{"id":45,"date":"2017-06-14T16:40:05","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T16:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2017-08-10T18:00:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T18:00:37","slug":"gold-ray-dam-removal-effectiveness-monitoring","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/research\/oregon-dam-removal\/gold-ray-dam-removal-effectiveness-monitoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Ray Dam Removal &#8211; Effectiveness Monitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Gold Ray Dam\" src=\"http:\/\/rivers.bee.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/gold_ray_1.jpg\" alt=\"Gold Ray Dam\" width=\"310\" height=\"185\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Gold Ray pre-dam\" src=\"http:\/\/rivers.bee.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/gold_ray_predam.jpg\" alt=\"Gold Ray pre-dam\" width=\"310\" height=\"185\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rivers.bee.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/gold_ray_dam_removal_monitoring.kmz\">Effectiveness Monitoring Data Library<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"style4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rivers.bee.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/gold_ray_dam_removal_monitoring.kmz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rivers.bee.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/gold_ray_aerial.jpg\" width=\"237\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"style4\">Background and History<\/h3>\n<p>Construction on the original log crib structure of Gold Ray Dam was started in 1903. The dam began generating power in the winter of 1904. The\u00a038-foot high, 360-foot long concrete\u00a0structure (located just downstream of the original dam), was completed in 1941. Power generation continued until 1972, when dam ownership was transferred to Jackson County. The decision to remove the dam was made due to the liability risks for the county, as well as the partial barrier it posed to salmon and steelhead migration (Elliot and Dittmer, 2009).<\/p>\n<h3>Monitoring Strategies<\/h3>\n<p>Monitoring of the Gold Ray Dam Removal by OSU was focused on evaluating how channel characteristics (exposed bedrock, pools, vegetation) and engineering influence the rates and locations of erosion and deposition the reservoir and downstream.<\/p>\n<p>Viewing the data library requires installation of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/earth.google.com\/index.html\">Google Earth<\/a>\u2122.<\/p>\n<p>More details on specific monitoring plans are outlined in the<a class=\"navText\" href=\"http:\/\/rivers.bee.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/gold_ray_dam_monitoring_proposal.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Gold Ray Dam Removal Monitoring Proposal &#8211; May 2010.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Final Reports<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"2014 monitoring report\" href=\"http:\/\/rivers.bee.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/Gold_Ray\/osu_savagerapids_goldray_report_june2014_to_rvcog_oweb_channel_morphology_and_sediment_movement_monitoring.pdf\">Channel responses to the removal of Gold Ray and Savage Rapids Dam &#8211; June 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"2012 monitoring report\" href=\"http:\/\/rivers.bee.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/Gold_Ray\/osu_goldray_dam_removal_monitoring_noaa_summary_12-09-2012.pdf\">Gold Ray Dam Removal Monitoring: OSU Summary &#8211; December 2012<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Publications<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Pace et al 2016\" href=\"http:\/\/rivers.bee.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/2016_pace_et_al_sediment_pulse_behaviour_following_dam_removal_in_gravel_bed_rivers.pdf\">Pace K, Tullos D, Walter C, Lancaster S, Segura C. 2016. Sediment pulse behaviour following dam removal in gravel-bed rivers. River Research and Applications. DOI: 10.1002\/rra.3064<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Resources and Pertinent Links<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rvcog.org\/mn.asp?pg=NR_Gold_Ray_Dam\">Gold Ray Dam Removal main site &#8211; Rogue Valley Council of Governments<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"linktext3\" href=\"http:\/\/rivers.bee.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/elliottdittmer_2009_goldray_sediment_study.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elliot and Dittmer, 2009. Preliminary Report of the Sediment Study Conducted at Gold Ray Reservoir, Jackson County, and Oregon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Our Research Partners<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sou.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rivers.bee.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/sou_logo_0.gif\" alt=\"SOU logo\" width=\"187\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rivers.bee.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/noaa_logo.jpg\" alt=\"NOAA logo\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/rvcog.org\/mn.asp?pg=natural_resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rivers.bee.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/rvcog_header.jpg\" alt=\"Rouge Valley Council of Governments\" width=\"284\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effectiveness Monitoring Data Library Background and History Construction on the original log crib structure of Gold Ray Dam was started in 1903. The dam began generating power in the winter of 1904. The\u00a038-foot high, 360-foot long concrete\u00a0structure (located just downstream of the original dam), was completed in 1941. Power generation continued until 1972, when dam &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/research\/oregon-dam-removal\/gold-ray-dam-removal-effectiveness-monitoring\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gold Ray Dam Removal &#8211; Effectiveness Monitoring&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3122,"featured_media":0,"parent":37,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-45","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions\/80"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/rivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}