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<br />...;~ <br />;:'l~tJ <br /> <br />':"J" <br />..",."., <br />1;'.-' <br /> <br /> <br />Salt Lake City, UT <br />Barry D. Wirth (80l) 524-3774 <br />e-mail: bwirth@uc.usbr,gov <br />For Immediate Release - August 28, 1997 <br /> <br />New Era of Colorado River Management Begins As <br />Adaptive Management Work Group Holds Its Initial Meeting <br /> <br />Long-term adaptive management processes for Glen Canyon Dam, with an equal eye <br /> <br />focused upon environmental sensitivities coupled with water storage and hydroelectric <br /> <br />generation, will begin Wednesday, September 11, 1997, in Phoenix, Arizona. The Federal <br /> <br />Advisory Committee called the Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG) will meet for the <br /> <br />first time and begin to carry out the responsibility of advising and providing recommendations to <br /> <br />the Secretary of the Interior with respeet to complying with the Grand Canyon Protection Act of <br /> <br />1992 and the various elements of the "Law of the River," The 1992 Act, along with the historic <br /> <br />body of laws, interstate compacts, and a treaty with the Republic of Mexico, provide the basis <br /> <br />and authority for management of the Colorado River system, including Glen Canyon Dam. <br /> <br />A key element in the preferred alternative of the Operation of Glen Canyon Dam <br />Environmental Impact Statement was the formation of the Adaptive Management Program to <br />guide future monitoring and research of the impacts in both Glen and Grand Canyons resulting <br />from continued operation of Glen Canyon Dam. The program has two key aspects; an Adaptive <br />Management Work Group made up of a broad base of constituencies involved with river <br />resources, and the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center which works with the AMWG <br />on identified monitoring and research needs. Together, they provide for a flexible program <br />capabable of recommending adjustments to dam operations to lesson impacts or improve <br />resource conditions downstream. It is an innovative approach to resource management designed <br />to provide for rapid response to both future problems and opportunities. <br /> <br />(MORE) <br />