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<br />:. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />,e <br /> <br />00493 <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />stakeholders towards a recommendation for implementation (presumably, starting with the FY <br />2007-08 work plan) by the Adaptive Management Workgroup in FY 2007 budget and beyond. <br />Identifying a Strategic Planning Process - A prospectus for undertaking development <br />of the SSIP was prepared during spring 2005, by the Executive Director of the Science Advisors <br />(L.D. Garrett) and the Secretary's designee and the TWG members were then briefed about the <br />proposed approach strategic approach. Afterwards, initial steps in this planning process began <br />through meetings with the Technical Workgroup's Budget, Core-Monitoring, Experimental and <br />r <br />Humpback Chub Comprehensive Plan ad hocs. These initial ad hoc meetings with GCMRC <br />staff provided a solid basis for the following draft work plan during many hours of discussions. <br />As a result of these deliberations with the Teclmical Workgroup members, numerous <br />recommendations, both in general program approach, as well as specific to individual projects <br />were considered by the GCMRC during revision of this work plan. To effectively chart the <br />course of science in support of the GCD-AMP in its 2006-10 I 0 next phase. an agreed upon <br />strategic science implementation plan is essential to ensure continuing progress in the adaptive <br />management process. In part, this draft work plan represents the beginning of the strategic <br />science planning process. <br />Core Monitoring to Document tbe Influence 1996 Record-of-Dedsion - This program <br />element stems from the list of key downstream resources identified within the Operations of <br />Glen Canyon Dam - Final Environmental Impact Statement. These data provide the essential <br />time series for use by both managers and scientists in evaluating environmental changes below <br />the dam, despite the fact that such data alone cannot identify cause and effect. These data are <br />deemed to be of great value to the Adaptive Management Program in and of themselves and <br />provide a foundation on which experimental design can be built that does identify cause and <br />effect. The "Downstream" report of the National Research Counci I (NRC, I 999)states 'The <br />Center has correctly identified the need for a scientifically sound, comprehensive, long-term <br />monitoring program as a major priority." <br />One example oftrus type of work is the continuous monitoring ofstreaml1ow, <br />temperature, conductivity and suspended-sediment transport within the main channel of the <br />Colorado River ecosystem and its major tributaries described within provisional monitoring <br />project A.2. Monitoring projects should evolve through time on the basis of the identification of <br />new information needs that focus on more complex ecosystem functions and responses to dam <br /> <br />GCMRC FY2006 Annual Work Plan (Draft June 10,2005) <br />