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<br />In Appendix B, information needs are listed in a declining number of votes placed <br />by the fourteen stakeholders who did the ranking evaluation. Those information needs <br />ranking highest, between 8 and 14, were the information needs that this group of <br />stakeholders felt needed to have monitoring and research activity started immediately, <br />that is, within FY2000 and FY2001. Those information needs having a ranking of 0 to 4 <br />are information needs that this 14 member stakeholder group generally felt could be <br />delayed to FY2002 or beyond and still provide value to the Adaptive Management' <br />Process. <br />The rankings in Appendix B do not mean that those information needs ranked <br />between 8 and 14 are more important (except for scheduling) than other information <br />needs ranked lower. Neither do information needs ranked 0, 1 and 2 have less value to <br />stakeholders. They simply have different scheduling priorities for initiation in FY2000 <br />and FY2001. <br />The prioritization developed by the stakeholders did accomplish, for the GCMRC, <br />the objective of defining information needs that could be delayed in the research and <br />monitoring process. The prioritization was approved by the AMWG in July 1998 and the <br />GCMRC will use this information in programming monitoring and research from <br />FY2000-2004. <br />The results of the prioritization of information needs by the stakeholders indicate <br />a concern to focus in areas of biology, especially endangered species. Also listed are <br />cultural resources, the water quality program at Lake Powell and aquatic productivity. <br />When this group of information needs is contrasted against information needs on <br />hydropower, water flows, sediment, trout, wildlife viewing, recreation, etc., there are <br />different scheduling priorities. <br /> <br />3 <br />