WSPC12522

• File Number: 8220.101.10
• Description: Colorado River Water Projects - Glen Canyon Dam-Lake Powell - Adaptive Management
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 12/15/1997
• Author: DOI-GCMRC
• Title: Draft Fiscal Year 1999 - Annual Monitoring and Research Plan - Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center - 12-15-97
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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CHAPTER 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
FISCAL YEAR 1999 MONITORING AND
RESEARCH PROGRAM ACTIVITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
CONCEPTUAL MODELING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Program Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

THE PHYSICAL RESOURCES PROGRAM .................................... 29
Program Background and Introduction .......................................30
Identified Stakeholder Information Needs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

For Water Resources: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
For Sediment Resources: ........................;........................ 31
The FY 99 Physical Resources Program .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Mainstem and Tributary Streamflow Resources: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Sediment Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Specific Physical Science Monitoring and Research Projects Supported by GCMRC,

FY 98-FY 99: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Unsolicited Proposals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Contribution of the FY99 Program to the Strategic Plan. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Contingency Expenditures in FY 98 ........................................ 41

CULTURAL RESOURCES PROGRAM. ..... ... . . ........... . .... .. . .. ... . . .. .41

Program Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

FY 1999 Cultural Resources Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Contingency Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
The Contribution of the FY 99 Program to the Strategic Plan .................... 48

THE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES PROGRAM ................................. 48

Program Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Responding to Stakeholder Objectives and Information Needs ................... 49
The FY 99 Biological Resources Program ................................... 49

Aquatic Food Base. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Native Fish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Lees Ferry Trout ....................................................... 60

Lees Ferry Trout Symposiwn ............................................. 61
Wetland and Riparian Vegetation .......................................... 63