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• Board Meeting Date: 3/18/2008
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Management Plans) to determine if the identified eligible segments are suitable for wild and scenic
designation. This matter will be discussed at the Board meeting.
UPPER COLORADO RIVER RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM
RECOVERY ACTION PLAN -The Program Director's office has drafted the RIPRAP revisions and
Program Assessment which are now in the technical review process. These documents will come to the
Management Committee for review in advance of the March 31 Management Committee meeting and we
anticipate the RIPRAP revisions and Assessment will be approved at the March 315c meeting. Subsequent
to the Program's annual Assessment of the RIPRAP, the Service will conduct its annual review of
Program activities to determine if "Sufficient Progress" continues to be adequate for the Program to serve
as a reasonable and prudent alternative for jeopardy opinions in the Section 7 consultation process. The
Service intends to complete this review by late spring this year (with a draft expected in April).
COLORADO RIVER WATER AVAILABILITY STUDY -The Colorado River Water
Availability Study request for qualifications (RFQ) was advertised on February 28, 2008. The same
advertising was posted in the Denver Post on March 6, 2008. The following is the schedule for the
contractor selection process. We are hopeful we will have a contractor under contract by mid-June. We
are looking forward to reading the statements of qualifications (SOQ) and interviewing the top 3
candidates on May 6, 2008.
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March 17, 2008 questions and answers hosted on gID~
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Ma ~l_10 Interviews and selection
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May 15- ]une 14,
2!]0~ contract signature ~ review process
]une 1.~ 21~~~ Be in work
GLEN CANYON ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (GCAMP) - On February 8, 2008 the
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released for public comment an Environmental Assessment for a High Flow
and Steady Flow Experiment, beginning with a high flow of 41,500 cfs on March ~~' and extending for a
duration of 60-hours or through March 8`~`. This high flow would be followed by 5-years of ROD flows
(MLFF) except during September and October when the flows would remain steady. The experiment was
developed based on science gathered through the research done as part of the GCAMP. The purpose of
this experiment is test whether or not dam operations done in this manner can: (1) remove or reduce
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