.)
river response to changing management practice and
intensity. We address this challenge and report new results
from a study spanning 200 years of lower Missouri
River hydrology, encompassing natural, channelization-only,
and channelization with reservoir release regimes
(Ehlmann & Criss, Geology, forthcoming, Nov/Dec
2006)
