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In addition to monitoring and research activities, the GCMRC will develop information technologies to assure information archiving and transfer to managers and stakeholders and science organizations. Specific protocols will be developed to ensure sensitive information such as location of endangered species and cultural resource sites are maintained in confidence. More specifically, the geographic and institutional scope of the long-term plan is limited to the natural, cultural and recreational resources within Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area affected by actions taken by the Secretary through the GCP A and GCDEIS, including modifications to plans and operating criteria for Glen Canyon Dam. The physical scope of the program includes primarily the Colorado River mainstem corridor and associated riparian and terrace zones from the forebay of Glen Canyon Dam to the upper reaches of Lake Mead, identified as Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Grand Canyon National Park, a distance of approximately 293 miles. The research scope includes limited investigations into side tributaries such as the Little Colorado and Paria Rivers. It also includes resource impacts to inundation levels associated with a flow of 100,000 cfs from the dam. An assessment of water quality in Lake Powell will be completed in FY97, and any future monitoring and research investigations in either Lake Powell or Lake Mead is currently being designed as being associated with impacts resulting from "The effects of the Secretary's actions.>> In general, resource impacts may result from "The effects of the Secretary's (Final Dnft 3/17/97] ~ ,9 f: ,. .~ ~ ;1 5 '? r;l > '" f, ,-'. ; !<' ,,~ .\.- ~t _I, V '.;1' i'-_'- :.., i, .v 'r~ '.~ i; :.ii ~ .<; ~~ ,~fi "%, { f\~~ ..,' ~'.~~ ~~-:~ ~~ ~ ." r;~i ~~., ffl I ~'l ~~ ,..c.... , -,';.~ ';..''- ';:./ ';,.!