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== 2014 ==
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[[File:141216 HFE sandbar- PIC.jpg|100px]]
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*Date: 12/16/2014
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*Subject:  '''HFE Photos -from GCMRC Sandbar Cameras'''
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*From: Scott Vanderkooi (via Linda Whetton)
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*Link: '''[http://www.gcmrc.gov/gis/sandbartour2014/index.html 2014 HFE Sandbar- Virtual Tour]'''
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[[File:GCDAMP Triennial Budget and Work Plan- Cover.jpg|90px]]
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*Date: 12/09/2014
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*Subject:  '''GCDAMP Triennial Budget & Work Plan- FY2015-2017'''
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*From:  GCMRC/ USBR (Via Linda Whetton)
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*Link: [http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/14aug27/Attach_06f.pdf LINK to REPORT]
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*Date: 12/08/2014
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*Subject:  '''GCMRC Annual Report for 2014 Knowledge Assessment'''
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*From:  GCMRC (Via Linda Whetton)
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*Link:  [[Media:Annual report FY 2014 (1).pdf |Annual report FY 2014- LINK]]
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*Details:  This report is prepared primarily for the Technical Work Group of the GCDAMP. It includes a summary of accomplishments, shortcomings, and recommendations related to projects included in GCMRC’s FY14 Work Plan for the GCDAMP.
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*Date:  12/08/2014
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*Subject:  '''Lees Ferry Fishery Management Plan & Trout Management Flows'''
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*From:  AZGF
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*To:  Glen Knowles, Rob Billerbeck, AMWG Members
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*Details: Includes the desired goals for the fishery to reach Blue Ribbon status.
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*Link:  [[Media:20141205 AZ Game Fish Dept re Lees Ferry Fishery Mgmt Plan Trout Mgmt Flows.pdf |LINK to Letter]]
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[[File:Martin Litton- PIC.jpg|90px]]
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*Date:  12/01/2014
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*Subject: '''Martin Litton, pioneering wildland guardian, dies'''
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*[http://www.news10.com/story/27522325/fierce-environmentalist-martin-litton-dies-at-97 News Article-LINK]
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*Details:  Litton, made his name and his legend as a guide on the Colorado River, ... fought his way to the center of some of the biggest environmental battles of the last century, fiercely opposing the damming of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon...he was a loud voice for taking hard stances, making sure the club didn't acquiesce to a pair of federal proposals to erect dams in the Grand Canyon."If I hadn't done what I did, I think it's very likely at least one of those dams would have been put in the canyon,...I was the only one screaming about them."
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[[File:Gray Wolf in Grand Canyon -PIC.jpg|90px]]
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*Subject:  '''First Gray Wolf in Grand Canyon in 75 years -Officially Confirmed'''
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*Date:  11/22/2014
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*[http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/water-environment/test-confirms-first-gray-wolf-near-grand-canyon-75-years News Article-LINK]
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*Additional: [http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/wolf-travels-hundreds-of-miles-to-northern-arizona/article_3eb29ffe-b241-5247-8ea1-839e70ae3189.html  News LINKS]
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*'''Bureau of Reclamation Invests $9.2 million in Water and Power Research'''
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*Date: 11/19/2014
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*"Reclamation and its partners in the West are confronting an ever widening imbalance between supply and demand," López said. "By investing in research to develop innovative solutions we can provide tools to guide a sustainable water and power future for the West."
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=48148 USBR LINK]
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[[File:PIC- USGS Report- Water Use in the US- 2010.jpg|90px]]
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*Date:  11/17/2014
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*USGS Report- Water Use in the U.S.
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*Details:  Every 5 years, the USGS compiles and estimates water-use information in cooperation with State, Federal, and local agencies to document how the Nation's water resources are used.
