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2013

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  • 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
  • LCR- AZ Game and Fish- PIC.jpg VIDEO LINK
  • 2012 HFE -PIC.jpg 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.
  • 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- PIC.jpg
  • 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: San Diego Union Tribune-- Anne Castle
  • Busting myths about water shortage- PIC.jpg
  • Date: September 26, 2013
  • Subject: Busting Myths about Water Shortage
  • Details: 5 Water Myths
  • Link: Article LINK

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: 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: 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
  • 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.
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