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The most important thing is to understand how each river or lake system functions, how and when the nutrients enter it, how they are released from the sediment, and the conditions that trigger algae blooms.

Grant Douglas

If the furrow is deep enough, and the plants are torn up and the roots are exposed and the sediment covers it, it can take decade or more to recover.

Jason Bennis

It was for the nation's benefit. But the unintended consequence is that the natural annual overflow of sediment and fresh water has been cut off from the delta.

Sidney Coffee

This means that (glacial) ice melts, leaves the gas hydrates and sediment in the lake, and then freezes as H2O.

Martin Siegert

We got great sediment deposit. We're probably one of the only property owners happy about that.

Mauricia Baca

They'll flip it over, pop the cork and that spits out all the sediment.

Jim Laughlin

I am going to be looking at the recovery of the fish community and the benthic community, those things that live both in the sediment and on top of the sediment, so I will be able to relate the findings I’m getting to the changing of these environmental parameters.

David Hicks

The natural pattern of flooding supplies nutrients and sediment to wetlands areas, keeping them as kind of a buffer and a natural absorber when a really big storm hits.

John Rennie

There are two issues here. The heart of the settlement is the $14-21 million the city has agreed to pay to stop future problems along the highway. There's an additional $300,000 expenditure in the settlement to clean up areas already harmed by the sediment drainage. We think the Forest Service should help cover these costs.

Michael Freeman

For us, that sediment is kind of like gold.

Mauricia Baca

Apparently, an empty space existed between the bottom of the bowl and the top of the in-filled sediment cone, preventing the noodles from being crushed by the weight of the sediment. The empty space must have become tightly sealed and [oxygen-free], allowing excellent preservation for 4,000 years.

Lu Houyuan