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<br />.' ..' <br /> <br />Include as part of annual programs. status of science documentation and/or <br />applied science information, to specifically address changing management needs. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. At two year intervals GCMRC will host a science conference with published <br />proceedings, to document current knowledge of the Center and information <br />related specifically to management needs. <br /> <br />. At five year intervals GCMRC will publish the SCORE report as the <br />acknowledged current science compendium for the CRE. <br /> <br />. Annually produce management summaries and guidelines for new published <br />science and technical reports. <br /> <br />Obtain AMWG approval for planning documents that respond to immediate <br />future (2 vear) and longer (5 and 10 vear) science management needs. These will also <br />provide recommendations on associated AMWG and TWG programming. <br /> <br />. GCMRC will develop cooperatively with AMWG and TWG in FY 2005, <br />2006 and 2008 several key short and long term planning documents specified <br />in a later section. <br /> <br />. Develop any necessary annual planning updates in 5 year strategic and 10 year <br />Monitoring Plans. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Develop annual GCMRC resource requirement updates, including funding and <br />staffing capabilities for changing AMWG needs. <br /> <br />. GCMRC will inform AMWG of staffing and resource requirements of newly <br />assigned projects or programs that are additions to approved programs. <br /> <br />Need to Create Greater Effectiveness in Program Integration <br /> <br />GCMRC research and monitoring programs within the GCD AMP are designed to <br />provide greater understanding of all resources in the Grand Canyon that are impacted by <br />changing flow regimes, Deterniining hydrology impacts on individual elements of each <br />resource, i.e., annual reproduction levels of humpback chub, is difficult in and of itself. <br />However, due to integrated linked impacts of literally scores of sub-elements of each <br />resource, the complexity of comprehensive science investigation becomes unwieldy. <br /> <br />Often one must understand these system linkages to properly evaluate cause and <br />effect and advise managers of corrective courses of action. Past science reviews of the <br />Center have proposed that an effort be undertaken to move to a new strategy of science <br />inquiry, wherein flow effects on Colorado River Ecosystems are the basis for evaluation, <br />rather than effects on individual resources. <br /> <br />USGS SBSC GCMRC Strategic Science Plan - FY 2005-2009 <br />Draft, October 22, 2004 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />24 <br />