Matt Collins, EESC part-time faculty, authors a new paper in River Research and Applications

The study, published in River Research and Applications, documents how the channel shape, elevation, and position of the lower Penobscot River in Maine was not sensitive to removing two large dams, nor to two large floods, over a six-year study because the reservoirs stored little sediment and the streambed was erosion-resistant. The authors discuss how practitioners can reduce project costs if they can confidently establish these conditions at their site, which are not unusual in the Northeast U.S. and other parts of the world.