Little River’s People

Jun 8, 2017

We haven’t been blogging much lately – because our hardworking and dedicated team is so busy keeping up with orders. Thought we should brag about them a little bit… Jim King is our new Director of Production. He jumped right in building models and...

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Emriver Research Instruments

Jun 8, 2017

Steve has spent thousands of hours of R&D on our Emriver research instruments, including the sediment feeder, dye injector, groundwater system, and magnetic flow meter. He says “It’s nice when you build and wire, and load the code, and thousands of...

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The perfect machinist’s apron.

Sep 21, 2014

(Ed. note: No river science or geomorphology today!  This is a post about the perfect shop apron, designed at Little River Research & Design!) As a thanks to all the professional machinists who’ve helped me online, here’s a shop apron design. Please note I am NOT...

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Stop the government shutdown now!

Oct 9, 2013

The current crew at LRRD. Nine of us depend on LRRD for our living. An open letter to friends, colleagues, and our vendors: The ongoing government shutdown is hurting our business and is about to hurt yours. This is not the way our democracy should work. This...

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Are fluvial geomorphologists made or born?

Jan 23, 2013

I lost my Mom a year ago. Going through her papers today I found this; eight-year-old me writing my best friend Corby Wiggins; in 1966.  We lived in Hope, Arkansas My Dad was taking me to camp on the Red River southwest of Hope.  I wondered if the river might...

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