Results of a study on the impacts of moving sediment from Lewis & Clark Lake through Gavin’s Point Dam into the Missouri River may be available later this year.
Paul Boyd, a hydraulic engineer with the Corps of Engineers Omaha office, says the studies are driven by habitat development………
Boyd says they are looking at options for moving the sediment…..
Boyd says a large part of the study is looking at impacts on the river below Gavin’s Point Dam……
Lewis & Clark Lake is rapidly filling, with most of the sediment flowing in from the Niobrara River. Its estimated the lake could lose most of its capacity by 2050.
