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<br />Glossary <br />NO TE: Glossary entries that are already included in the Strategic Plan have been <br />deleted. The glossary entries below should be added to the next version of the <br />Strategic Plan. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Manaqement Obiectives (MOs): Management Objectives define desired future <br />resource conditions. They shouid be: 1) Specific; 2) Measurable; 3) Achievabie; 4) <br />Results-oriented; 5) Time-specific. and 6) within the legal and policy framework of the <br />Adaptive Management Program. <br /> <br />Information Needs (INs): Information Needs define the specific knowledge or <br />understanding (i.e., information) one needs for accomplishing a management objective. <br />They define what one needs to know. The information may be needed to: <br />a) quantify or define a management objective (i.e., help determine a target level); <br /> <br />b) assess whether or not a management objective is being achieved (i.e., help <br />determine why the system is not responding as predicted); <br /> <br />c) develop basic understanding about cause and effect relationships; <br /> <br />d) meet the legal/policy requirements of consultation; and <br /> <br />e) test more effective ways to achieve desired resource conditions. <br /> <br />Information Needs are categonzed as follows: <br />. Core Monitoring Information Need (CMIN): Core monitoring consists of <br />consistent, long-term, repeated measurements using set protocols, and is <br />designed to establish status and trends in meeting specific management <br />objectives. Core monitoring is implemented on a fixed schedule regardiess of <br />variable factors or circumstances (e.g.. water year, experimental flows, <br />temperature control. stocking strategy, non-native control, etc.) affecting target <br />resources. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />. Effects Monitoring Information Need (EIN): Effects monitoring is the coliection of <br />data associated with an experiment performed under the Record of Decision, <br />unanticipated event. or other management action. Changes in resource <br />conditions measured by effects monitoring generally will be short-term <br />responses. The purpose of effects monitoring is to supplement the fixed <br />schedule and variables collected under core monitoring. This will both increase <br />the understanding of the resource status and trends and provide a research <br />opportunity to discover the effect of the experiment or management action, <br /> <br />. Research Information Need (RIN): Research can be descriotive or 'exoerimental. <br />When descriptive it describes relationships in the Colorado River ecosystem <br />(e,g" describe trophic interactions in the aquatic ecosystem). When <br />experimental it tests specific hypotheses for determining and understanding <br /> <br />AHCIO memo <br /> <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />'. <br />