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<br />(j_,tlfe B,f 0+ b~c.k<"..t?u,.t: ~....., .th"e~-all <br />~C.I f?,.,f{"l~c. ;.v~..../:; ,,,, ;?!?c;t'""..,..,,,rl',:?/J. ;:;,,;>"{'-f.p,#l <br />/..1 n1/cP. L-v ,''' +e r- ~? r"71' C -??te "") <br /> <br />Cf7 <br /> <br />RECLAMA nON'S COMMITMENT TO RIVER FLOW RESEARCH CONTINUES <br /> <br />Significant questions have been voiced in recent months, asking if the Bureau of <br /> <br />Reclamation remains committed to apply the lessons learned through the Glen Canyon <br /> <br />Environmental Studies (GCES) Program to water management practices across the west. There <br /> <br />is a presumption that the commitment may be wavering sincs the GeES office in Flagstaff, <br /> <br />Arizona, was closed and combined into the newly created Grand Canyon Monitoring and <br /> <br />Research Center in keeping with the terms of the Record of Decision following the Operation of <br /> <br />Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact Statement. <br /> <br />Such questions also imply that Reclamation has only concentrated environmental research <br /> <br />and testing in the Grand Canyon, as part of the GCES program. In fact, while the GeES studies <br /> <br />are considered to be the single largest riverine study ever conducted in the United States, it is not <br /> <br />the only such work. Reclamation has been studying, testing, and evaluating operational changes <br /> <br />in river management for a number of years. In addition, structural modifications to dams and <br /> <br />water conveyance systems have been considered and constructed over the years to improve <br /> <br />riverine conditions for environmental benefits. Taken in total, the Bureau of Reclamation's <br /> <br />commitment to protection and recovery efforts for endangered species of fish represents one of <br /> <br />the largest Federal programs of its kind in the country. <br /> <br />Several examples presented from around Reclamation demonstrate that not only is <br /> <br />information gleaned from GCES being applied, but that much work and research actually predates <br /> <br />the completion of the GeES program and the now famous Beach/Habitat-Building Flood Flow <br /> <br />test from Glen Canyon Dam in the spring of 1996. While not as prominent as GeES and Glen <br /> <br />Canyon Dam, these examples represent the daily work of the agency. <br /> <br />Reclamation's actions are in keeping with the ecosystem concepts expressed by Secretary <br />