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<br />001500 <br /> <br />I <br />! <br /> <br />/' <br />· Develop, with the Technical Work Group, criteria and standards for monitoring and research <br />programs; and <br />· Develop, with the Technical Work Group, resource management questions (i.e., information needs). <br />. Produce the State of the Colorado River Ecosystem Report. <br /> <br />Independent Review Panels <br /> <br />Independent Review Panels, as called for in the Glen Canyon Dam Environlnental Impact <br />Statement (Reclamation 1995:38), are comprised of qualified individuals not otherwise <br />participating in the long-term monitoring arid research studies. The panels include peer <br />reviewers, science advisors, and protocol evaluation panels whose primary responsibility is to <br />assess the quality of research, monitoring, or science being conducted by the Adaptive <br />Management Program and to make recommendations to improve it. Responsibilities of the. <br />panels include: <br /> <br />· Reviewing Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program monitoring and research programs and <br />protocols; <br />· Providing reports based on their review to the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, <br />Technical Work Group, and Adaptive Management Work Group; <br />· Making recommendations and providing advice to the Adaptive Management Work Group, Technical <br />Work Group, and Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center regarding science activities; <br />· Assessing proposed research plans and programs, technical reports and publications, and other <br />program accomplishments; and <br />. Conducting five-year reviews of Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center monitoring and <br />research protocols. <br /> <br />History of the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program <br /> <br />This strategic plan and the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program cannot be <br />understood without referencing key events since completion of Glen Canyon Dam in 1963. The <br />plan and program arose from the Bureau of Reclamation's proposal to install additional <br />generators on the bypass tubes and to rewind and uprate the existing generators at Glen Canyon <br />Dam. This proposal resulted in the establishment of the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies <br />that existed from 1982 through 1996. <br /> <br />Glen Canyon Environmental Studies <br /> <br />While the National Park Service, Native Americans, river runners, and scientists had noticed that <br />some beaches were disappearing and that plant and animal life along the Colorado River were <br />changing since Glen Canyon Dam was completed in 1963, the Glen Canyon Environmental <br />Studies program of the Bureau of Reclamation was the first systematic effort to investigate the <br />effects of dam operations on downstream resources. The program began in 1982 and lasted <br />through 1996. The Glen Canyon Environmental Studies did identify a mix of positiv~ and <br />negative consequences of dam operations on the downstream environment. In re~ponse to <br />substantial public concern over the findings of the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies, in 1989 <br />the Secretary of the Interior announced that an environmental impact statement would be <br />completed to evaluate the operation of Glen Canyon Dam.. With this announcement, the Glen <br /> <br />7 <br />