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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8220.101.10.B
Description
Colorado River-Water Projects-Glen Canyon Dam/Lake Powell-Glen Canyon Adaptive Management-TWG
Basin
Colorado Mainstem
Water Division
5
Date
6/10/2005
Title
Fiscal Year 2006-Monitoring and Research Work Plan
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Report/Study
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<br />., <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />00514 <br /> <br />Project C.3. Integrated Campsite Monitoring and Research (Pilot Study) <br /> <br />FUNDING <br />HISTORY Fiscal year <br /> 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 <br />Outside GCMRC <br />Science/Labor - - - - 50,000 - <br />Logistics Field <br />Sunnort & MPS - - - - 15,000 - <br />Project Related <br />Travelffraininl! - - - - 0 - <br />Onerations/SuDolies - - - - 6,000 - <br />GCMRC Salaries - - - - 7,450 - <br />Proiect Subtotal - - - - 78,450 - <br />DOl Customer <br />Burden (6 to 17%) - - - - 7,837 - <br />Proiect Total - - - - 86,287 - <br />% Total Outsourced - - - - 67% ?% <br /> <br />Principal Investigators: Rod Parnell and associates, Northern Arizona University and <br />Jack Schmidt and associates, Utah State University <br /> <br />Statement of Problem: Camp sites in the CRE are diminishing in size, quality and <br />overall number under current dam operations (Kaplinski et aI., 2003, 2005; NPS, 2004.) <br />In the early 1980s, growing public concern over diminishing size and quality of camping <br />opportunities in the CRE and the impact of proposed changes in dam operations on <br />"camping beaches" was one of the critical issues that prompted the Bureau of <br />Reclamation to initiate the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies program. <br />The loss of campable area in the CRE impacts visitor use values in a variety of <br />ways. The number, size classes, and distribution of campsites are critical for maintaining <br />the types and quality ofrecreational opportunities consistent with National Park <br />Management objectives (NPS, 2004). These three critical factors--number, size, and <br />distributiou--coustraiu the upper limits of the Colorado River corridor's visitor carrying <br />capacity (NPS, 2005). A diminishing quantity and range of camping opportunities may <br />negatively impact visitor experience through increasing crowding, increasing numbers of <br />contacts between groups, and increasing human use-related impacts (an end result of <br />
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