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<br />416 The Secretary of the Interior and the DOl agencies charged with protecting and <br />417 managing the resources of the Colorado River ecosystem within Glen Canyon National <br />418 Recreation Area and Grand Canyon National Park, in conjunction with concerned <br />419 stakeholders have implemented an adaptive management program. The GCD AMP meets <br />420 the statutory requirements of the Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992 (GCPA) (PL-I02-. <br />421 575) ~e Record of Decision (ROD, 1996)~ implements the final Glen Canyon <br />422 Dam Environmental Impact Statement (GCDEIS) (DOl, 1995). <br />423 <br /> <br />411 <br />412 <br />413 <br />414 <br />415 <br /> <br />424 <br />425 <br />426 <br />427 <br />428 <br />429 <br />430 <br />431 <br />432 <br />433 <br />434 <br />435 <br />436 <br />437 <br />438 <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />CHAPTER 2 <br />GLEN CANYON DAM ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />r. <br />,; <br />+- <br />~ <br />~ <br />f <br />~ <br />~ <br />'- <br />, <br /> <br />:> <br /> <br />LEGAL~ORK <br />'';, <br />The requirements of the GCPA resulted in the ~ <br />Secretary of the Interior~stablish and implement long-term monitoring programs and <br />activities that will ensure that Glen Canyon Dam is operated in a manner consistent with <br />that of Section 1802" of the GCPA. "Long-term monitoring of Glen Canyon Dam shall <br />include any necessary research and studies to determine the effects of the Secretary's <br />actions under Section 1804 of the law on the natural, recreational, and cultural resources of <br />Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area." The <br />monitoring information is necessary to "protect, mitigate adverse impacts to, and improve <br />the values for which Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation <br />Area were established, including but not limited to natural and cultural resources and <br />visitor use. " <br />In addition, the GCPA specifies that the Secretary's actions shall be implemented "in <br />a manner fully consistent with and subject to the Colorado River Compact, the Upper <br />Colorado River Basin Compact, the Water Treaty of 1944 with Mexico, the decree of the <br /> <br />i:.. <br />,:, <br /> <br />..... <br />'< <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />~" <br />,;:, <br />:j:.j <br />r" <br />~.... <br /> <br />" <br />10'<; <br />~{ <br />, <br /><Ii, <br />,,. <br />'1< <br /> <br />November S, 1998 <br />SecoDd Draft - Do Not Cite, PbotOcopy, or Distribute <br />