WSP00421

• File Number: 8220.101.10.C
• Description: Colorado River-Water Projects-Glen Canyon Dam/Lake Powel-Glen Canyon Adaptive Management
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 11/10/2003
• Title: GCMRC-Fiscal Years 2005-2006 Draft Interim Monitoring and Research Work Plan
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Roles and Responsibilities

I, Provide quality, objective science and the use of that science in the adaptive
management decision process.

2. Provide scientific information for all resources of concern identified in the
"Operation of Glen Canyon Dam Final Environmental Impact Statement."

3, Support the Secretary's designee and the Adaptive Management Work Group in a
technical advisory role.

4, Develop research designs and proposals for implementing, by GCMRC and/or its
contractors, monitoring and research activities in support of information needs
identified by the Adaptive Management Work Group,

5, Coordinate review of the monitoring and research program with independent review
panel(s),

6. Coordinate, prepare, and distribute technical reports and documentation for review
and as final products.

7. Prepare and forward technical management recommendations and annual reports, as
specified in Section 1804 of the Grand Canyon Protection Act to the Technical
Work Group,

8. Manage all data collected as part of the Adaptive Management Program, Serve as a
repository (source of information) for others (stakeholders, students, public, etc.) in
various formats (paper, electronic, etc,) about the effects of operating Glen Canyon
Dam on the downstream resources of the Colorado River ecosystem and the
Adaptive Management Program,

9, Administer research proposals through a competitive contract process, as
appropriate,

10. Manage GCMRC finances and personnel efficiently and effectively,

ENSURING OBJECTIVE, QUALITY SCIENCE
The GCMRC was established to provide objective, high quality scientific information to
the Secretary of the Interior and to the AMWG, To accomplish these goals, specific operating
protocols for GCMRC were established,l The quality and objectivity ofGCMRC research
findings is ensured through competition and independent external scientific peer review,2 All
proposals, data, reports, etc" are reviewed by independent, external scientists as well as by the
GCMRC science team,

I Oceratine Protocols for GCMRC. June, 1996,
2 GCMRC Peer Review Guidelines, October 26, 200 I,

GCMRC FY2005-2006 Draft Annual Work Plan (November 10,2003)