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<br />0, 1......3 <br />('( , <br /> <br />MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW <br />USGS-BRD SBSC GCMRC <br />STRATEGIC SCIENCE PLAN <br />Fiscal Years 2005-2009 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />NEED AND PURPOSE <br /> <br />The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program (GCD AMP) has <br />extensive requirements for research, development, and monitoring activities in the <br />Colorado River Ecosystem (CRE) over the next 10 years. The Grand Canyon Monitoring <br />and Research Center (GCMRC), the GCD AMP sciencc provider, will accommodate <br />these science needs through more effective planning, science implementation, and <br />outreach efforts. However, to accomplish its mission, issues must bc resolved relating to <br />expanded program information needs in the face of declining science budgets. <br /> <br />This Strategic Science Plan is developed to evaluate the issues, opportunities and <br />concerns faced by GCMRC, and establish both science and science management <br />strategies that can be helpful in deriving solutions. The strategies, if implemented <br />effectively, will ensure that management information needs will be met. <br /> <br />THE SCIENCE SETTING <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />GCMRC is a science center of the Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological <br />Survey-Biological Resources Discipline, a premier government science agency. USGS <br />provides science support to GCMRC in meeting its responsibilities to the Glen Canyon <br />Dan) Adaptive Management Program (GCD AMP). <br /> <br />The GCD AMP is managed by the Adaptive Management Work Group, a Federal <br />Advisory Committee that is comprised of25 stakeholders, many of whom have <br />management responsibilities for resources in the Colorado River Ecosystem (CRE). The <br />AMWG is responsible for providing overall guidance to the GCD AMP and articulating <br />critical research, development and monitoring information needs for which GCMRC <br />develops scientific understanding. <br /> <br />Science development is accomplished within an adaptive management paradigm, <br />wherein new science information is continually cycled into application by managers, and <br />outcomes are monitored for effectiveness. This adaptive management process requires <br />highly focused applied science projects, which address specified management <br />information needs, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />USGS SBSC GCMRC Strategic Science Plan - FY 2005-2009 <br />Draft, October 22, 2004 <br />