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. . California agencies cannot seek necessary approvals from their respective Boards until after the CEQA EIR is certified by MWD, which may not occur until February. Taking into account when the various Boards make take action, the Department of the Interior is attempting to determine when to hold a signing ceremony, or ceremonies, to acknowledge execution of the Record of Decision, the Implementation Agreement, and the Funding Management Agreement. Included in the Board folder is a copy of lID's November 22Dd letter to Reclamation requesting an adjustment in the LCR MSCP completion schedule. The California agencies are working with the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) to develop the related CESA Section 2081 Incidental Take Authorization permit package for the LCR MSCP. The CESA 2081 permit terms and conditions must be identified and approved by all of the participating California agencies and CDFG prior to the execution of the federal Implementation Agreement. Toward that end, the California LCR MSCP parties have submitted a draft of the CESA 2081 Permit Application to CDFG for its review, Based upon the agencies' permit application and the mitigation proposal described in the draft HCP, CDFG is in the process of preparing a draft 2081 incidental take permit for review and discussion among the California agencies. A meeting with CDFG to discuss the draft 2081 incidental take permit was scheduled for December 13th and 14th. A report on the outcome from that meeting will be provided at the Board meeting. Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program Reclamation initiated another flood-flow release experiment from Glen Canyon Dam on November 21st, The flow release peaked at 41,000 cubic-feet-per-second (cfs) for 2.5 days and was dropped to 8,000 cfs. The intent of the experiment was to mobilize sediments recent! y deposited in the Lees Ferry reach of the Colorado River just below the confluence with the Paria River. Because of summer monsoonal events, scientists estimated that approximately 800,000 tons of sediment were available to be mobilized and deposited on downstream beaches throughout the Grand Canyon. It is also hoped that the flood flows will restore and enhance backwater environments that provide valuable habitat for native fishes occupying the Grand Canyon reaches of the Colorado River. Included in the Board folder are copies of Reclamation's Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed flood-flow release, response to comments received on the EA, and the Living Rivers organization's comments; as well as, several recent newspaper clippings describing the flood-flow experiment. Salton Sea Authority Restoration Update Included in the Board folder for your information is a copy of the November edition of the Salton Sea Restoration Project "Restoration Update," This edition of the newsletter describes the use and availability of Proposition 50 funds that have been allocated to the California Wildlife Conservation Board for utilization at the Colorado 8