Adopt-a-Beach

Adopt-a-Beach 2000
We're genuinely pleased that so many of you stepped up to the plate (or the beach in this case) and chose to volunteer for the 2000 Adopt-a-Beach program. Not since 1996 have all beaches in the study been adopted, but this summer we managed to reach that goal once again! Perfect timing too with the low summer steady flows providing the potential for more beach surface to photograph! We owe a debt of gratitude to all those who continue to keep this program alive and well. This includes: • All “adopters” since the program's inception in 1996 who have taken the time to stop at their beach, snap those pictures, fill out those datasheets, and provide us with their valuable insights. • The “primary investigators” who have conducted the analysis, compiled the elaborate report and made sense of it all for the rest of us over the years—Gary O'Brien, Andre Potochnik, Kate Thompson, and Kelly Burke. We are deeply indebted to these amazingly talented individuals whose hard work has served to develop a unique long-term monitoring program that provides an evolving record of trends in beach change in Grand Canyon and their possible causes. • To Andre Potochnik and Matt Kaplinski, our representatives to the Adaptive Management and Technical Work Groups, for demonstrating the inherent value of our program to those federal advisory committees and for continuing to actively represent recreational river running interests. • The Grand Canyon Conservation Fund, the Grand Canyon Monitoring & Research Center and individual gcrg members for their ongoing financial support of this program. Past support also has included the Grand Canyon Association/Grand Canyon National Park. Overall, the Adopt-a-Beach program exemplifies the best of cooperative efforts involving so many sectors: commercial, private, nps, science…It's a program firmly grounded in the primary goals of our organization: protecting Grand Canyon and the river experience, and is certainly something we can all be very proud of. *Gary O'Brien*	Beach \Mile\ Adopter Badger Canyon 8.0 Andre Potochnik, Bill Leair Salt Water Wash 12.2 Gary O'Brien, Dave Osterbrink/cgpba 19-Mile 19.1 Kenton Grua 20-Mile 19.9 Nicole Corbo North Canyon 20.4 Charly Heavenrich 23-Mile 23.0 Craig Ahrens Silver Grotto 29.3 Mary Williams, Chris McIntosh Middle Nautiloid 34.7 Kenton Grua Lower Nautiloid 34.7 Kenton Grua, Bill Leair Tatahatso Wash 37.7 John Toner Bishop Camp 38.3 Gary O'Brien, Doc Thomas Buck Farm Canyon 41.0 Marijka Billinsgley Below Nevills 75.6 Kenton Grua, Bill Leair Hance Rapid 76.6 Linda Jalbert/GC Science Center Clear Creek 84.0 Kenton Grua Above Zoroaster 84.4 David Brown, Nikolle Brown Trinity Creek 91.6 Bob Dye Schist Camp 96.0 Chris Von Bebber Boucher Canyon 96.7 Greg Woodall/nps Crystal Creek 98.0 Sharon Hester Lower Tuna Rapid 99.7 Trevor Lugers, Bill Leair Ross Wheeler 107.8 Jeff Sorensen/az Game & Fish Bass Camp 108.3 Clay Nelson 110-Mile 109.4 David Brown Upper 114-Mile 114.3 Greg Woodall/nps Lower 114-Mile 114.5 Greg Woodall/nps Below Bedrock 131.1 Greg Woodall/nps Stone Creek 132.0 Cynthia Billings Talking Heads 133.0 Kenton Grua Racetrack 133.5 Clinton Anderson Lower Tapeats 133.7 Bill Leair Owl Eyes 134.6 Charly Heavenrich Backeddy 137.0 Jeff Sorensen Kanab Creek, above 143.2 Nikolle Brown, Kenton Grua Olo Canyon 145.6 Connie Tibbitts Matkat Hotel 148.5 Paul Jones Upset Hotel 150.4 Amy Flynn Last Chance 155.7 David Desrosiers/nps Tuckup Canyon 164.5 Susan Wykstra Upper National Canyon 166.4 Andre Potochnik, Bill Leair Lower National Canyon 166.6 Dave Christensen