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<br />~ <br />~, <br /> <br />Each of these areas represent components of the long-term program from which information will <br /> <br />be developed to address objectives and information needs specified by stakeholders. <br /> <br />Conceptual Modeling and Synthesis of Existing Knowledge <br />The synthesis of existing data and information has two primary components and will be <br /> <br />completed in the first two to three years of the first five-year plan. The first component is <br /> <br />development of a conceptual model of Colorado River ecosystems primarily between Glen <br /> <br />Canyon Dam and Lake Mead. The intent of the model will be to examine resource elements that <br /> <br />respond to variable operating criteria of Glen Canyon Dam. The second component of the <br /> <br />synthesis program is the detailed assessment of most past research associated with the riverine <br /> <br />corridor's resources after and possibly before Dam construction, as well as other unregulated <br /> <br />western riverine corridors, that are of similar character and structure to the Colorado River <br /> <br />mainstem. These syntheses are addressed in the individual resource program areas. <br /> <br />Completion of this comprehensive in-depth synthesis will provide an important tool for <br /> <br />organizing our understanding of this riverine ecosystem and the impacts offlow regulation. <br /> <br />Anticipated end products include a more integrated data assessment and interpretation of critical <br /> <br />alternatives associated with resources of concern, and a major comprehensive transfer, from <br /> <br />GCMRC, of information to stakeholders regarding the potential impacts of alternative operating <br /> <br />criteria on riverine ecosystems and associated resources. <br /> <br />The Physical Resources Program <br /> <br />Water and sediment are the two primary resources of concern in the physical resources <br /> <br />area although there are potential associated impacts to other resources. Monitoring and research <br /> <br />Final Draft <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />" <br />':-. <br /> <br />", ~ <br /> <br />~,- <br /> <br />~-. <br />:.\> <br />e <br />~~ <br />ti <br />".~ <br /> <br />~:.~ ; <br /> <br />k,~ <br /> <br />/; <br /> <br /> <br />.>~ <br /> <br />:.'., <br /> <br />~) <br /> <br />~':-.;;' <br /> <br />~ <br />~~~ <br />i'$, <br /> <br />.,':,; <br />:'~ <br />~t~ <br />~ <br />," <br />~~ <br />~Y!i <br />,~ <br /> <br />:,,:.' <br />,}f <br />";-"'- <br />