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*[http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1405/ LINK to USGS REPORT]
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[[File:Helicopter in GC- PIC.jpg|100px]]
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*Date: 11/17/2014
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*'''Grand Canyon ‘quiet’ air tour flights expected to increase'''
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*[http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada-and-west/grand-canyon-quiet-air-tour-flights-expected-increase LINK]
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[[Image:Quagga Pic (1).JPG|90px]]
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*Date: 11/14/2014
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*'''Quagga Mussels officially confirmed in the Colorado River system just below Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell'''
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*The National Park Service confirmed Friday [November 14, 2014]
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*[http://www.lakepowellchronicle.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_id=4489&page=77 Details- Article LINK]
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* ALSO: [http://azdailysun.com/news/local/quagga-mussels-in-canyon-below-dam/article_cc334797-aa91-5cd6-86a6-9538b6c0ff31.html AZ Daily News- LINK]
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*Date: 11/13/2014
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*Subject:  '''Deterioration of the Lees Ferry Trout Fishery'''
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*Memo to:  Secretary, DOI, GCDAMP
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*From:  Fishery Representatives- IFFF
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*[[Media:LeesFerry Trout Deterioration 11-4-14.pdf |MEMO LINK]]
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[[File:CRC 121119 0029.JPG |90px]]
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*From:  Linda Whetton (USBR)
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*Subject:  '''HFE 2014 Website- USBR'''
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*Date:  11/07/2014
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*This is to let you know the HFE website is up and running. It can be located at:
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*'''[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/gcdHFE/index.html HFE Website]'''
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*[[Media:News Article Compilations- HFE 2014.pdf |News Article Compilations- HFE 2014]]
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*Subject: '''NEW Chair for Socioeconomics Ad-Hoc Group (SEAHG)--- Leslie James'''
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*Forum:  October TWG meeting -ADWR
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*Date:  October 29,2014
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*[[File:CRC 121119 0038.JPG |90px]]
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*Subject:  '''Approval and Recommendation for 2014 High Flow Experiment (HFE)'''
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*Date: 10/24/2014
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*Details:[[Media:141024 HFE approval recommendation Memo JGimbel.PDF |141024 HFE approval recommendation Memo]]
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[[File:141016 USBR Quagga Research Report-PIC.jpg|90px]]
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*'''Finding Durable Foul-Release Coatings to Control Invasive Mussel Attachment Highlighted in Bureau of Reclamation Study'''
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<Span>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIof1XY9zy8 LINK to Video Clip]--- [http://www.usbr.gov/mussels/ USBR Mussels Page]</Span>
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*[[Media:141001 Coatings for Mussel Control -USBR Report.PDF |141001 Coatings for Mussel Control -USBR Report- LINK]]
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[[File:Jennifer Gimble- 2014-PIC.jpg|90px]]
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*'''Jennifer Gimble begins serving as Principal Assistant Secretary Designee (DOI)''' -Oct 2014
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*[[Jennifer Gimble Page| Additional Information]]
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[[File:Estavan Lopez- USBR- PIC.jpg|100px]]
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*'''Estevan López begans serving as Principal Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation''' -Oct 2014
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*[[Estevan Lopez Page| Additional Information]]
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*From:  Anne Castle (Via Linda Whetton)
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*Date:  10/06/2014
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*Subject: '''Report and Recommendations Memo from Anne Castle to DOI Secretary Sally Jewell encompassing the outcomes from the three AMWG meetings held in fiscal year 2014'''
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*'''[[Media:Castle R&R 14sep29.pdf| LINK to MEMO]]'''
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[[File:140930 Annual Report to Pueblo of Zuni participation in GCDAMP.jpg|100px]]
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*From:  Kurt Dongoske (Pueblo of Zuni)
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*Date:  09/30/2014
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*Subject:  '''FY2014 Annual Report- Pueblo of Zuni participation in GCDAMP'''
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*[[Media:Zuni FY2014 GCDAMP Participation Annual Report (3) (1).pdf| Zuni FY2014 GCDAMP Participation Annual Report]]
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[[File:140927 50 Year Power Generation- Poster- PIC.jpg|100px]]
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*From:  DOI
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*Date:  09/27/2014
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*Subject:  '''50 Year Anniversary of Power Generation at Glen Canyon Dam'''--[[Media:140908 USBR Invite to 50 yr power generation event.pdf| USBR Invite]]- [http://ww2.wapa.gov/sites/western/newsroom/NewsFeatures/NF2014/Pages/GCD50th.aspx WAPA Write-up]
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*[http://new.livestream.com/usinterior/events/3421215/videos/63319149 Recorded LIVESTREAM]
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*[[Media:140927 50 Year Power Generation- CREDA talk.pdf| 140927 50 Year Power Generation- CREDA (Leslie James) talk]]
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*[[Media:140927 50 Year Power Generation- DOI news release.pdf| 140927 50 Year Power Generation- DOI news release]]
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*[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=140927_Picture_Uploads-_50_Year_Power_Generation WIKI PICTURES]
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*[[Media:Final_render_(new).mp4|Student Video: I AM GLEN CANYON]]
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[[File:140203 Bioenergetics & Population dynamics of FLM and BHS in GC Cwalters Ariticle.jpg|120px]]
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*From:  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society- Carl Walters-- (Via Ted Melis)
