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<br />0186S <br /> <br />2002-2003 PROGRESS REVIEW <br />IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GLEN CANYON DAM OPERATIONS <br />BIOLOGICAL OPINION <br /> <br />This is Reclamation's fifth progress report for implementation of the Reasonable and <br />Prudent Alternative (RPA) for the 1994 Glen Canyon Dam Operations Biological <br />Opinion, It addresses activities completed during calendar years 2002-2003, Each <br />review has included at least one preliminary communication between the staffs of the <br />Bureau of Reclamation and the U,S, Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), The first <br />progress report was prepared on November 27,1996, and the Service formally <br />responded on April 3. 1997, The second report was issued on December 12, 1997, No <br />formal response was received from the Service, The third report was sent on February <br />25,1999, and the Service responded on May 27,1999, The fourth report was delivered <br />on May 8,2002 and the Service responded on June 13, 2002, <br /> <br />At the close of calendar year 2003, five of the seven elements of the biological opinion <br />are in progress, with one item completed and another awaiting followoup action by the <br />Service, <br /> <br />Following is a discussion of each element. <br /> <br />ELEMENT 1 <br /> <br />Reclamation shall develop an adaptive management program, <br /> <br />PROGRESS ON ELEMENT 1 <br /> <br />The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program (GCDAMP) retains the same <br />organizational structure as presented in the fourth sufficient progress communication, <br />The GCDAMP Charter was renewed in 2003, New and continuing representatives to the <br />Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG) were confirmed by the Secretary of the <br />Interior during 2002-2003; the Federation of Fly Fishers replaced Trout Unlimited and <br />Grand Canyon Wildlands Council replaced Southwest Rivers, One new Protocol <br />Evaluation Panel, on topographic survey protocols (Saleh and others 2003), was <br />convened in 200202003, <br /> <br />In response to a discovery that the endangered humpback chub (HBC) population in <br />Grand Canyon was in decline, the AMWG directed in January 2003 that an ad hoc <br />commillee be formed with the responsibility of developing a comprehensive plan for <br />future research, monitoring, and management of the endangered fish, In August 2003, <br />the HBC Ad Hoc Commillee delivered the plan to the AMWG (Humpback Chub Ad Hoc <br />Commillee 2003), and projects identified in the plan are to be funded in both the 2004 <br />and 2005 fiscal years, The Science Advisory Board subsequenlly provided a review of <br />the comprehensive management plan (Glen Canyon Dam AMP Science Advisors 2003), <br />The Science Advisory Board also reviewed the feasibility of a temperature control device <br />(TeD) on Glen Canyon Dam for the purpose of improving habitat conditions for HBC in <br />the mainstem Colorado River (Baron and others 2003), Results of science <br />investigations conducted under the auspices of the GCDAMP were presented at a <br />science symposium on October 28-30, 2003, and are available at [online] hllp:l/www, <br />Qcmrc,Qov/symposium/2003/svm after/svmposium,html, <br /> <br />2 <br />