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| > ***This CD-ROM contains images of PROCEEDINGS***                    |
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| ***from the Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conferences of***       |
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| > ***1947, 1963, 1976, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, and 2006.***           |
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| > The first Joint Federal Interagency Conference (JFIC 2006) convened |
| > the 3^rd^ Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference        |
| > (3^rd^FIHMC) and the 8^th^ Federal Interagency Sedimentation        |
| > Conference (8^th^FISC). The 8^th^FISC Proceedings are included on   |
| > this CD, as well as for FISCs 1 through 7.                          |
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| > 1 - 6, scanned gray-scale photos are generally of poorer quality    |
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| > excellent quality.                                                  |
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| > ***\"Subcommittee on Sedimentation, 2006. Proceedings of the        |
| > Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conferences, 1947 to 2006.\"***   |
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| > **Contacts:** Jerry M. Bernard, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation |
| > Service,\                                                           |
| > Washington, DC; 202-720-5356, jerry.bernard@usda.gov                |
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| > G. Douglas Glysson, US Geological Survey,\                          |
| > Reston, VA; 703-648-5019, gglysson@usgs.gov                         |
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