Department of Applied Environmental Science
July-August 2013
In 2013, the final permits were in place for removal of the sediment-filled San Clemente Dam on the Carmel River. Every large dam removal project poses a large scale environmental experiment. This dam removal is especially worthy of study because it is a new technique designed to keep all the trapped sediment in place. Graduate student Sheldon Lieker and undergraduate August Delforge ( UROC intern) are leading the charge to quantify unintended environmental consequences, as a way to guide future dam removal projects.
Story: Doug Smith