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GREEN RIVER STUDY PLAN 16 February 2, 2007 Each anticipated effect or uncertainty is fundamentally a hypothesis statement about the expected or unknown outcome of a given flow or temperature recommendation. Relevant and recently completed, ongoing, or pending monitoring or research Recovery Program studies, as well as non-program studies, whose results are being or will be used to implement and evaluate the flow and temperature recommendations are linked to these hypotheses in Tables AI-A3. 2.3 Evaluation of Studies Primary studies that most directly address the anticipated effects or associated uncertainties were distinguished from the supporting studies. The goals and objectives, status, and schedules for each primary study are provided in Table A4. Details of each Recovery Program study identified in this Study Plan can be found on the Recovery Program web site at: http://www.r6.fws.gov/crrip/index.htm. Objectives described for each study were used to determine how well a particular study or several studies taken together address each hypothesis. Tables A5 through A7 were constructed to compare study objectives to hypotheses for each river reach and flow/temperature recommendation combination. How well as particular study or group of studies addressed a given hypothesis was determined from the aggregate of objectives. Preliminary assessments of how well each study addresses specific hypotheses were made and each evaluation was classified as follows: · N/ A = study not designed to address hypothesis; · P = study partially addresses hypothesis; or · Y = study addresses hypothesis. A "P" was used to indicate that a study or group of studies only partially addresses a given hypothesis. A "Y" indicates tliat a study or group of studies cumulatively addresses a given hypothesis. However, those studies that addressed an anticipated effect or uncertainty (i.e., denoted as "Y") would have to be completed before it could be determined that a particular hypothesis had been appropriately addressed, or if additional uncertainties remained. A summary evaluation for each anticipated effect and uncertainty was determined and indicated as either "P" or "Y." These summary evaluations were used to identify information needs or deficiencies in existing scopes of work. 2.4 Information Needs, Revised or New Studies, and Prioritization Information needs were identified from the above evaluation, and new studies or modifications of existing studies were recommended (Table A8). This evaluation was done for all hypotheses to ensure that studies designed to address information needs are providing a comprehensive assessment.