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Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group <br />Federal Advisory Committee <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />CHARTER <br />1. Official Designation: Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG). <br />2. Scope and Objectives: The Committee will provide advice and recommendations to the <br />Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) relative to the operation of Glen Canyon Dam in accordance <br />with the additional criteria and operating plans specified in Section 1804 of the Grand Canyon <br />Protection Act (Act) of October 30, 1992, embodied in Public Law 102 -575, and to the exercise <br />of other authorities under existing laws in such a manner as to protect, mitigate adverse impacts <br />to, and improve the values for which Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National <br />Recreation Area were established, including but not limited to natural and cultural resources and <br />visitor use, as provided in Section 1802 of the Act. <br />The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program (AMP) provides for monitoring the <br />results of the operating criteria and plans adopted by the Secretary and research and <br />experimentation to suggest appropriate changes to those operating criteria and plans. <br />The AMP includes an Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG). The Secretary's Designee <br />will chair the AMWG. The AMWG will recommend suitable monitoring and research <br />programs and make recommendations to the Secretary. The AMWG may recommend research <br />and monitoring proposals outside the Act, which complement the AMP process, but such <br />proposals will be funded separately, and do not deter from the focus of the Act. <br />3. Description of Duties: The duties or roles and functions of the AMWG are in an advisory <br />capacity only. They are to: <br />a. Establish AMWG operating procedures. <br />b. Advise the Secretary in meeting environmental and cultural commitments including <br />those contained in the Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact Statement Record of <br />Decision (GCDEIS ROD) and subsequent related decisions. <br />c. Recommend the framework for the AMP policy, goals, and direction. <br />d. Recommend resource management objectives for development and implementation of a <br />long -term monitoring plan, and any necessary research and studies required to determine <br />the effect of the operation of Glen Canyon Dam on the values for which Grand Canyon <br />National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area were established, including <br />but not limited to natural, and cultural resources, and visitor use. <br />