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*Date:  Redistributed_09/26/2014-- Original release-- 02/03/2012
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*Subject:  '''Bioenergetics and Population Dynamics of Flannelmouth Sucker and Bluehead Sucker in Grand Canyon as Evidenced by Tag Recapture Observations'''
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*[[Media:140926 Walters et al. TAFS 2012 Grand Canyon Sucker Assessment.pdf| Walters et al. TAFS 2012 Grand Canyon Sucker Assessment- redistributed-140926]]
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[[File:140916 USGS Open File Report-2014-1193-Releases to inundate arch sites- PIC.jpg|100px]]
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*From:  Helen Fairley
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*Date:  09/16/2014
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*Subject:  '''Potential for Glen Canyon Dam release to inundate archeological sites in Grand Canyon'''
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*[[Media:USGS Open File Report-2014-1193-GCD releases to inundate arch sites in GC.pdf |LINK to Report]]
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[[File:140910 NPS Translocation of HBC -File Report- PIC.jpg|100px]]
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*From:  National Parks Service -- Brian Healy
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*Date:  09/09/2014
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*Subject:  '''Translocation of HBC to Grand Canyon Tributaries & Related NN fish control activities: 2011-2013 Report'''
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*[[Media:NPS 2011- 2013 HBCTranslocationReport08282014.pdf | LINK to Report]]
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[[File:140305 USGS Open File Report- PIC.jpg|100px]]
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*From: USGS (Helen Fairley)-- Via LWhetton
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*Date:  08/27/2014
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*Subject:  '''USGS Scientific Investigations Report, High-Resolution Topography and Geomorphology of Select Archeological Sites in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona'''
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*USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2014–5126
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*Details: http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20145126 http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20145126]
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[[File:Anne Castle-PIC.jpg|100px]]
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*Date: 08/27/2014 
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*Subject: '''Anne Castle to step down as Secretary of Interior Designee''' in September 2014
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[[File:Larry Walkoviak -Pic.jpg|100px]]
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*From: Don Barnett
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*Date: 08/27/2014 
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*Subject: '''Larry Walkoviak retires from the Bureau of Reclamation''' in September 2014
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*Details: [[Media:2014-57 Retirement of Larry Walkoviak.pdf|2014-57 Retirement of Larry Walkoviak]] - [[Media:LWalkoviakOpenHouse.pdf |Open house Flyer]]
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[[File:Ann Gold- PIC.jpg|100px]]
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*From: Linda Whetton
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*Date: 08/27/2014 
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*Subject: '''Ann Gold retires from the Bureau of Reclamation''' in September 2014
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*Details:  [[File:140902 Ann Gold Retirement.jpg|50px]]
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[[File:Earth Economics Presentation- PIC.jpg|150px]]
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*From:  Earth Economics
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*Date:  08/27/2014
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*Subject:  '''Nature's Value  in the Colorado River Basin'''
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*Details: [http://www.eartheconomics.org/FileLibrary/file/Reports/Earth%20Economics%20Colorado%20River%20Basin%20ESV%20FINAL.pdf Final Report]
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[[File:2013 SRP Quagga in Pips animation- PIC.jpg|140px]]'''
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*LINK:  [[Media:Quaggas Pipe 2013.mp4| Quagga Pipe 2013-Video Clip- Courtesy of Salt River Project]]'''
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*Salt River Project
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*Subject:  '''Animation of Quagga Mussels reeking havoc on pipes example'''
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[[File:131201 Video Grand Canyon- New Waters-Episode I-NPS.jpg|100px]]
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*From:  Jan Balsom (NPS)
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*Date: 07/23/2014
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*Subject:  '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6yuKXKD2WI NPS Grand Canyon Video- New Waters-Episode II]'''
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*Episode I '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hoGpYyn4Bs NPS Grand Canyon Video- New Waters-Episode I -LINK]'''
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[[File:140618 DOI RASU spawning in GCNP -PIC.jpg |100px]]
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*From:  DOI (Via LWhetton)
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*Date: 06/18/2014
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*Subject:  '''[[Media:140618 DOI RASU spawning in GCNP.pdf|Once Thought Locally Extinct, Endangered Razorback Suckers Discovered Spawning in Grand Canyon National Park]]'''
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*Details:  '''[[Media:140618 DOI RASU spawning in GCNP.pdf|LINK]]'''
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[[File:140613 Irrigation Leader- Leslie James Article-PIC.jpg |100px]]
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*From:  Irrigation Leader- Leslie James
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*Date:  06/13/2014
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*Subject: '''The Bottom Line: The Impact of the Endangered Species Act on Glen Canyon Dam Operations and Stakeholders'''
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*Link: [[Media:140613 April 2014- The Impact of the ESA on GC Leslie James.pdf |140613 April 2014- The Impact of the ESA on GC Leslie James- LINK]]
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[[File:140613 Stanton Photography- pics.jpg|100px]]
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*From:  USGS
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*Date:  06/13/2014
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*Subject:  '''River photographs collection- comparisons'''
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*Link:  [http://wwwpaztcn.wr.usgs.gov/fscc/stanton-repeat-photography/index.php USGS Stanton Repeat Photography]
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*Details: The Stanton photographs were matched on a series of river trips along the Colorado River starting in 1989.
