BOARD01583

• Board Meeting Date: 9/21/1998
• Description: WSP Section - Colorado River Basin Issues - Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
721 Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
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STATE OF COLOMDO

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Roy Romer
Governor
James S. Lochhead
Executive Director, DNR
DariesC. Lile, P.E.
Director, ewes

To:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Peter H. Evans
Acting Director, eweB

From:

Gene Jencsok
Randy Seaholm~

Date:

September 9, 1998

Subject:

Agenda Item 20m September 21-22, 1998 Board Meeting
Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program

As you may recall from a previous memo (March 9, 1998), the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive
Management Program was established in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and
the Record of Decision (ROD) on the Operation of Glen Canyon Dam. The purpose of the
Program is to implement the preferred alternative from the EIS and develop modifications to the
operations of Glen Canyon Dam that protect, mitigate the adverse impacts to, and improve the
values for which Grand Canon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area were
established. An Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG) was established to oversee and
guide the Program. The Adoptive Management Work Group held its third meeting on July 21-
22, 1998 in Phoenix, Arizona.

At the July meeting the Work Group acted on the following issues:

. Approved previous meeting minutes.

. Approved renewal of the AMWG charter. The charter of the AMWG has to be
renewed and approved every two years by the AMWG and the Secretary of the
Interior.

. Approved the Glen Canyon Dam Management Objectives and Information Needs.
(The management objectives and information needs were developed by the Technical
Work Group and represent the goals and objectives to be achieved as the AMP.)

. Approved the creation of a science advisory board that would advise the Secretary of
the AMWG on scientific issues.