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<br />001899
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<br />From:
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<br /><jeffrey-lovich@usgs.gov>
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<br />To: <dkubly@uc.usbr.gov>, <jwhipple@ose.state.nm.u$>, <jshiel@state.wy.us>,
<br /><ken _mcmullen@nps.gov>, <bpersons@gf.state.az.iJs>, <matt.kaplinski@nau.edu>,
<br /><farvana@commspeed.net>, <barger@wapa.gov>, <plehr@crc.nv.gov>,
<br /><randy.seaholm@state.co.us>, <robertking@utah.gov>, <force@grandcanyontrust.org>,
<br /><csharris@crb.ca.gov>, <chris_kincaid@nps.gov>, <az86515@yahoo.com>, <glen_knowles@fws.gov>,
<br /><j .damp@starband.net>, <michael. yeatts@nau.edu>, <dostler@uc.usbr.gov>,
<br /><amp.bdavis@ecoplanaz.com>! <cuszhman@yahoo.com>, <steffenflyrod@lycos.com>,
<br /><lgreiner1 @mindspring.com>, <bwerner@adwr.state.az.us>, <Norm_Henderson@nps.gov>,
<br /><tmelis@usgs.gov>, <hfairley@usgs.gov>, <bralston@usgs.gov>, <mjliszew@usgs.gov>,
<br /><cfritz@usgs.gov>, <denny _fenn@usgs.gov>, <jkite@usgs.gov>, <cbeard@usgs.gov>,
<br /><rick.johnson@npgcable.com> .
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<br />Date:
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<br />Tue, Feb 15, 2005 11 :33 AM
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<br />Subject:
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<br />For distribution to the TWG
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<br />This week we are sending out a revised draft FY06 budget and workplan for the AMWG meeting. I want
<br />to take this opportunity to brief you, in advance of the meeting, on the major changes. On the basis of
<br />detailed budget meetings with BuRec and the GCMRC's budget analyst related to FY2004 project
<br />accounts and 1 st quarter actuals in FY 2005, I have advised my program staff to implement several key
<br />revisions to the package we submitted earlier as follows:
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<br />1) Propose implementation of a system-wide, multi-spectral, orthorectified, digital overflight mission in
<br />late May 2005: not in FY06 as originally suggested.
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<br />2) Continue implementation of experimental Mechanical Removal treatment in FY 2006, as the fourth
<br />year of this treatment, as recommended by the GCMRC in its 2002 Experimental Flow plan.
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<br />) 3) Complete all field activities in 2005, that were proposed as research & monitoring elements (including
<br />studies related to the aeolian transport processes and cultural preservation sites) tied to the Fine-
<br />Grained Sediment storage change project (FY01.,05, with EHF), using experimental funds approved in
<br />the FY 2004-05 budgets.
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<br />The proposed changes were not considered as viable alternatives at the time of the February 2-3, 2005,
<br />Technical Work ~roup meeting. A clearer perspective on available funding allowed us to make these
<br />recommended changes to the budget and workplan. Because this information was not available prior to
<br />the TWG meeting, various contingencies for the FY 2006 plan were not openly presented for discussion
<br />with members.
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<br />I believe that the above changes can be implemented within the fiscal constraints of the FY 2005-06
<br />budgets and that the proposed changes better meet the desires and information needs of the Adaptive
<br />Management Program, with respect to priorities related tocore.monitoring, completion of experimental
<br />research and humpback chub initiatives requested by the Adaptive Management Work Group.
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<br />UPDATE: USSR proposes to incorporate $10,000 for Zuni
<br />Conservation Program Mitigation into the Grand Canyon
<br />Treatment Plan and Implementation Project.
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