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*From: USFWS
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*Date:  05/08/2014
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*Subject:  '''Federal Agencies Propose Revised Rules to Improve Implementation of the Endangered Species Act'''
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*Details:  [[Media:150509 USFWS- ESA- News Release FINAL (1).pdf |150509 USFWS- ESA- News Release FINAL (1) LINK]]'''
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Address processes for designating and implementing critical habitat
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[[File:140508 USGS-YouTube Citizen Science in Grand Canyon.jpg|100px]]
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*From: USGS-GCMRC (Ted Kennedy)-- Via Marianne Crawford
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*Date:  05/08/2014
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*Subject:  '''Citizen Science in Grand Canyon'''
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*Details:  [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TxLWlrw7y4&list=UUeXH8GZyV3sVqAr45AvupOA VIDEO LINK]
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*From: DOI Anne Castle -- Via Berverly Hefferton
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*Date:  05/07/2014
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*Subject:  '''Budget Memo from Assistant Secretary Anne Castle'''
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*Details: [[Media:140507 GCDAMP Triennial Budget and Work Plan7May14.pdf |140507 GCDAMP Triennial Budget and Work Plan- May 7, 2014]]
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*From: USGS (Yackulic, Yard, Korman, and Van Haverbeke)-- Via LWhetton
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*Date:  03/06/2014
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*Subject:  '''A quantitative life history of endangered humpback chub that spawn in the Little Colorado River: variation in movement, growth, and survival'''
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*Details:  [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.990/full ABSTRACT and LINK]
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*[[File:140305 USGS Open File Report- PIC.jpg|100px]]
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*From: USGS (Helen Fairley)-- Via LWhetton
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*Date:  03/05/2014
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*Subject:  '''Precipitation Variability of the Grand Canyon Region, 1893 through 2009, and Its Implications for Studying Effects of Gullying of Holocene Terraces and Associated Archeological Sites in Grand Canyon, Arizona.'''
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*Details: [[Media:140305 USGS- Open File Report- ABSTRACT.pdf| ABSTRACT]] ---Open File Report [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1006/ http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1006/]
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*From: LWhetton-- Via Randy Van Haverbeke
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*Date: 02/28/2014
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*Subject: '''Long-Term Monitoring of an Endangered Desert Fish and Factors Influencing Population Dynamics'''
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*Subject: '''Mark-Recapture and Fish Monitoring Activities in the LCR in GC from 2000-2013'''
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*Details:  Links:  [[Media:140228 Van Haverbeke et al 2013.PDF|LINK Van Haverbeke 2013]]--[[Media:140228 2013 USFWS FINAL Annual Report.PDF| 2013 USFWS FINAL annual Report]]
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*From: DOI
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*Date: Feb 2014
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*Subject:  '''Grand Canyon Turns 95'''
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*Details: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEiDkwiMaJk&feature=youtu.be This Week at Interior]
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[[File:Amy Husslin- BIA-PIC.jpg|100px]]
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*From: AMWG
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*Date: 03/21/2014 
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*Subject: '''Amy Heuslein retires from the Bureau of Indian Affairs''' in March 2014
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*[[File:140227 Reclamation Commissioner Michael Connor Confirmed as Deputy Secretary of Interior.jpg|50px]]
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*From:  USBR
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*Date:  02/27/2014
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*Subject: '''Reclamation Commissioner Michael Connor Confirmed as Deputy Secretary of Interior'''
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*Details: [http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/secretary-jewell-applauds-confirmation-of-mike-connor-as-deputy-secretary-of-the-department-of-the-interior.cfm LINK]
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*From: LWhetton- Via AZGF
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*Date: 02/21/2014 
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*Subject: '''Volunteer Opertunity: LCR Fish Monitoring- Hoop Net Project''' April 15-25 2014
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*Details:  [[Media:140221 LCR Call for Volunteers Flyer.pdf |140221 LCR Call for Volunteers Flyer]]
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[[File:John Shields- WYO-PIC.jpg|100px]]
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*From: AMWG
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*Date: 2/14/2014 
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*Subject: '''John Shields retires from the Wyoming State Engineer's Office''' February 2014
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[[File:Dennis Kubly.JPG|90px]]
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*From: Linda Whetton
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*Date: Tue 12/31/2013 
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*Subject: '''Dennis Kubly retires from the Bureau of Reclamation''' on Jan 10, 2014
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