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33 783 784 CHAPTER 3 785 786 MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES AND INFORMATION NEEDS 787 788 A. Introduction 789 790 This Strategic Plan responds to the specific management objectives and prioritized 791 information needs developed by the TWG and adopted by the AMWG. These are detailed in 792 Appendix A.4 Management objectives and information needs help to define measurable 793 standards of desired conditions which will serve as targets expected to be achieved by the 794 participants in the AMP. The objectives and information needs also drive the strategic 795 planning process and they provide the basis for the formulation of the long-term monitoring 796 research program described elsewhere in this plan. 797 798 Historical Development Of The ManaJ!:ement Obiectives And Information Needs 799 Using the nine resource areas in the EIS, the Upper Colorado Regional Office of the 800 Bureau of Reclamation worked with a subgroup of the Transition Work Group to develop 801 management objectives intended to guide the development of GCMRC monitoring and 802 research activities. This group was disbanded with the completion of their assignment and 803 release of their July, 19965 recommendations. 804 Many stakeholders that participated in the Transition Work Group now serve in the 805 AMWG and the TWG, providing continuity for the AMP. Also in 1996, under the guidance 806 of GCMRC, several workshops were held with scientists who had conducted research under 807 the auspices of GCES to define information needs associated with the various management 808 objectives. 809 In July 1997, AMWG requested that the TWG proceed with the evaluation andp :, " <' ~ ~ .: ~ · Appeodix A contains maoagement objectives and prioritized information needs. , Adapted from Gl~n Canyon Dam MQ1I(lg~ml!TIl Obj~ctiv~s, Bureau of Reclamation memorandum UC-20S, , November S, 1998 SecODd Draft - Do Not Cite, Pbotocopy, or Distribute