Values of Ecological Charac- 

 terization Studies to Assess 

 Effects of Freshwater Inflow 

 to Estuaries James B. Johnston and Norman G. Benson 155 



CHAPTER 11: REHABILITATION OF ESTUARIES THROUGH REINTRODUCTION OF 

 FRESHWATER INFLOW 



165 



The Mouth of the Colorado 

 River Project an Economic 

 Development - Environmental 

 Enhancement Project Joseph C. Trahan 166 



Effects of Alterations of 

 Freshwater Inflows into 

 Matagorda Bay, Texas Neal E. Armstrong and George H. Ward, Jr. 179 



Sediment--Asset or 



Liability Johannes L. van Beek and Klaus Meyer-Arendt 197 



Loss of Colorado River 



Inflows to Matagorda Bay, 



Texas and Efforts for 



Restoration William J. Sheffield and Murray T. Walton 216 



CHAPTER 12: FRESHWATER INFLOW PLANNING: PART I 



230 



Overview of Freshwater Inflow 



Depletions Keith Bayha 231 



Management, Planning, and 

 Organization in Initiating, 

 Supporting and Coordinating 

 an Ongoing Freshwater Diversion 

 Proiect David J. Etzold 248 



An Overview of Texas Law, Policy, 

 and Agency Actions Concerning 

 Estuarine Inflow Murray T. Walton 255 



Freshwater Inflow to the Columbia 

 River Estuary: A Northwest 

 Regional Management Issue David H. Kent 270 



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