News and Events-2013
2013 From: Healy, Brian <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 2:26 PM Subject: NPS Release of Finding of No Significant Impact for the Comprehensive Fisheries Management Plan for Glen Canyon and Grand Canyon
Details: Attached is the final, signed copy of the Finding of No Significant Impact Document for the Comprehensive Fisheries Management Plan.
From: Anne Castle - (Sally Jewell) To: AWMG and TWG Members Date: December 14, 2013 Subject: Recommendations Memo from AS-WS Anne Castle to DOI Secretary Sally Jewell covering recommendations from the past three AMWG meetings
From: Anne Castle - (Via Glen Knowles) To: AWMG and TWG Members Date: October 25, 2013 Subject: Approval of Recommendation for HFE Release from Glen Canyon Dam, Nov. 2013 -----HFE 2013 WIKI PAGE LINK
Details: Attached is a memorandum memorializing the decision of the Glen Canyon leadership team that directs the Bureau of Reclamation to carry out the high flow release in the form recommended by the Department of the Interior technical team. The technical team's recommendation memo is also attached.*131025 Final HFE Memo to Larry Walkoviak 10-25-13 with attachment-- LINK While the first HFE last year was an historic undertaking, implementation of the second HFE under the protocol is no less important. We are pleased that we have the long term protocol in place given this year's epic amount of sediment inputs. We are envisioning a small event at the dam on November 11, not the same scale as 2012.
From: (AZ Game & Fish Bill Stewart -- Via Linda Whetton) Date: October 23, 2013 Subject: AZGF Videos: 2012 HFE and LCR Monitoring
VIDEO LINK
VIDEO LINK air on local PBS stations as part of AZGFD's Arizona Wildlife Views television show
Date: October 10, 2013 Subject: Federal workers return to work after 16-day shutdown Details: LVRJ News Article Link
From: Kirk LaGory - Argonne Date: October 10, 2013 Subject: Effect of Federal Government Shutdown on LTEMP This note is to let you know that most LTEMP activities are effectively on hold during the federal government shutdown. NPS LTEMP staff have been furloughed, and although many of the Reclamation LTEMP staff have not, they have been directed to work only on exempted ongoing projects funded by non-lapsing appropriations. Argonne staff continue to work on LTEMP activities, but may be affected if the federal shutdown continues much longer. Laboratory management is in discussions with DOE regarding a date when shutdown may occur. Several of the National Labs may be shutting down within the next few days.
From: (USBR -- Via Peter Soeth) Date: October 01, 2013 Subject: Bureau of Reclamation Shutdown Impacts WASHINGTON – Due to the shutdown of the federal government resulting from a lapse in appropriations, the Bureau of Reclamation is furloughing approximately 3,311 of its 5,077 employees and is implementing detailed contingency plans in 17 western states – plans designed to ensure continued activities related to the management of water and power and the protection of key water and power infrastructure in the West.
131001 News on Government Shutdown- USBR
From: (USGS Scott Vanderkoi -- Via Linda Whetton) Date: September 27, 2013 Subject: USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2013–5164: Anatomical and Genetic Variation of Western Oxyloma (Pulmonata: Succineidae) Concerning the Endangered Kanab Ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni kanabense) in Arizona and Utah
USGS- Kanab Ambersnail- circular- REPORT Details: Based on anatomical and genetic data, the authors conclude that the Kanab ambersnail is not a unique subspecies.
Published online by the USGS (Culver, Herrmann, Miller, Roth, and Sorenson)- and can be found at this link: USGS LINK
From: USGS (Paul Grams-- Via Linda Whetton) Date: August 3, 2013 Subject: USGS Fact Sheet 2013-3074: A Sand Budget for Marble Canyon, Arizona--Implications for Long-Term Monitoring of Sand Storage Change
USGS- Sand Budget for Marble Canyon- Implications for LT monitoring of sand storage change 130801
Details: The following USGS online publication was approved for release and has been made available to the public.
Suggested citation: Grams, P.E., 2013, A sand budget for Marble Canyon, Arizona--Implications for long-term monitoring of sand storage change: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2013-3074, 4 p., LINK
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.
Article Link
From: Linda Whetton Date: July 31,2013 Subject: New GCMRC Economist--> Lucas Bair Details: Lucas's USGS email address is [email protected] E-Mail Announcement PDF
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: Grand Canyon Trust Date: 8/2/2013 Subject: Grand Canyon Trust Relinquishing Seat on AMWG LINK to Letter
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: KPBS Date: 4/10/2013 Subject: Grand Canyon Mules To Stop Delivering Packages Link to News announcement
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.
Link to NPS announcement
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
