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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />may be necessary to advance this discussion to Administration officials in Washington, <br />D,C. <br /> <br />Mr, Harris and I met with the Board of Directors for the Coachella VaHey Water <br />District on March 2, 2004, at its regularly scheduled Board meeting. The purpose was to <br />provide the CVWD Board of Directors an update on the status of the LCR MSCP and the <br />remaining issues being addressed, I believe that the meeting was useful and timely and <br />look forward to holding these briefings for other California LCR MSCP stakeholders. I <br />anticipate the need for more of these briefings over the next few months as we move <br />forward with the development of funding, legislative, and long-tenn implementation <br />proposals. <br /> <br />S/a/us of/he Glen Canyon Dam Adap/ive Management Program (GCDAMP) <br /> <br />Mr. !-Iarris and I attended the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work <br />Group (AMWG) meeting in Phoenix, Arizona on March 3-4, 2004, At the meeting, the <br />following issues were discussed: (I) effectiveness of the AMWG and the adaptive <br />management program; (2) 2004/2005 Sc'ience Plan; (3) Basin wide hydrology update; (4) <br />update on the Glen Canyon Dam Temperature Control Device; (5) status of the <br />Humpback chub population; (6) reorganization of the GCMRC; and (7) FY-2005 budget <br />highlights, <br /> <br />Several environmental organization particIpants submitted a letter to the <br />AMWG's Secretarial Designee expressing concern about the effectiveness of the AMWG <br />and the goals and objectives of the process. Based upon these concerns, the AMWG will <br />meet in a special workshop intended to address these concerns and look at methods to <br />improve the overall efficiency of the GCDAMP, <br /> <br />The Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center (GCMRC) provided an <br />overview of the proposed Science Plan for the upcoming year. A major emphasis of the <br />GCMRC has been to review the efficacy of the modified low-fluctuating flow regime that <br />has been in place since the mid-1990s. Apparently, the science suggests that this flow <br />regime has had deleterious effects on the species and habitats in the Glen and Grand <br />Canyon reaches of the mainstream. Specifically, data indicates that the existing <br />humpback chub population has not fared well and continues to decline precipitously, <br />Consequently, the GCMRC, in concert with the AMWG, is evaluating the identification <br />and development of a new experimental flow regime that would meet the long-tenn <br />needs of the species and habitats. <br /> <br />The total budget request for FY -2005 for the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive <br />Management Progranl is nearly $10 million. This is down slightly from the FY-2004 <br />budgetleve!. There are other budget add-ons that would be funded separately by some of <br />the paflicipating federal agencies (e,g" National Park Service, Reclamation, and the <br />USGS), <br /> <br />8 <br />