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2013

From: Fish & Wildlife
Date: August 22, 2013
Subject: Upper Colorado and San Juan Recovery Program social media implementation
Details: We're launching joint social media sites (facebook, Twitter, Flickr) for the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program and the San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program to help us communicate our messages about the recovery programs to new and broader audiences and to allow us to get more photos, videos, and clickable URLs in front of those audiences. We envision our social media sites primarily as places to educate the general public about the endangered fish and the recovery programs.
Colorado River Recovery Program- Facebook Page

From: Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies/Eurekalert
Date: August 20, 2013
Subject: Dams destabilize river food webs: Lessons from the Grand Canyon
Details: Managing fish in human-altered rivers is a challenge because their food webs are sensitive to environmental disturbance. So reports a new study in the journal Ecological Monographs, based on an exhaustive three-year analysis of the Colorado River in Glen and Grand Canyons.
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From: Linda Whetton
Date: August 12, 2013
POSPONED to 2014 date TBD
Subject: DOI Speaker Series --> Glen Knowles- Challenges and Benefits of the Adaptive Management of Glen Canyon Dam: A Decade of Lessons Learned.
Location:Video Streaming from Washington D.C.
Details: Glen Knowles will be speaking on: Challenges and Benefits of the Adaptive Management of Glen Canyon Dam: A Decade of Lessons Learned. He will describe how monitoring and science frameworks as well as stakeholder views are being incorporated into management decisions. Reclamation began using adaptive management at Glen Canyon Dam after decades of concern over the ecological impacts on downstream resources, particularly the riparian areas along the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.
Invitation and Details Page- Knowles at DOI on Aug 12

From: Lynn C. Jeka- CRSP Manager (Via Linda Whetton)
Date: 7/15/2013
Subject:AMWG ACTION ITEM: Western to provide the cost of the steady flow operation in conjunction with the overflights to the AMWG.
Western Area Power Administration (Western) conducted a preliminary assessment which indicates an estimated cost of about $74,000 for the steady flow operation required for the May 2013 overflights conducted by GCMRC. This amount should be considered a preliminary estimate only. Our established protocols require that the final actual cost will be determined by Argonne National Laboratory technical staff after fiscal year end, September 30, 2013.

From: D.R. Van Haverbeke (Via Linda W)
Date: 7/1/2013
Subject:Long-Term Monitoring of an Endangered Desert Fish and Factors Influencing Population Dynamics
Efforts to provide managers of the GCDAMP with abundance estimates and trends of HBC in the LCR.
130701_USFWS_ Long-Term Monitoring of an Endangered Desert Fish and Factors Influencing Population Dynamics

From: LA TIMES
Date: 6/4/2013
Subject: Signs of comeback for the endangered humpback chub
"For the first time translocated fish were found spawning in Havasu Creek at Grand Canyon National Park”.
Indications of spawning activity were found on a fisheries monitoring trip two weeks ago, according to the park service.
Times News Article LINK

From: Bureau of Reclamation (USBR)
Date: 5/13/2013
Subject: Carl Hayden Visitor Center Exhibits to Undergo Extensive Remodel
(USBR and NPS) to remodle and add new displays to visitor's center with anticipation date of opening May 31, 2015. (last done in 1988)
Primary Theme: "The Colorado River and its surrounding landscape embody survival, adaptation, and change, while Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell bring into sharp focus the dilemma of water and power management and its effects on the people and environment of the desert southwest."
Contract = $1.5 million
USBR Announcement Link

From: National Park Service (NPS)
Date: 3/27/2013
Subject: NPS identifies Quagga mussels in Lake Powell
(NPS) has identified 14 adult quagga mussels attached to moored vessels and dock structures at the Wahweap Marina in Lake Powell over the last week. None of the adult mussels were close enough together to mate for successful reproduction. All of the mussels were physically removed from the lake.

From: Earth Magazine
Date: 3/03/2013
Subject: Releasing a flood of controversy on the Colorado River
This article sets the basis for the HFE, provides the history of past HFEs, and discusses the issues. Key Words: Sediment- Fish results- Adaptive Mgt
earthmagazine.org/article/releasing-flood-controversy-colorado-river

From: Upper Basin RIP & San Juan RIP
Date: 2/25/2013
Subject: Highlights 2012-2013 Recovery Program
To: Interested parties/ FYI
130225_ Upper Colorado River Fish Recovery Program- San Jaun RIP Briefing book 2013

From: Dr. David Lytle - USGS -Via Linda Whetton
Date: 1/14/2013
Subject: GT Max Model Review Workshop- FINAL REPORT
To: AMWG members:
Attached to this e-mail is the final report from the GTMax Model Review Workshop held on August 31 and Sept. 1, 2011. The final document includes the report of the expert review panel and comments provided by workshop participants...
130114 GTMax Model Review Workshop - Final reports of the review panel and workshop participants