GCDAMP and NPS River Trips and Field Activities

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There are many opportunities to help the science staff at GCMRC on data collections trips. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact one of the following offices to see if there are needs.

Gregory "Mark" Anderson 
Deputy Chief, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center 
Southwest Biological Science Center 
[email protected] 
Emily Omana Smith
Grand Canyon National Park
1824 South Thompson Street, Suite 200
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
(928) 638-7477
[email protected]
David Ward
Fish & Wildlife Service
2500 E. Pine Knoll Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
(928) 310-6856
[email protected]
Ryan Mann
Arizona Game and Fish Department
5000 West Carefree Highway
Phoenix, AZ 85086
(623) 236-7538
[email protected]


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GCMRC River Trips by Project

Project A: Streamflow, Water Quality, and Sediment Transport and Budgeting in the Colorado River Ecosystem (GCMRC)

  • February - Streamflow, water quality, and sediment transport and budgeting in the Colorado River Ecosystem, Grand Canyon
  • August - Water quality/fine sediment monitoring, Grand Canyon

Project B. Sandbar and Sediment Storage Monitoring and Research (GCMRC/NAU)

  • May - Control network, Grand Canyon
  • October - Long-term campsite and sandbar monitoring, Grand Canyon
  • November - Possible trips to support HFE if one occurs

Project C. Riparian Vegetation Monitoring and Research (GCMRC)

  • August - Riparian vegetation monitoring, Glen Canyon
  • September - Riparian vegetation monitoring, Grand Canyon

Project D. Geomorphic Effects of Dam Operations and Vegetation Management for Archaeological Sites (GCMRC)

  • April - Cultural resources monitoring, Grand Canyon

Project E. Nutrients and Temperature as Ecosystem Drivers: Understanding Patterns, Establishing Links and Developing Predictive Tools for an Uncertain Future

  • February - Quality of Water/fine sediment monitoring

Project F. Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology (GCMRC)

  • April - Aquatic food base monitoring, Glen and Grand Canyon
  • June - Aquatic food base monitoring, Grand Canyon
  • September - Aquatic food base monitoring, Grand Canyon

Project G. Humpback Chub Population Dynamics throughout the Colorado River Ecosystem

LCR population estimate (USFWS)

  • April - Humpback chub monitoring in the Little Colorado River (spring pop est - marking), Little Colorado River
  • May - Humpback chub monitoring in the Little Colorado River (spring pop est - recapture), Little Colorado River
  • September - Humpback chub population monitoring in the Little Colorado River (fall pop est - marking), Little Colorado River
  • October - Humpback chub population monitoring in the Little Colorado River (fall pop est - recapture), Little Colorado River

Juvenile Chub Monitoring (JCM) (GCMRC)

  • May - Juvenile humpback chub monitoring near the LCR confluence and JCM-West (marking), Grand Canyon
  • May - Juvenile humpback chub monitoring near the LCR confluence and JCM-West (recapture #1), Grand Canyon
  • July- Juvenile humpback chub monitoring in the Little Colorado River (marking), Little Colorado River
  • October - Juvenile humpback chub monitoring near the LCR confluence and JCM-West (recapture #2), Grand Canyon

Mainstem humpback chub (GCMRC)

  • September - Humpback chub aggregation monitoring, Grand Canyon

Pearce Ferry humpback chub (AZDFG)

  • October - HBC monitoring from Pearce Ferry upstream, Grand Canyon

Project H. Salmonid Research and Monitoring

Trout Reproductive and Growth Demographics (TRGD) (GCMRC/Ecometric)

  • January - Trout reproductive and growth demographics, Glen Canyon
  • March - Trout reproductive and growth demographics, Glen Canyon
  • June - Trout reproductive and growth demographics, Glen Canyon
  • October - Trout reproductive and growth demographics, Glen Canyon

Lees Ferry monitoring (AZGFD)

  • April - Lees Ferry trout monitoring and targeted non-native survey, Glen Canyon
  • September - Lees Ferry trout monitoring and targeted non-native/brown trout survey, Glen Canyon

Project I. Warm-Water Native and Non-Native Fish Research and Monitoring

  • April (AZGFD) System-wide native and non-native fish monitoring, Glen and Grand Canyon
  • May (AZGFD) System-wide native and non-native fish monitoring, Glen and Grand Canyon
  • September (GCMRC) Mainstem fish monitoring and backwater seining, Grand Canyon
  • October (AZGFD) Mainstem fish monitoring downstream of Diamond Creek, Grand Canyon

Tribal Monitoring

  • April (Hopi) Cultural Monitoring, Grand Canyon
  • May (Navajo Nation) Cultural Monitoring, Grand Canyon
  • June (Hualapai) Cultural Monitoring, Grand Canyon
  • June (Zuni) Cultural Monitoring, Grand Canyon
  • June (Paiute Consortium) Cultural Monitoring, Grand Canyon

NPS Projects

Razorback and larval seining

  • May - Razorback sucker (Bright Angel Creek-Pearce Ferry), small-bodied/larval fish seining, Grand Canyon
  • July - Razorback sucker (Bright Angel Creek-Pearce Ferry), small-bodied/larval fish seining, Grand Canyon
  • August - Razorback sucker (Bright Angel Creek-Pearce Ferry), small-bodied/larval fish seining, Grand Canyon
  • September - Razorback sucker (Bright Angel Creek-Pearce Ferry), small-bodied/larval fish seining, Grand Canyon

Havasu Creek

  • May - Havasu Creek humpback chub monitoring, Grand Canyon
  • October - Havasu Creek humpback chub monitoring, Grand Canyon

Bright Angel Creek

  • May - PIT-tag antenna installation at Bright Angel/Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon
  • May - Bright Angel Creek humpback chub translocation, Grand Canyon
  • September - Humpback chub monitoring??, Grand Canyon

Shinumo Creek

  • June - Shinumo Creek/Shinumo Inflow aggregation monitoring, Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon Youth "Partners in Science"

  • June - Grand Canyon Youth "Partners in Science", Grand Canyon
  • July - Grand Canyon Youth "Partners in Science", Grand Canyon

Stakeholder River Trips

  • July


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