BOARD02599

• Board Meeting Date: 11/23/1998
• Description: Colorado River Basin Issues - Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Program - Status Report - Letter from the Secretary of the Interior to Al Gore
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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REPORT TO CONGRESS ..............,.................................... 1

HISTORy................................................................ 1

A NEED FOR SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 2

GLEN CANYON DAM OPERATIONS- WATER YEAR 1997 .....................4
GLEN CANYON DAM OPERATIONS- WATER YEAR 1998 ............: ~...... ..4

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . , . ... .. .. . . . . 5

Adaptive Management Program Activities - Water Year 1997 ....................7

. Adaptive Management Program Activities.- Water Year 1998 .................... 8

GRAND CANYON MONITORING AND RESEARCH CENTER ................... 9

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Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center Activities -Water Year 1997 . . . . . . . . 9
. . Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center Activities - Water Year 1998 . . . . . . . 10

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FIGURE

Figure 1- Critical Entities of the Adaptive Management Program . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . .6

. APPENDICES

Appendix A Operating Criteria for Glen Canyon Dam in Accordance with the
Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992

Appendix B Glen Canyon Dam 1997 Annual Plan of Operations Prepared in
Accordance with the Operating Criteria Developed for the Grand
Canyon Protection Act

Appendix C Glen Canyon Dam 1998 Annual Plan of Operations Prepared in
Accordance with the Operating Criteria Developed for the Grand
Canyon Protection Act

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