7424

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7424
• Author: National Research Council
• Title: Editor
• USFW Year: Series
• USFW - Doc Type: 1987
• Copyright Material: YES

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power production and potential gains from
management operation of the dam will be necessary
at some time.
The Department of the Interior should
• accept options 1 and 2 of the final draft
GCES report: (1) Initiate a feasibility study of
possible changes in dam operations and
non-operations alternatives for protecting
downstream resources. Such studies comply with
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
requirements for informing and involving interested
and affected publics and agencies. (2) Continue
with research and monitoring of resources.
• consider all management options (e.g., base
load hydroelectric operations, discharge and timing
of releases, installation and operation of multiple
outlet structures, and strategies for conservation
that use less than maximum storage in Lake Powell)
The Integrated Final Report
The integrated final GCES report that was given
to the committee in July 1987 is a readable
document for the general public. The committee
suspects that this type of document was produced to
achieve policy objectives. The GCES scientists,
however, have sacrificed scholarly rigor to achieve
this brevity and readability. By doing so, they
have risked confusing readers who do not take the
time to read the supporting reports. The
combination of sacrificed scholarly rigor and
apparent value judgments increases the risk of
misleading managers. This inappropriate use of
science could lead to poor policy.
The integration of the results from the
biological, sediment, and recreational studies is
incomplete. There is little direct
cross-referencing, between study components and
many policy statements do not consider interactions
and indirect effects. In short, it is not clear