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operations of Glen Canyon Dam and compared with change since 1992, and earlier years as permissible with existing data. Specific objectives of the project include: . Provide a baseline of vegetated and open terrestrial habitat that can be used for long- term, community-based change detection. . To provide a vegetation map of the river corridor that uses a unifoml hierarchical vegetation classification system that is compatible with NPS park units and AMP program purposes. . The vegetation data will be compared with historic aerial photographs to detect and study changes. MO's Addressed: This project addresses MO's under Goal 6 including 6.1, 6.2. 6.3., 6.4., and 6.5. Status/Schedule: This project should be completed and through the review process by December 2005. The budget covers 14% of the terrestrial biologist's salary to complete the reports and finalize the coverage. Implications of Experimental vs. Non-Experimental Budget: Outside Science/labor: Allocation is unchanged. Logistics: unchanged. Training/travel related costs: unchanged. Supplies/operations: unchanged. GCMRC salaries: 14% of terrestrial biologist time to complete project.. Expected ProductslDeliverables: . Completion of vegetation coverage for GIS network. . Randomized sampling design for terrestrial resource survey. Integration: To achieve ecosystem-level scientific understanding of the relationships between resources of the CRE and Glen Canyon Dam operations, integration of long-term monitoring between physical, cultural, biological, and recreational resources is required. The inventory and mapping of system-wide vegetation communities provides infoffilation about changes in open and vegetated areas (camping beaches) and changes in the old and new high water vegetative communities as a whole (e.g., how have marsh community areas changed since 1992?). The primary goal for this project is to document compositional and area coverage changes at a reach based or landscape scale every 5 years to complement field based surveys that occur at a finer scale every year. GCMRC FY2006 Annual Work Plan (Draft, June 10,2005) 51 ;e . .