Matt Kaplinski

221 Dunnam St, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

EDUCATION

1991 M.S. Geology, Northern Arizona University, Thesis: Geology and Geomorphology of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.

1986 B.S. Geophysics, Western Michigan University, minors in Physics and Mathematics.

EXPERIENCE

1999 - Grand Canyon River Guides representative to the Technical Work Group (Federal Advisory committe regarding operations of Glen Canyon Dam)

1998-present: President, Namtek, Inc.

1997-present: Northern Arizona University, Research Associate, Department of Geology

1992-1997: Northern Arizona University, Research Specialist, Department of Geology

1990-1992: Northern Arizona University, Research Technician, Department of Geology

1987-1990: Northern Arizona University, Graduate Assistant, Department of Geology

1989-present: Expeditions Inc. and Arizona Raft Adventures inc., Professional River Guide, Colorado River in the Grand Canyon

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Hydrographic Society of America, 1997 to present

Geological Society of America, 1984 to present

American Geophysical Union, 1986 to present

National Geographic Society, 1987 to present

Friday Lunch Clubbe (NAU Geology Alumni Assoc.), 1991 to present

(Chairman of FLC grant committee, 1993 to present )

Nau Geology Club, 1986 to present (President 1989, 1990)

Grand Canyon River Guides, 1989 to present

RESEARCH AWARDS and SHOLARSHIPS

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Monitoring changes in fine-grained sediment deposits throughout the Colorado River ecosystem in Glen, Marble, and Grand Canyons during fiscal years 1998, 1999. 1998, Co-P.I. ($323,000).

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Effects of the 1996 Controlled High Release Flow from Glen Canyon Dam on Colorado River Sand Bars in the Grand Canyon. 1996 Co-P.I. ($80,000). U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Monitoring Colorado River sand bars during the 1997 8,000ft3 /s assessment flows. 1997 Co-P.I. ($40,000).

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Continuation of monitoring Colorado River sand bars in Grand Canyon, 1997 Co-P.I. ($160,000).

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Effects of the 1996 Controlled High Release Flow from Glen Canyon Dam on Colorado River Sand Bars in the Grand Canyon. 1996 Co-P.I. ($80,000).

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Bridging the Gap to Long-Term Monitoring: A Proposal to Continue Transitional Monitoring of Sand Bars Along the Colorao River, 1995 Co-P.I. ($180,000).

U.S. National Park Service. A Proposal to Continue Monitoring the Effects of Flows From Glen Canyon Dam on Sand Bar Dynamics in the Colorado River Corridor, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. 1994-1995 Co-P.I. ($86,254).

U.S. National Park Service. Establishing a Networked, GIS Database Using the Sand Bar Monitoring Program as a Pilot Study. 1993-1995 Co P.I ($347,849).

National Park Service. A Proposal to Monitor the Effects of Interim Flows From Glen Canyon Dam on Sand Bar Stability and Campsite Size In the Colorado River Corridor, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. 1992-1994 Co-P.I. ($293,769)

National Geographic Society. Bathymetric Survey of Yellowstone Lake Hydrothermal Vents, Yellowstone National Park, WY. 1988. P.I. ($5000).

Sigma XI. A Bathymetric Survey of Yellowstone Lake. 1988. Bedwell Grant P.I. ($500)

Friday Lunch Clubbe (N.A.U. Geology Alumni Assoc.) ($950).

A Proposal to Conduct a Bathymetric Survey of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, WY. 1988. P.I. ($950).

National Park Service Research Grant. A Bathymetric Survey of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, WY. 1987 Co-P.I. ($1000).

PUBLICATIONS

Articles and Reports

Kaplinski, M., J.E. Hazel, Jr., R.A. Parnell, and M.F. Manone, Monitoring fine-sediment storage of the Colorado River ecosystem below Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona, Sand Bar Studies Fact Sheet, Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, December 1999.

Hazel Jr., J.E., M. Kaplinski, R. Parnell, M. Manone, and A. Dale, Topographic and Bathymetric changes at thirty-three long-term study sites, in The Controlled Flood in Grand Canyon, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., vol. 110, edited by R.H. Webb, J.C. Marzolf, and R.A. Valdez, pp. 161-184, AGU, Washington, D.C., 1999.

Schmidt, J.C., P.E. Grams, M. Kaplinski, J.E. Hazel, Jr., T. Melis, in press, The effectiveness of the 1996 beach/habitat building flow in restoring the physical environment of the Colorado River corridor in Grand Canyon, submitted to Ecological Applications

Hazel, J.H. Jr., M. Kaplinski, L.E. Stevens, in prep. Interactions Between Extreme Tributary Flow Events, Mainstem Channel Geometry and Sediment Storage, Grand Canyon, Arizona. submitted to Geological Society of America Bulletin.

Kaplinski, M., P. Morgan, V. Klump, T. Remson, P. Anderson, submitted, Submerged Hydrothermal systems in Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. submitted to Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.

