Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 26.1
Adaptive Management Work Group member organizations.
Secretary of the Interior's Designee
Colorado River Basin States
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Arizona: Arizona Department of Water Resources
Hopi Tribe
California: Colorado River Board of California
Hualapai Tribe
Colorado: Colorado Water Conservation Board
Navajo Nation
Nevada: Colorado River Commission of Nevada
Pueblo of Zuni
New Mexico: New Mexico Office of the State Engineer
San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe
Utah: Water Resources Agency
Southern Paiute Consortium
Wyoming: State Engineer's Office
State and Federal Cooperating Agencies
Non-Governmental Groups
Arizona Game and Fish Department
Environmental
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Grand Canyon Trust
Bureau of Reclamation
Grand Canyon Wildlands Council
National Park Service
Recreation
US Department of Energy, Western Area Power
Administration
Federation of Fly Fishers/Northern Arizona
Flycasters
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Grand Canyon River Guides
Contractors for Federal Power from Glen Canyon Dam
Colorado River Energy Distributors Association
Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems
dam operations or conduct other management
actions to meet the Department obligations under
the GCPA and other statutes.
2.
The
Secretary of the Interior Designee
serves as the
chair of the Work Group, providing a direct link
between the Work Group and the Secretary of the
Interior.
3.
The
Technical Work Group
includes technical
representatives from the Work Group's 25
stakeholders. It translates the Work Group's
objectives and goals into resource information
needs, identifies science questions that determine
the basis for long-term monitoring and research
activities, and disseminates research results
and resource recommendations to Work Group
members.
4.
The U.S. Geological Survey
Grand Canyon
Monitoring and Research Center
('the Center') is
the Program's science provider, monitoring and
evaluating the effects of dam operations and
related factors on natural, cultural, and recreational
resources. It is not a member of the Work Group or
Technical Work Group.
5.
Independent Review Panels
provide independent
peer review of scientific activities. One of
panels, the Science Advisors, comprises a group
of academic experts which provides independent
scientific oversight and technical advice to ensure
that science activities are efficient, objective, and
scientifically sound.
The annual budget
for
the Program was
approximately
10 million in 2010 and is
derived from Colorado River Basin hydro-
electric power revenue. Historically, about 80%
of these funds have been used by the Center for
monitoring, research, and experimental actions;
the remaining money is administered by the
Bureau of Reclamation for Program management
and compliance activities.
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Learning by doing
In the 1970s, Grand Canyon National Park started
studies to evaluate the downstream impacts of
the Glen Canyon dam operations. In 1983,
further monitoring and research efforts supported
by the Bureau of Reclamation's Glen Canyon
Environmental Studies provided scientists with
additional post-dam flow and sand-transport data.
the
