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Process Towards Integrated Resource Plan -Research Component- Environmental Technical Working Group-Research .. Executive Review .. Committee NAS Committee j J! .f . 1-1 c: o .. .. li> . ~ .E "- c: .2 ~ .. .s; ... ~ o o C) program with the operations ofGIen Canyon Dam. It is important though that we not think of the Integrated Research Plan as the panacea or guarantee for the successful completion of all of the GeES Phase II research. For centuries, planners have sought to endow planning activities with rigid scientific criteria, on the assumption that their findings would increase credibility and acceptance by the political decision makers. 'file development of the GeES Integrated Research Plan must be viewed as a continuum of process, and not as an inviolate set of projects. This will create an opportunity to plan for better Economic Technical . Working Group-Research " t / ~ GCES Program Menager . Senior Scientist ... I "'Res ~ Adv Integrated Research Plan 1 990-1 l Research 1990+ ! earch Isory Panel '" . < cr t: - Integrated Research Rerts Integrated Resource Management Plan ~ implementation of Integrated Resource Management Plan Figrm:2 science with better management decisions. At the last GOES technical meetings in Flagstaff, Dr. Patten presented a chart (Figure 2) which outlined the means by which the Senior Scientist will help to develop and provide input into the GeES technical program. The graph reflects part of the process which is to be followed in the development of the Integrated Research Plan. Three key groups to be involved include: the Senior Scientist, and the Environmental and Economic Study Teams. Providing review and oversight functions, will be the Senior f I Scientist's Research Advisory Panel, the National Academy of Sciences Review Committee, the GeES Program Manager, and the Executive Review Committee. It is anticipated that by having the core of the integrated plan developed by the scientists, that a complete and integrated research program will be developed. The review groups wiIl provide the oversight to ensure that all of the details have been addressed, and that the program can be implemented. Once the Integrated Research Plan is developed, then the development of the individual Requests for Proposals, contracts, and budgets can be established. '" ~ f Summary of GeES River Research Trips Humpback Chub Trip Lee's Ferry to Diamond Creek: May 15-29, 1989 The Humpback Ohub (lIBO) research trip included participants from, Arizona Game & Fish Department (AGF), BioWest, Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), Natiol1al Park Service, (NPS), and the Navajo Natural Heritage Program. The major objective of the trip was to measure distribution, abundance, population structure, reproductive activity, age/growth relationships, and movement of the. HBO. Research was focused on the Little Oolorado River (LOR) for five days, and in the mainstem, secondary tributaries, and backwaters for the remainder of the trip. OoncuITent1y, AGF personnel were working in the LOR drainage from May 1-30. Passive Integrated Transponder (Pl'fJ tags were injected into the coelomic cavity of the HBO (rather than sew-on Oadin and Floy fingerling tags). A total ofl,8871IBO were collected, 33% were tagged this year, 33% were recaptured (tagged in 1986, 1987, and 1988). 'rhere was an 11% return on the PIT tagged fish. Spawning had apparently occurred during April. Thermal shock 3