"River of Sand – The Bottom of the Big Muddy" - Big Muddy Speaker Series

Presentation by Carrie Elliott, U.S. Geological Survey

When you look at the surface of the Big Muddy do you wonder about what is going on below? Let’s explore what the U.S. Geological Survey has been learning about what is happening on the bottom of the Missouri River.

The riverbed is dynamic and changes as flows go up and down. Carrie Elliott and her colleagues at the USGS have been surveying the Missouri River to help understand pallid sturgeon habitat since 2008. They have mapped moving sand dunes, deep holes, trees, and rocky outcrops on the bottom of the river. Carrie shared some of the insights they’ve found about the bottom of the Big Muddy.

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Our thanks to Scott and Kate Mansker of Rivermiles for sponsoring the live stream webinar. These are the folks that bring you the MR340 paddler race (https://rivermiles.com/). And thank you to Melanie Cheney for the behind the scenes tech support.

This talk is part of the monthly Big Muddy Speakers Series, usually hosted at Les Bourgeois Bistro in Rocheport, MO. The Rocheport series is hosted by Missouri River Relief (https://www.riverrelief.org/). There are also talks hosted by Greenway Network in St. Charles and Healthy Rivers Partnership in Kansas City. Find out about all of them at http://bigmuddyspeakers.org/.