Selected Consulting Reports, Expert Reports, Proceedings, Book Chapters and Manuals

Shields, F. D., Jr. 2013. Hydrologic and Hydraulic Engineering Analyses to Support Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, P.A. in Their Defense of the City of Corinth in the Case of Kmart Corporation v. City of Corinth, MS. et al. Submitted to Mr. Terry D. Little, Esq., Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell.  

Lagasse, P.F., Clopper, P.E., Thornton, C.I., Shields, F.D., McCullah, J. and Spitz, W.J. 2015. Final Report NCHRP Project No. 24-39 Evaluation and assessment of environmentally sensitive stream bank protection measures. Prepared for National Cooperative High Research Board, Transportation Research Board and National Research Council. Washington, D.C.  

California Department of Transportation and cbec, inc. 2015. Caltrans Hydromodification Requirements Guidance Storm Water Best Management Practices Rapid Assessment of Stream Crossings Higher Level Stream Stability Analysis. CTSW-OT-14-314.05. Sacramento, CA.  

Russian River Independent Science Review Panel. 2016. Conceptual Model of Watershed Hydrology, Surface Water and Groundwater Interactions and Stream Ecology for the Russian River Watershed. Prepared for Sonoma County Water Agency and Russian River Mendocino County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, Russian River Water Conservation Council, and California Land Stewardship Institute. California Land Stewardship Institute, Napa, California.  

Shields, F. D. (with others). 2016. National Large Wood Manual: Assessment, Planning, Design, and Maintenance of Large Wood in Fluvial Ecosystems: Restoring Process, Function, and Structure. Prepared for U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. www.usbr.gov/pn/

Shields, F. D. 2016. Synthesis of Levee Vegetation Research Results (2007–2014). Prepared for California Levee Vegetation Research Program. California Department of Water Resources. http://www.water.ca.gov/floodsafe/leveeveg/levee_documents/2016-0127- Levee-Veg-Synthesis-Report-FINAL.pdf.  

Lagasse, P. F., Clopper, P. E., Thornton, C. I., Shields, F. D., McCullah, J., and Spitz, W. J. 2016. Final Report NCHRP Project No. 24–39: Evaluation and Assessment of Environmentally Sensitive Stream Bank Protection Measures. Prepared for National Cooperative High Research Board, Transportation Research Board, and National Research Council. Washington, D.C.  

cbec, inc. and Shields Engineering, LLC. 2018. A comparison of flood impacts of two operational protocols for the Saluda project. cbec project 16-1019-2. Draft report submitted to Willoughby and Hoefer, PA. Columbia, SC.

Shields, F.D. and Stofleth, J. 2019. Assessment of Saluda Dam Operation. Columbia, South Carolina, October 1-5,2015. Draft report submitted to Willoughby and Hoefer, PA. Columbia, SC.   Shields, F.D.2019. Addendum 2019-Synthesis of Levee Vegetation Research Results (2007- 2014). Prepared for California Levee Vegetation Research Program. State of California. California Department of Water Resources. Sacramento, CA. 

Shields, F. D., Downs, G., Stofleth, J., Stegman, T., and Bowles, C. 2020. Feather River computer model and potential applications to critical habitat and essential fish habitat issues: an overview. Prepared for California Department of Water Resources. cbec Project #: 18-1022. cbec, inc. West Sacramento, CA.  

 Shields, F. D., Downs, G., Stofleth, J., Stegman, T., and Bowles, C. 2020. An assessment of changes to physical habitat resulting from the 2017 spillway incident: An application of a 2D sediment transport model to characterize potential effects. Prepared for California Department of Water Resources. cbec Project #: 18-1022. cbec, inc. West Sacramento, CA.  Shields, D., Stofleth, J., Downs, G., Stegman, T. and Bowles, C. 2021. A Summary Of Opinions Regarding Alleged Damages to JEM Farms and Chandon Ranch Properties during the 2017 High Flow Event. Prepared for California Department of Water Resources. cbec Project #: 18-1022. cbec, inc. West Sacramento, CA.  

Stofleth, J., Shields, F.D., Stegman, T., Campbell. C., and Bowles, C. 2021. Summary of Opinions Regarding Hydraulic Simulation of Selected Reaches of the Feather River, the Sacramento River and adjacent bypasses, California. Prepared for California Department of Water Resources. cbec Project #: 18-1022. cbec, inc. West Sacramento, CA.  Stofleth, J., Shields, F.D., Bowles, C., Stegman, T., and Larson, L. 2021. Summary of Opinions regarding development of a Computer Model of Surface Water Movements for the Tom Miller Jr. Property Yuba City, California. Prepared for California Department of Water Resources. cbec Project #: 18-1022. cbec, inc. West Sacramento, CA. 

Shields, F. D., Stofleth, J., Downs, G., Stegman, T., and Bowles, C. 2021. A Summary of Opinions Regarding Alleged Damages to the RD 1600 Unit 2 Levee during the 2017 High Flow Event. Prepared for California Department of Water Resources. cbec Project #: 18- 1022. cbec, inc. West Sacramento, CA.     Shields, F. D. 2022. Assessment of Catawba-Wateree Project Operation, North and South Carolina, June 4-11, 2019. Shields Engineering, LLC, University, MS. 

Stofleth, J., Shields, D., Gavin, D., Stegman, T., and Bowles, C. 2023. An assessment of changes to physical habitat resulting from the 2017 Oroville Dam spillway incident: An application of 2D sediment transport model to characterize potential effects, in SEDHYD 2023 Proceedings, May 2023, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.  

Shields, F.D., Rossell, W.B., and Ochs, C.A. Simple model of Lower Mississippi River backwater ecological function, in SEDHYD 2023 Proceedings, May 2023, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.   Shields, F. D. 2024. Reasonableness of proposed improvement of the Rio Grande for navigation downstream of Amistad Dam. Prepared for the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in relation to United States vs. Abbott Case No. 1:23-CV-853-DAE. Shields Engineering, LLC, University, MS.  

 Shields, F. D., Hammersmark, C., Diaz, S., and Bowles, C. 2024. An investigation of potential remedies to harm of the population of Southern California steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Gaviota Creek, Santa Barbara County, California. Prepared for Coastal Ranches Conservancy in relation to Coastal Ranches Conservancy v. Tavares, C.D. Cal. Case No. 2:24-cv-00468-DSF-RAO. cbec Project #: 24-1006. Cbec eco engineering, a Verdantas Company, West Sacramento, CA.  

Shields, F. D., Jr., Ochs, C. A. and Rossell, W. B. 2024. A model to simulate fluxes of nutrients and primary production between the main channel and floodplain backwaters of the Lower Mississippi River. Report to U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg MS. Shields Engineering, LLC, University, MS.