Kaplinski, M., J.E. Hazel, Jr., R. Parnell, M. Manone, 1997, Colorado Rvier sediment storage in Grand Canyon during calender year 1997, Final report to the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, cooperative agreement # 1425-96-7C-81.

Kaplinski, M., Best, D.M., Dale, A., Manone, M., Wilkerson, J., Hazel, J.E. Jr., 1996, Establishing a Networked, GIS Database Using the Sand Bar Monitoring Program as a Pilot Study, Final Report to the National Park Service. cooperative agreement # CA 8034 8 0002.

Hazel, J.E. Jr., Kaplinski, M., Parnell, R., Manone, M., Dale, A., 1996, Monitoring the Effects of Flows From Glen Canyon Dam on Sand Bar Dynamics in the Colorado River Corridor, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, Final Report to the National Park Service. cooperative agreement # CA 8000 8 0002.

Kaplinski, M., J.E. Hazel Jr., and S.S. Beus, 1995, Monitoring the effects of Interim Flows from Glen Canyon Dam on sand bars in the Colorado River Corridor, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, Final Report to the National Park Service, cooperative agreement no. CA8022-8-0002, 62 p.

Kaplinski, M., Best, D.M., Manone, M., Wilkerson, J.W., Jacobs, S., Mayes, H.B., Wright, P., 1994, Using a GIS to monitor sediment resources in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona, in Proceedings of the Geological Information Society, B. Haner and J. O'Donnell, eds. v25, p. 121-128.

Beus, S.S., Avery, C.C., Stevens, L.E, Kaplinski, M., and Cluer, B.L., 1992, The influence of variable discharge regimes on Colorado River sand bars below Glen Canyon Dam, in S.S. Beus and C.C. Avery (eds.), The Influence of Variable Discharge Regimes on Colorado River Sand Bars below Glen Canyon Dam: Final Report to the National Park Service, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Cluer, B.L., Kaplinski, M., Stevens, L.E., Vernieu, W., Korn, J., 1992, A summary of Glen Canyon Environmental Studies test flow statistics, June1990 through July, 1991: Appendix I, in The influence of variable discharge regimes on Colorado River sand bars below Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona, S.S. Beus et al., Report to the U.S. National Park Service, 9p.

Kaplinski, M., Morgan, P., 1992, Bathymetric contours of Yellowstone Lake for the Trails Illustrated map of the Southeastern portion of Yellowstone National Park, Ponderosa Publishing Co., Evergreen, CO.

Abstracts of Professional Presentations

Kaplinski, M., J. Bennett, J. Cain, J.E. Hazel, Jr., M. Manone, R. Parnell, L. Stevens, 1998, Fluvial habitats developed on Colorado River sand bars in Grand Canyon, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall 1998 meeting, v. 79, n. 45, p. F344.

Kaplinski, M., J. E. Hazel, Jr., M. Manone, R. Parnell, A. Dale, 1998, Sediment storage changes following a short-duration, high-flow releases from Glan Canyon Dam, Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Section meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, n. 6, p. 12.

Kaplinski, M., J. E. Hazel, Jr., R. Parnell, M. Manone, L. Dexter, 1996, Higher not Wider: Colorado River sand bars following a controlled test flow from Glen Canyon Dam, Grand Canyon, Arizona, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall 1996 meeting, v. 77, n. 12, p. F273.

Manone, M., J.E. Hazel, Jr., M. Kaplinski, R. Parnell, L. Dexter, 1996, Monitoring the effects of flow regulation from Glen Canyon Dam on Colorado River sand bars, 1996, EOS, Tranactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall 1996 meeting, v. 77, n. 12, p. F273.

Parnell, R.A., J.E. Hazel, Jr., M. Kaplinski, M. Manone, A.Dale, L. Dexter, J. Ellsworth, 1996, Effects of the 1996 beach/habitat building flow on Colorado River sand bars and sediment storage along the Colorado River corridor, Grand Canyon, Arizona, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center Symposium on the effects of the Glen Canyon Dam Beach/Habitat-building flow, abstracts and executive summaries, April 1997.

Melis, T.S., Webb. R.H., Kaplinski, M., Hazel J.E. Jr., Shannon, J.P., Blinn, D., Valdez, R., Ryel, R., 1995, Impacts of the Tanner Canyon debris flow on physical and aquatic resources of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall 1995 meeting, v. 76,. 46, p. 254.

Hazel, J.E. Jr., Kaplinski, M., Stevens, L.E., 1995, Tributary flood impact on a Colorado River sand bar in Grand Canyon, Arizona, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, n. 6, p.211.

Kaplinski, M., Hazel, J.E.Jr., Manone, M., Parnell, R., 1995, Linkages between Colorado River sand bars and the riparian ecosystem in Grand Canyon, Rim to River: Geology of the Grand Canyon and Vicinity, U.S. National Park Service Symposium, Grand Canyon National Park.

