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<br />receiver antennas. and surgical <br />techniques. Triangulation <br />techniquell wel"ecoupled with aerial <br />photograph!! to identify location and <br />diel movement patterns of <br />t1ur~ically implanted fish. Location!! <br />of implanted fish were monitored <br />during the course of the <br />experimental period. Habitot <br />utilizotioll for each of the !!urgic::ally <br />implanted fish WM conducted and <br />evalUllted fOl' il..s elTectivene!l8 in the <br />Grand Canyon. <br /> <br />A radio telemetry trip report will be <br />provided to the National Pal.k <br />Service upon final complE'tion of <br />data ftnalysis and review by <br />participating agencies. The <br />National Park Service helped in <br />coordinating the 9tudy effort. <br /> <br />U,S, Geological Survey <br />(USGS) Gaging Station <br />River Trip: September <br />12-0ctober 2. 1989 <br /> <br />Three per!'lollnel from the USGS <br />t\\'ater He80urces Division. <br />Flagstaff Office) installed a gage <br />below Glen Canyon Dam in the Glen <br />Canyon National Recreation Area <br />and re"eslabtished (OUT gages in <br />Grond Conyon National Park in <br />September. <br /> <br />l1le Glen Canyon Dam gage was <br />til~t e!'ltablitlhed October 22, 1964. <br />at a sile 4500 feet downRtream of <br />the dom, Rnd WaB discontinued on <br />September 30. 1972. A new cable <br />was strung this September. <br />Instrumentation will collect <br />information on a daily and monthly <br />basis. as determined by rE'search <br />!lcientists, Information from the <br />gage will also help determine the <br />relationship between power relealle <br />records and actual Glen Canyon <br />Dam I"elea!les. <br /> <br />Wett>r 8nd !lediment sompling <br />equipment was re"installed at three <br />locatiolls on the Colorado River. The <br />8itt'1'l al"e above the connuence with <br />the Little Colorado Ri\'er, above <br />National Cenyon. and above <br />Diamond Creek. New cable cars, <br />in!ltrument !lhelter!l, staff plau.!\, <br />and !lta~e recording instruments <br />were illstel1ed. Also. a temporary <br />.!ltalTga~ewfl.Jl installed on the Little <br />Colorado Hiver abo\'e the <br /> <br />confluence with the mainstem <br />Colorado to measure the <br />8tage-discharge relationships of the <br />tributary. <br /> <br />11lese gages will continue to collect <br />information 011 discharge. woter <br />quality. temperature. and <br />8uspended-!lediment information <br />until the completiun of the GeES <br />program. <br /> <br />Archeological Monitoring <br />Research Trip: October <br />11-28.1989 <br />The Archeological Monitoring <br />I'esearch trip included 20 <br /> <br />archeological I"emains dating back <br />to the Anas8zi occupation, <br />sometime during A.V. 800-1200. <br />Several new !lites were found <br />eroding out of sand dunes above <br />river level within the historic high <br />water zone. <br /> <br />Surficial geologic and botanic <br />information was collected and will <br />be tied to the archeoJogicalsurveys <br />to develop the geolugic/geomorphic <br />history of the site" PrE'!lervatiol\ of <br />Ilahll"al and cultural I"esources <br />within GCNP is legislated by <br />sevel"al Federollaw!!: NPS Organic <br />Act (1916). the enabling leghllatioll <br />for GCNP 0919), the NBlionul <br /> <br /> <br />Old Ili~', II'olt(Td"n" t">:l"'"i,, Ar..~i $it('(l" <br /> <br />participwlts from the National Park <br />Sel"vice (NPS) (Division of <br />Resource8 Management Bnd <br />Planning), Bureau of Reclamation <br />(Albuquerque Project8 Office and <br />GeES Office), U.S. Geological <br />Survey (Branch of Western <br />Regional Geology). and volunteers. <br /> <br />TIle mRjor objectives of the jointly <br />funded trip were to asses!! the <br />impacts of Glen Canyon Dam <br />opE'rations 011 archeological <br />resources located alol\g the <br />Colorado Rh'er con;dor in Grend <br />Canyon National Park tGCNPl. and <br />to monitor sites which had been <br />identified by prt>\'iou!l NPS fit>ld <br />surveys. Arroyo cutting during <br />1983-1984 in a. dune field capped by <br />mesquites. uncovered !lignificant <br /> <br />Historic Pl"e~ervation Act (19611. <br />and amended in 19801. <br />Archeological Rt'lJolll"ces Protection <br />Act t19791. Muster Pla.n, its <br />accompanying (jnal t>nvil'onmental <br />alJlJessment, and the UI"and Canyon <br />EnlergemE'lll Act. <br /> <br />Meeting Summary <br /> <br />GeES Technical Team <br />Meeting November 14 & 15, <br />1989 <br /> <br />A g'.oup of O\.t>l" 41) GCES <br />researchers. nl't'IH:Y l"t'pre!lt'nta" <br />tive!l, wate," ll!lt>P~. power llst'r~. and <br />illtert'~ted public attt'IHled the <br />No\"ember 14 & 15. 1989, Tehnical <br />Team nU'etings in Tempt', Arizona. <br /> <br />.< <br />