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<br />UU,"U.LV <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />process will need to be considered and a response prepared as these documents are prepared in <br />fmal form. The Implementation Agreement and Governance documents will need to be <br />finalized, approved by the participating agencies boards, and executed by the participating <br />agencies. Also, a work plan for the first 2-3 years of implementation LCR MSCP will need to be <br />prepared. <br /> <br />Status of the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program (GCDAMP) <br /> <br />The Glen Canyon Darn Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG) met in Phoenix, <br />Arizona, on August 9-11, 2004. The purpose of the meeting was to identify and describe the <br />priority actions that should be addressed by the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center <br />(GCMRC), Reclamation, and the AMWG. The priority identification process was one of the <br />results coming out of the AMWG Retreat and Workshop held in late-June. <br /> <br />Because of the continuing drought conditions in the Basin, there has been significant <br />concem related to conducting a "Beach Habitat Building Flow" (BHBF) experiment in late-Fall <br />2004 or early-200S. Currently, the BHBF experiment is scheduled for January 2005, if the <br />necessary sediment inputs are received from the Paria and Little Colorado Rivers as a result of <br />the monsoon season. The experiment would be planned to move the sediment up onto the <br />beaches throughout the Glen and Grand Canyons. This would be similar to the flow releases <br />conducted in 1996. It does not look like the requisite amount of sediment will be available to <br />conduct the test flow at this time. If the sediment trigger threshold is not reached monthly <br />release volumes for the Fall and Winter would be according to the existing Glen Canyon Dam <br />EIS Record of Decision and in accordance with the 2004 and 2005 Annual Operating Plans. <br /> <br />These issues were funher discussed in a conference call with Assistant Secretary Bennett <br />Raley on August 20"b. Largely, the issue of holding the BHBF is contingent upon reaching the <br />sediment trigger threshold. If this threshold is reached in late-October, it may be possible to hold <br />the BHBF experiment in November or December 2004. If the BHBF were conducted in these <br />months, it would reduce the loss of power revenues and provide the flow regimen better suited <br />for disadvantaging trout reproduction. <br /> <br />Lower Colorado Water Supplv Proiect (LCWSP) <br /> <br />Status of lhe Lower Colorado River Water Supply Project <br /> <br />The City of Needles (Needles) is continuing to execute subcontracts with the Lower <br />Colorado Water Supply Project (project) beneficiaries to receive Project water. As of August <br />23rd, over 474 subcontracts in the amount of 3,479 acre-feet of water per year for current and for <br />future use have been forwarded to potential applicants for execution (479 acre-feet for current <br />use and 3,000 acre-feet for future use). To date, 344 or 72.6 percent, of the subcontracts have <br />been executed and returned to Needles. <br /> <br />The Board staff is continuing to receive the applications for the Lower Colorado River <br />Water Supply Project (LCWSP) water. Staff will present the new application cases to the Board <br />for action at the next Board meeting in September. <br /> <br />7 <br />