Kaplinski, M., Best, D.M., Dale, A., Manone, M., Wilkerson, J., 1995, Using the internet to integrate scientists involved in multidisciplinary research: an example from the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies program, Third Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Kaplinski, M., J.E. Hazel, Jr., S.S. Beus, 1995, Monitoring the effects of flows from Glen Canyon Dam on sand bars in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, Third Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Hazel, J.E. Jr., Kaplinski, M., Stevens, L.E., 1995, Cyclic regeneration of fluvial habitats in the dam-regulated Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona, Ecological Society of America Bulletin supplement, Annual Meeting abstracts with programs, v. 76, n. 3, p.340.

Kaplinski, M., Best, D.M., Manone, M.F., Wilkerson, J., 1994, Using a GIS to monitor sediment resources in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, n. 7., p. 350.

Pederson, J.L., Hurlburt, J.C., Hazel, Jr., J.E., Kaplinski, M., and Beus, S.S., 1994, Sedimentology of separation deposits along the Colorado River, Grand Canyon: upper recirculation zone hydrodynamics and sand bar preservation: Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, n. 7., p. 493.

Kaplinski, M., J.E. Hazel, Jr., S.S. Beus, 1994, Hypsometry of Colorado River Fluvial Deposits, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall 1994 meeting, v. 75, . 44, p. 273.

Kaplinski, M., J.E. Hazel, Jr., S.S. Beus, C.J., Bjerrum, D.M. Rubin, R.G. Stanley, 1994, Structure and evolution of the "Dead Chub Eddy" sand bar, Colorado River, Grand Canyon: Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Section Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 6, p. 21

Beus, S.S., M. Kaplinski, J.E. Hazel, Jr., L.A. Tedrow, H.B. Mayes, and R.P. Fillmore, 1993, 100-year flood events from the Little Colorado River: impacts on Colorado River sand bars and implications for sediment storage and sand bar maintenance (abstract), Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, p. A142.

Kaplinski, M., J.E. Hazel, Jr., S.S. Beus, and L.A. Tedrow, 1993, Monitoring the influence of variable discharge regimes on Colorado River sand bars below Glen Canyon Dam: test flows, interim flows, and beyond (abstract): Second Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Hazel, J.E., Jr., M. Kaplinski, S.S. Beus, and L.A. Tedrow, 1993, Sand bar stability and response to interim flows after a bar-building event on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona: implications for sediment storage and sand bar maintenance (abstract), EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 74, n. 43, supplement, Fall Meeting Abstracts, p. 320.

Kaplinski, M., Morgan, P., 1993, Hydrothermal Vents of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Geological Society of America, Rocky Mtn./Cordilleran Section annual Meeting, Abstracts with programs, v.25, n. 5, p. 108.

Kaplinski, M., Hazel, J.E.Jr., Mayes, H.B., Beus, S.S., Stevens, L.E., 1993, The effects of interim flow operations from Glen Canyon Dam on Colorado River Sand Bars in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, Geological Society of America, Rocky Mtn./Cordilleran Section annual Meeting, Abstracts with programs, v.25, n. 5, p. 101.

Kaplinski, M., Hazel, J.E. Jr., Mayes, H.B., Beus, S.S., Stevens, L.E., 1992, The influence of variable discharge regimes on Colorado River sand bars below Glen Canyon Dam, EOS, Tranactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 73, n. 43, p. 238.

Kaplinski, M., Anderson, P., Avery, C., Beus, S., Bennett, J., Brod, C., Courson, J., Gonzales, F., Hazel, J.E. Jr., Mayes, H.M., Protiva, F., Stevens, L.E., 1992, The influence of variable discharge regimes on Colorado River sand bars below Glen Canyon Dam, Geological Society of America, Rocky Mtn. section, abstracts with programs, v. 24, n. 6, p.21.

Kaplinski, M., Morgan, P., Hazel, J.E. Jr., 1990, Bathymetry, neotectonics, and hydrothermal features of northern Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Geological Society of America, Rocky mountain section, abstracts with programs, v. 22, n. 6, p. 26

Kaplinski, M., 1988, A bathymetric survey of Yellowstone Lake, 6th annual Yellowstone National Park Physical Science Symposium, Mammoth, Yellowstone Nationl Park, WY, Sept. 6.

Kaplinski, M., Erickson, J., Hamilton, W.L., Gresswell, R.E., Morgan, P., 1987, Neotectonics and hydrothermal features from bottom profiles of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, WY, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 68, p. 1452-1453.

Kaplinski, M., Ahlert, M., Hecker, B., Spellman, J., 1987, Preliminary Report of the 1986 University of Arkansas Geophysical Field Exercise: A geophysical investigation at the intersection of two Neogene, fault-bounded basins, Southwestern Montana, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 71, n. 8, p. 1009.