WSPC12521

• File Number: 8220.101.10
• Description: Colorado River Water Projects - Glen Canyon Dam-Lake Powell - Adaptive Management
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 11/1/1998
• Author: Secretary of the Interior
• Title: Fiscal Year 1997-1998 Report to Congress - Operations of Glen Canyon Dam Pursuant to the 1992 Grand Canyon Protection Act - From the Secretary of the Interior - Draft - 01-01-98
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

REPORT TO CONGRESS ................................................... 1

HISTORY (Historical Factors Contributing to Formation
of the Adaptive Management Program) . . . . .. . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 1

A NEED FOR SCIENCE. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

AN ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM .................................. 4

INITIATING THE ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ...................... 4

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES:

FY 1997 .......... . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 7
FY 1998 .................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

The Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center ......................... 8
FY 1997 GCMRC Activities. . . . .. .... . . .. .. .,. .. . . . . .. . .. .... . .. .9
FY 1998 GCMRC Activities. . . . .. . ... . . .. .. ... . . . . . . .. . .. . ... ....9

Glen Canyon Dam 1998 Annual Plan of Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

FIGURE

Figure I. The Adaptive Management Program and processes for determining
future operations ofthe Glen Canyon Dam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

APPENDIX

Operating Criteria for Glen Canyon Dam in accordance with the
Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992 . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . .. . 14

Glen Canyon Dam 1997 Annual Plan of Operations prepared in
accordance with the Operating Criteria developed for the
Grand Canyon Proiection Act (GCPA . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center Staff Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17