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Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Plan

 

GCRG has a seat on the Federal Advisory Committee charged with advising the Secretary of the Interior on how best to manage Glen Canyon Dam to comply with the mandates of the Grand Canyon Protection Act.  Since 1996, our Adaptive Management Program representatives (on the Adaptive Management and Technical Work Groups) have worked diligently to unify and direct the concerns of more than 20,000 river runners who float the Colorado River through Grand Canyon each year. Through our “seat at the table” we work to:

 

  • Inject a well-informed guide perspective,
  • Present cogent arguments supporting recreational river running needs and concerns,
  • Protect the natural and cultural resources of the Colorado River through Grand Canyon, and
  • Counterbalance the considerable weight of water and power interests.

 

GCRG would like to extend our thanks to the Grand Canyon Conservation Fund, a non-profit grant-making organization managed by the Grand Canyon river outfitters. Funding from the GCCF supports our efforts to advocate for meaningful change as the recreational stakeholder within the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program.

 

If you would like to learn more about this program, or about the science that informs policy decisions for the management of Glen Canyon Dam, a few resources you might want to explore are:

 

 

Our publication, the Boatman's Quarterly Review has many published articles about this program over the years. Use the Search BQR's feature to find them. Possible search words are: adaptive management, beach habitat building flow, BHBF, Glen Canyon Dam.

 

Grand Canyon Sandbars Group on FACEBOOK at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19946579387&ref=ts This site is a forum for input on the condition of sand bars and shoreline habitat on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon. It includes annotated photos that show the changing conditions of sand bars after the 2008 Beach Habitat Building Flow.

 

Join the GCRG guide email lists for monthly dam flow reports, opportunities for public involvement in Grand Canyon issues, and other info on classes, events, etc.. Contact gcrg@infomagic.net and ask to be put on the list!

 

If you have questions or if you'd like to express your views or concerns as they relate to the management of Glen Canyon Dam, please feel free to contact our AMP reps directly. They want to hear from you: Andre Potochnik (Adaptive Management Work Group rep) arp4@infomagic.net, John O’Brien (Technical Work Group rep) johnob@npgcable.com