WSP12648

• File Number: 8220.101.10.A
• Description: Colorado River - Water Projects - Glen Canyon Dam-Lake Powell - Glen Canyon AMWG
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 12/1/2000
• Author: GCMRC Science Advisors
• Title: Operating Protocols - GCMRC Science Advisors - Final - 12-01-00
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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and research studies and must recuse themselves from bidding on GCMRC proposals for one year after their term of
service is completed.
Scientific Advisors will be selected on the basis of their technical competence, independence, and
demonstrated capability to work in an interdisciplinary environment. Balance among expertise in the following
areas will be sought:

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. Adaptive management;
. Anthropology I Native American studies;
. Archaeology;
. Fisheries;
. Ecosystem / Riparian ecology;
. Geomorphology;
. GIS / Remote sensing;
. Hydrology;
. Aquatic ecology I Limnology; and
. Socio-economics.

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Selection Process and Terms. Scientific Advisors will be sought for a three-year term, renewable for one
consecutive three-year term. AMWG members may provide GCMRC with names of individuals who should be
considered for appointment as a Scientific Advisor. Initial Scientific Advisors will be appointed for staggered one-,
two-, and three-year terms, to ensure continuity in membership. Scientific Advisors will be selected from among
nominees based on the evaluation criteria presented below. GCMRC will seek the consultation ofthe AMWG in
selecting individuals to serve as GCMRC Scientific Advisors. The selection process, requiring them to sign the
standard GCMRC conflict-of-interest statement and providing them a fixed term that they will serve will assure the
independence of the Scientific Advisors.

REPORTING

"Although it must be independent, it must have a mechanism for being responsive to the concerns of people
with local knowledge, interest and concerns. Finally, its reports must be visible and accessible to all.
Although the advisory board will not and should not make policy decisions, its scientific advice must be
loud and clear enough that it cannot be ignored by accident." (Upstream: Salmon and Society in the Pacific
Northwest.)

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The Scientific Advisors will report through an Executive Secretary. The Scientific Advisors will provide
technical advice and scientific oversight, upon request, in writing to the AMWG, the GCMRC, and/or the Secretary;
with copies to the TWG.

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EVALUATION CRITERIA

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Technical competence as demonstrated by their record of scientific achievement in one of the areas of
technical expertise being sought.

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