Downstream Adaptive Management of Glen Canyon Dam and the Colorado River Ecosystem (1999) / Chapter Skim
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While mindful of these roots, our review begins with formative events in the record of the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies, a program that extended from 1982 to 1996. it is not possible to clearly understand the current Strategic Plan or the debates surrounding it without this historical perspective.
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Research flows were authorized to accelerate data acquisition and, following this, interim flows were applied to protect downstream resources until the Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact Statement was completed in 1995. At the request of the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies' senior scientist, and in cooperation with the National Research Council, a workshop on long-term ecosystem monitoring was convened in 1992 in Irvine, California (NRC, 1992~.
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- a federal advisory committee appointed by Adaptive Management Work Group members to address technical aspects of resource management (Appendix C)
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The Adaptive Management Work Group is consistently described in Center and Adaptive Management Program documents as being composed of various "stakeholder" groups. This term is more generally used in resource management to refer to potentially affected parties.
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and decreased ("down"~. resource management agencies; Indian tribes; Colorado River Basin state representatives; and nongovernmental organizations representing environmental, recreation, and hydropower interests.
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CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE The National Research Council committee was charged to address two main questions and five related questions regarding the Long-Term Strategic Plan and fiscal year 1999 Annual Plans: 1. Review the Long-Term Plan using interdisciplinary input to determine if the current Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center plan will be effective in meeting requirements specified in the Grand Canyon Protection Act and the Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision.
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An assessment of whether the Center is functioning effectively in the Adaptive Management Program requires analysis of organizational and staking issues. Although it was not charged to do so, this committee identified strengths as well as weaknesses of the Strategic Plan to provide a balanced review and to recognize important accomplishments of the Center and the Adaptive Management Program.
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In light of the past experience with the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies, it was not surprising that the Strategic Plan and National Research Council review were further complicated by unfolding events. COMPLICATIONS WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN The 1997 Strategic Plan was adopted with an informal understanding that unresolved issues would be addressed after the Center was established.
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Wegner assessing proposed GCES studies related to economics, hydropower production and dam operations." 1992 "Long-Term Monitoring Workshop for the Grand Canyon," position papers. 1993 "Letter report to Tim Randle...on January 1993 preliminary draft 'Operation of Glen Canyon Dam, Colorado River Storage Project, Arizona.' " 1994 Review of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Operation of Glen Canyon Dam.
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The revised plan was reviewed by the Technical Work Group in September and November 1998 and was to be approved by the Adaptive Management Work Group in January 1999. As these revisions presented a moving target, the National Research Council committee decided to assess both the current 1997 Strategic Plan and the 1998 draft Strategic Plan.
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Although this committee did not include a historian, it encourages archiving at the Center to facilitate historical analysis of what has and has not proven "adaptive" in the Grand Canyon ecosystem. METHODS FOR REVIEWING THE STRATEGIC PLAN The Center's "Strategic Plan" reviewed in this report has three components: (1)
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and Freeman, 1993~. Nevertheless, we strive for a preliminary response to the question of whether the Strategic Plan will be elective in meeting requirements specified in the Grand Canyon Protection Act, Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact Statement, and the Record of Decision.
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Many debates among stakeholders and scientists in the Adaptive Management Program involve organizational issues. These issues thus have an important bearing on the Center's Strategic Plan and on whether the Center is likely to fulfill the requirements of the Grand Canyon Protection Act, the Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact Statement, and the Record of Decision which is thus the opening and concluding question for this review.
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