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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />TheCT is scheduled to meet on January 16-17, and again on January 30-31, 2003, in Ontario, <br />California. The Colorado River Board will continue to schedule California MSCP Caucus meetings <br />prior to the scheduled CT meeting to ensure that there is a thorough exchange of information and <br />ideas related to the CT process. <br /> <br />Finally, 1 can report that the USFWS recently announced that the flat-tailed homed lizard will <br />not be listed as a federal endangered species. The USFWS has determined that the species and its <br />habitat are not threatened, and that any potential threats to the species are not likely endanger the <br />species in the foreseeable future. Also, current conservation measures being implemented by state <br />and federal agencies have contributed toward efforts to conserve and protect the flat-tailed homed <br />lizard and the habitats it depends upon. It is currently the intent of the LCR MSCP to maintain the <br />flat-tailed homed lizard as a covered species in the Conservation Plan over the 50-year term of the <br />Program. <br /> <br />Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Work Group Activities <br /> <br />The Glen Canyon Dam (GCD) Adaptive Management Work Group is scheduled to meet in <br />Phoenix, Arizona, on January 28-29, 2003. The agenda for the meeting includes the following <br />items: <br /> <br />. Review the status of the proposed experimental flow releases from Glen Canyon Dam; <br />. Discuss the status of non-native fish control efforts in the Grand Canyon reaches of the <br />mainstream; <br />. Review the status of the proposed temperature control device for Glen Canyon Dam; <br />. Continue to review overall Adaptive Management Program (AMP) information needs; <br />. Review and discuss the proposed Fiscal Year 2004 budget for the GCD AMP; <br />. Status of Reclamation's Public Outreach strategy related to the Adaptive Management <br />Program; <br />. Reclamation will provide an overview of basin-wide hydrology and projected snow-pack <br />forecasts; and <br />. Issues related to reorganization of the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center within <br />the U.S. Geological Survey. <br /> <br />Both, Mr. Harris and 1 will be attending ti}e two-day meeting of the Glen Canyon Dam <br />Adaptive Management Work Group. <br /> <br />WATER QUALITY <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum <br /> <br />Included in the Board handout material is a copy of the 2002 Review, Water Quality <br />Standards for Salinity, Colorado River System (2002 Review), dated October 2002. In the past, the <br />Forum would publish a Supplement, to the triennial review, to capture the Forum's response to <br />comments received on the document. This 2002 Review was revised, in its entirety, to reflect the <br /> <br />10 <br />