GCDAMP ADMINISTRATION

Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program (GCDAMP)

The Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, created the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program (GCDAMP) in response to the 1995 Environmental Impact Statement on the Operations of Glen Canyon Dam. The GCDAMP is responsible for implementation of the Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992, to monitor the operation of Glen Canyon Dam, to ensure the dam is operated in compliance with a range of laws and regulations and mitigate any significant environmental impacts. This program is considered to be one of the most successful examples of adaptive management in the country.

The GCDAMP is comprised of a variety of stakeholders with disparate interests in the resource. They range from federal and state agencies, Native American Indian Tribes, the Colorado River Basin States, electrical utility consortia, recreational groups, and environmental groups. The Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG) strives for balance and consensus on how to protect downstream resources in their recommendations to the Secretary on the operation of the dam.

The Technical Work Group (TWG) is comprised of technical representatives from each group represented by AMWG and performs tasks assigned by that group. Tasks include, developing criteria and standards for monitoring and research programs, providing periodic reviews and updates, developing resource management questions for the design of monitoring and research by the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center (GCMRC) and providing information for preparing annual resource reports and other reports for the AMWG. GCMRC is dedicated to providing credible, objective scientific information to the GCDAMP through the TWG on the effects of operating Glen Canyon Dam and other management actions on the downstream resources of the Colorado River ecosystem.

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Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG)

• AMWG Charter
• AMWG Operating Procedures (2016)
• AMWG Operating Procedures (2011)

Technical Work Group (TWG)

• TWG Operating Procedures

• TWG Chair Report
• Technical Work Group Chair Report
• Technical Work Group Chair Report
• TWG Chair Report
• TWG presentation AIF: TWG Operating Procedures
• Draft TWG Operating Procedures
• AIF: TWG Chair Report
• AIF: TWG Chair Report Part 1 and PPT
• AIF: TWG Chair Report Part 2 and PPT
• TWG Chair Report PPT
• TWG Chair Report and PPT
• AIF: Technical Work Group Chair Report and PPTs

Grand Canyon Research and Monitoring Center (GCMRC)

• Memo from Dr. Jack Schmidt to the TWG Dated October 18, 2011, Subject: Thoughts about the GCDAMP and GCMRC's Role in That Program
• Reports Tracking Update --> GCMRC Publications Fiscal Year 2010

GCDAMP Meetings

• AIF: Mediator/Facilitator Role

GCDAMP Meeting Minutes

• AMWG Report and Recommendations Memo, December 2016.

Ground Rules for Meetings

1. Arrive on time
2. Commit to full participation
3. Do homework before class begins
4. Keep your representatives informed
5. Take private meetings outside
6. Wait to be recognized
7. Show respect for others
8. Be concise
9. Stick to the topic
10. Save new business for the appointed time
11. Help keep the meeting on schedule