FY25-27 Triennial Budget and Workplan Page

Triennial Budget and Work Plan -- Fiscal Years 2025-2027 The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program (GCDAMP) is an advisory process wherein protection, management, and improvement of Colorado River resources downstream from Glen Canyon Dam are considered in planning dam operations. The Grand Canyon Protection Act (GCPA) of 1992 directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to establish and implement long-term monitoring and research programs to ensure that Glen Canyon Dam is operated “… in such a manner as to protect, mitigate adverse impacts to, and improve the values for which Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area were established….”. The 1995 Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Operation of Glen Canyon Dam (U.S. Department of the Interior, 1995) recommended creation of a federal advisory committee to advise the Secretary on adaptive management for operations of the dam. The Record of Decision (ROD) for the 1995 EIS, which was signed in October 1996, created this federal advisory committee. The charter of the Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG) that implements the GCDAMP was signed in January 1997. Many stakeholders who are members of the AMWG also participate at a technical level in the Technical Work Group (TWG). The TWG formulates recommendations about research and monitoring for consideration by the AMWG. A new Long Term Experimental and Management Plan (LTEMP) EIS was completed in 2016 and an associated ROD was signed on December 15, 2016 (U.S. Department of the Interior, 2016a, b). The LTEMP ROD reaffirms continuation of the GCDAMP, AMWG and TWG and specifies new experimental flow and non-flow actions and compliance requirements for the operations of Glen Canyon Dam until 2037.

Long-term Experimental and Management Plan (LTEMP) The LTEMP provides the basis for decisions that identify management actions and experimental options that will provide a framework for adaptively managing Glen Canyon Dam operations over the next 20 years	LTEMP Science Plan The LTEMP Science Plan describe a strategy by which monitoring and research data in the natural and social sciences will be collected, analyzed, and provided to DOI, its bureaus, and to the GCDAMP in support of implementation of LTEMP.	Core Monitoring Plan The GCMRC Core Monitoring Plan (CMP) describes the consistent, long-term, repeated measurements using scientifically accepted protocols to measure status and trends of key resources to answer specific questions. Core monitoring is implemented on a fixed schedule regardless of budget or other circumstances (for example, water year, experimental flows, temperature control, stocking strategy, nonnative control, etc.) affecting target resources.	Monitoring and Research Plan The GCMRC Monitoring and Research Plan (MRP) specifies (1) core monitoring activities, (2) research and development activities, and (3) long-term experimental activities consistent with the strategies and priorities established in this SSP to be conducted over the next 5 years to address some of the strategic science questions associated with AMWG priority questions.	Budget and Workplan The GCMRC Triennial Work Plan (TWP) identifies the scope, objectives, and budget for monitoring and research activities planned for a 3-year period. When completed, the triennial work plan will be consistent with the MRP.

FY 2025-2027 Triennial Budget and Work Plan

Links GCDAMP Planning GCDAMP Budget and Workplan Page Budget AdHoc Group Page Triennial Budget and Work Plan Motions The Technical Work Group (TWG) recommends that the Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG) recommend, for approval to the Secretary of the Interior, the Triennial Budget and Work Plan (TWP) Fiscal Years (FY) 2025-2027 provided to the TWG on August 7, 2024. The TWG recognizes that the proposed budget exceeds the anticipated funds for FY 2025-2027 by less than one percent and urges the AMWG to acknowledge the cuts that have occurred. Additionally, the TWG offers the following guidance for the AMWG to consider: The FY 2025-2027 TWP presented to the TWG at the August 8, 2024 TWG meeting was received by TWG members the evening of August 7, providing limited time for a full review. Changes to the TWP made between the July TWG meetings and the August 8 TWG meeting have not been fully evaluated. Given the potential for multiple experimental flows to occur within any given year, and several proposed projects in the FY25-27 TWP are seeking funding from the Experimental Management Fund (Reclamation 4.C), possibly exceeding its current limit, the TWG recommends the Experimental Management Funds prioritize research and monitoring to further understand the impact LTEMP and LTEMP SEIS flow experiments have on smallmouth bass establishment below Glen Canyon Dam. The following tribal prioritization of unfunded projects in the proposed TWP, by the TWG representatives from the Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation, and the Southern Paiute Consortium, may be proposed when funding is available through the Reclamation budget or non-GCDAMP funds: D.4 - Pilot study to evaluate potential to extract cultural and ecological information from Colorado River deposits using eDNA, phytoliths, and pollen C.1.2 - Can bird habitat quality be reliably assessed by combining plant traits with estimates of plant species composition and cover? Can the data collected by the riparian plant monitoring program be used to assess patterns in riparian-dependent bird communities? D.5 - Monitoring petroglyphs and pictographs with photogrammetry and Lidar J.3 - Tribal resource research B.4 - Streamflow, sediment and sandbar modeling Papers and Presentations GCMRC FY 2025-27 Triennial Workplan and Budget – Interim Second Draft Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program Triennial Workplan - Reclamation BAHG Update BAHG Update GCMRC FY 2025-27 Triennial Workplan and Budget – First Draft Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program Triennial Workplan -Reclamation BAHG Update Documents and Direction FY25-27 BAHG Timeline TWP Project Briefs First Draft GCMRC FY25-27 TWP First Draft Reclamation FY25-27 TWP Second Draft GCMRC FY25-27 TWP Second Draft Reclamation FY25-27 TWP GCMRC Budget Comparison Reclamation Budget Comparison Budget comparison to FY25-27 Proposed Initial Paring Down of FY25-27 TWP Budget FY25-27 TWP unfunded element costs Project Summaries for BAHG Project A Project B Project C Project E Project G Project H Project I Project N Reclamation Project Briefs FY25-27 TWP Compliance Science Advisors TWP Review FY21-23 TWP Science Advisors Review External Review of GCDAMP FY25-27 Draft Triennial Work Plan 2024-06-17 BAHG Presentation Science Advisors Reviewer Guidelines Independent Science Review Questions Independent Science Review Process Project A GCMRC response Project B GCMRC response Project C GCMRC response Project D GCMRC response Project E GCMRC response Project F GCMRC response Project G GCMRC response Project H GCMRC response Project I GCMRC response Project J GCMRC response Project K GCMRC response Project L GCMRC response Project N GCMRC response Stakeholder Prioritization Survey Survey Evaluation Detailed Survey Evaluation Detailed Project Evaluation FY25-27 TWP BAHG Priorities FY25-27 TWP BAHG Priorities (Responses) with heatmap FY25-27 Initial Draft TWP Stakeholder Priorities Response Charts BAHG Call Notes FY25-27 BAHG Timeline Slide BAHG 101 BAHG 101 Call #1 Notes Call #2 Notes Call #3 Notes Call #4 Notes Call #5 Notes Call #6 Notes Call #7 Notes Call #8 Slides Call #8 Chat Call #9 Notes Call #10 Notes Call #11 Notes Call #12 - Project Discussion reschedule Call #12 Chat Call #13 Transcript Call #13 Chat LTEMP Resource Pages Based on ROD Resource Categories (see page 6 of the ROD) Archaeological and Cultural Resources Humpback Chub Hydropower and Energy Other Native Fish Species Recreational Experience Sediment Tribal Resources Rainbow Trout Fishery Riparian Vegetation Water Quality and Food Base (added, part of KA) Invasive Fish Species (added, part of KA) Natural Processes: Not used (is an evaluation of above resources as related to “natural” benchmarks)