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<br />.... <br /> <br />\,. <br /> <br />PROPOSED <br />PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAM <br />ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM <br />ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT WORK GROUP <br />REVISED - FEBRUARY 2, 2001 <br /> <br />This is a revised proposed public outreach information program for the Glen Canyon Dam <br />Adaptive Management Program. Two previous proposals were developed, in June 1999 and a <br />modified plan in September 1999. Those plans were developed following direction from the <br />Assistant Secretary Water and Science to undertake such a program. Reclamation's Upper <br />Colorado Regional Director and the Superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park were tasked <br />to lead the work, with participation of several members of the Adaptive Management Work <br />Group (AMWG). Staff support for the program was envisioned to come from Reclamation's <br />Public Affairs Office along with support as available from AMWG members and other federal and <br />state public affairs staffs. <br /> <br />While plans and a proposed budget were drafted, no work was accomplished due to higher <br />priority work for the AMWG. Meanwhile, both federal managers left, along with several of the <br />AMWG members who were to work on the effort. Also, the Grand Canyon Monitoring and <br />Research Center has moved from Reclamation to USGS. <br /> <br />Now that the AMWG has been in place for four years, it is appropriate for the committee to <br />consider longer term information and outreach efforts and to include such work in the budget <br />process. To this point in time, Reclamation has carried much of that effort in on a defacto basis. <br />Reclamation is staffed to provide such services and there is an assumption that several other <br />federal and state agencies may also be staffed to support a coordinated effort. <br /> <br />A suggested process is for the AMWG to select a representative subcommittee to consider the <br />following proposed work, determine what, if any, it will do, add to the list from its own initiative, <br />and draw upon the staff capabilities ofthe Upper Colorado Regional Office and other agencies for <br />day-to-day production work. The AMWG will set a budget and the subcommittee will coordinate <br />between production workers and AMWG for progress reports, approvals, etc. <br /> <br />L WEB PAGE <br /> <br />Description <br /> <br />Reclamation's Upper Colorado Region homepage has an Adaptive Management Program <br />web page. The site includes background information concerning the overall program, <br />AMWG, TWG, GRMRC, and various subjects. <br /> <br />There is an opportunity for the web page to more proactively support the various <br />projects/studies/activities of the program with more involvement of the AMWG. <br /> <br />O?351 <br /> <br />