8128

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8128
• Author: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
• Title: Operation of Glen Canyon Dam\
• USFW Year: 1995.
• Copyright Material: NO

Description of Alternatives
Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; cooperating Indian Tribes; and
the general public, including representatives of academic and scientific
communities, environmental organizations, the recreation industry, and
contractors purchasing Federal power produced at Glen Canyon Dam.
The Adaptive Management Program, under the direction of the Secretary
of the Interior, would be facilitated through an Adaptive Management
Work Group (AMWG), organized as a Federal advisory committee.
Adaptive
Management
Work Group The AMWG membership would be appointed by the Secretary with
representation from each of the EIS cooperating agencies, Basin States, and
two representatives each from environmental groups, recreation interests,
and contractors for the purchase of Federal power from Glen Canyon
Powerplant.
The AMWG would:
• Provide the framework for adaptive management policy, goals, and
direction
• Develop recommendations for modifying operating criteria and for
other resource management actions
• Facilitate coordination and input from interested parties
Recommendations formulated by the AMWG would be forwarded to the
Secretary or his designee. If one or more entities did not support a
recommendation, the views or concerns of the nonconcurring interests
would accompany the recommendation for consideration in the decision.
The AMWG would be supported by a monitoring and research center and
a technical work group with overview and evaluation by an independent
review panel(s) .
Monitoring and Research Center. To support the AMWG, it is
recommended that the Secretary establish a research center within the
U.S. Geological Survey and/or National Biological Service with a small
permanent staff in Flagstaff, Arizona. The center would manage and
coordinate adaptive management research programs and all data collected
as part of those programs.
Technical Work Group. This work group would be comprised of tech-
nical representatives from Federal, State, and Tribal Governments and
other interests represented on the AMWG. This work group would trans-
late AMWG policy and goals into resource management objectives and
establish criteria and standards for long-term monitoring and research.
10 Glen Canyon Dam EIS Summary