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The Minnesota River Basin (MRB) is the largest contributor of sediment and nutrients to the Upper Mississippi River in Minnesota and is impaired for turbidity and nutrients over much of its length. Several recent studies indicate that the majority of sediment in the river originates from channel erosion of ravines, bluffs or streambanks. The objectives of the studies synthesized in this report were: to quantify sources of sediment to the Minnesota River; to determine channel evolutionary processes and stages; and to quantify the impacts of direct channel modification on sediment transport efficiency of the lower Minnesota River.