Tackling the Erosion of a Special River Island

Locke Island is a small island in a bend of the Columbia River in eastern Washington that plays a special role in the culture of local Indian tribes. Recently, it has begun eroding away at an alarming rate. The island is part of the Hanford Reservation managed by the Department of Energy. So the DOE has turned to a team of Vanderbilt researchers to identify the cause of the increase in erosion.

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