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Appendix C: Biographical Information: Committee on Missouri River Recovery and Associated Sediment Management Issues
Pages 147-152

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... is a professor in the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is a hydrologist and a geomorphologist, with research interests that include alluvial processes; field and theoretical studies of drainage basin and hillslope evolution; sediment transport and floodplain sedimentation; and debris flows and sediment budgets of drainage basins.
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From page 148...
... He has served on numerous regional, national, and international committees dealing with river-floodplain ecology and restoration. Notable examples include his work with the White House, Interagency Floodplain Management Review Team, National Research Council Committees on Water Resources Planning, and the National River Restoration Science Synthesis.
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From page 149...
... His current research includes developing a coupled upland-erosion, instream hydrodynamicsediment transport model for assessing primary impacts of forest management practices on sediment yield and delivery; understanding the influence of successional development on periphyton scour; and the design of bridges and culverts for fish passage.
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... Patterson is assistant general manager for Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, overseeing Metropolitan's strategic water initiatives for the Colorado River and Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta.
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... Roy is an environmental engineer at Tetra Tech with extensive experience studying water quality and water supply impacts in large watersheds. His recent work involves the modeling of drinking water contaminants in California's Central Valley, as well as development of a master plan to manage land uses in the Mokelumne River watershed.
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From page 152...
... She also served as a trial attorney in the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where she litigated public lands and wildlife issues for various federal agencies, including the National Forest Service, National Park Service, and Fish and Wildlife Service.
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