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	Name:	redleg6 -
	Subject:	WATER CLARITY
	Date:	2/19/2010 10:55:04 PM

AC KT, it's probably a combination of all the items you listed and mostly from upstream. The most likely culprit is land use practices (agriculture and forestry). Last month when we were testing the upper reaches around Camp ASCCA and Coley Creek we discovered what we determined to be a new mud flat sticking up in the middle of the river. We've been aware for several years that sediment was building up in that area but not to the extent we've seen lately. Something seems to be going on upstream and we hope to find out what is is.

If anyone on the Forum lives in the river area between Martin and Harris and has ideas on what's causing the severe sedimentation we're seeing at Martin, please contact me at dbronson@charter.net.

Thanks, Dick Bronson/Lake Watch