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<br />001725 <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />monitoring of streamflow, temperature and suspended-sediment transport within the main <br />channel of the Colorado River ecosystem and its major tributaries described within project A.2. <br />Research & Development to Improve Monitoring - This has been a fundamental <br />component of the GCMRC activities since the Center was established in 1995. These activities <br />are intended to identify effective and efficient methods for collection of monitoring data, as well <br />as identify methods and needs for inventory of critical resources below the dam. The Center's <br />Protocol Evaluation Program (PEP) for externally reviewing monitoring methods was started in <br />1998 in the area of remote sensing and physical resources. Additional meetings are planned for <br />the Socio-Cultural program, and others are proposed for review of new advances in the Physical <br />Modeling and Biology programs as research and development are completed in FY 2006. <br />Active Adaptive Management Completing Experimental Treatments Proposed in <br />2002 Plan - Completion of treatments have been identified as a high priority element of the FY <br />2006 work plan, especially with respect to implementation of the fourth year of mechanical <br />removal of non-native fishes and completion of key sediment experimental flow releases. <br />Although more costly than originally projected, the mechanical removal project has proven to be <br />effective in reducing non-native salmonid populations in the Lower Marble Canyon and Eastern <br />Grand Canyon reaches proximal to the confluence of the Little Colorado River. The FY 2006 <br />work plan is intended to allow completion of this important biological experimental treatment, <br />while also allowing final reports to be prepared and externally peer reviewed on fluctuating-flow <br />strategies for suppression of rainbow trout in the Lees Ferry reach. The plan also allows for <br />completion of the fine-sediment change detection project to finalize work related to monitoring <br />and research related to the November 2004 Experimental High-Flow test. This work includes <br />studies to better document the fate of new sand bar deposits with respect to reworking by wind <br />and verification of a one-dimensional sand routing model. <br />Expansion of Socio-Cultural Program to Better Reflect Priorities - This theme was <br />seriously embraced by the GCMRC during development of the FY 2006 work plan. The desire <br />to increase the available information related to recreational and culture resources was identified <br />by members of the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group with the need to <br />complete other research activities, including experimentation. However, the projected costs for <br />these sociocultural new activities forced the Center to recommend limiting activities in some <br />other biological and physical resource areas. <br /> <br />GCMRC FY2006 Annual Work Plan (Draft February 15,2005) <br />