Difference between revisions of "Science Advisors"

Why the Science Advisors are Important

2016

• GCDAMP Updated Science Advisors Program Charter and Operating Protocols, 2016
• GCDAMP: Science Advisors-Executive Coordinator Program Work Plan for FY16
• Protocol Evaluation Panels

• GCMRC-USGS role in the GCDAMP
• 2000-03-31 DOI Memo: GCMRC- Institutional Home

• FROM: Anne Castle
• DATE: March 31, 2011
• RE: "GCMRC Science Planning"

1. "Our first and foremost priority is compliance with the Endangered Species Act, which means focus on the native fish and particularly the humpback chub.
2. "Second, we need to focus on sediment, which was an instigating factor for the Grand Canyon Protection Act and continues to be an issue with resources down stream of the dam..."
3. "Third, and these are competing priorities, we need science on both non-native fish control and the recreational trout fishery.
4. "These are the primary areas where I have asked GCMRC to concentrate its resources."

• LINK: usbr/amwg/mtgs/13feb20/Attach_07b.pdf

Science Learning Page

• "We need a science that empowers decision makers to develop a comprehensive vision of how a future Colorado River can function."
• "We have the ability to recreate any kind of a river we want. We just have to decide what we want and where we want it, and to decide if we want to pay for it.(JSchmit_SDM-workshop_Aug 2013)