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=='''Science Advisors'''==
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Independent Review Panels, as called for in the Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact
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Statement (Reclamation 1995:38), are comprised of qualified individuals not otherwise
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reviewers, science advisors, and protocol evaluation panels whose primary responsibility is to
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assess the quality of research, monitoring, or science being conducted by the Adaptive
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Management Program and to make recommendations to improve it. Responsibilities of the
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panels include:
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* Reviewing Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program monitoring and research programs and protocols;
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* Providing reports based on their review to the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Technical Work Group, and Adaptive Management Work Group;
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* Making recommendations and providing advice to the Adaptive Management Work Group, Technical Work Group, and Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center regarding science activities;
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* Assessing proposed research plans and programs, technical reports and publications, and other program accomplishments; and
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* Conducting five-year reviews of Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center monitoring and research protocols. [http://www.riversimulator.org/Resources/GCDAMP/GCDAMPchronicle/StrategicPlanGCDamp2001.pdf]
  
  
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== Why the Science Advisors are Important ==
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*Maintains a Standing Panel of Advisors (aka Expert Panel)
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*Schedules Independent Review Panel(s) if/as needed
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*Helps with Knowledge Assessments (3-year process)
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*Has routine interactions with Reclamation, GCMRC, TWG, AMWG
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'''David P. Braun, Ph.D.'''  <br>
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Executive Coordinator for Science Advisors, U.S. Department of Interior,  <br>
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Bureau of Reclamation, Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program, <br>
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and Senior Associate, Sound Science, LLC <br>
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www.sound-science.org <br>
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(973) 568-7676  <br>
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Skype: david.p.braun (timezone=Eastern U.S.) <br>
  
  
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*'''[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/16apr19/documents/SA_Charter_OP.pdf    GCDAMP Updated Science Advisors Program Charter and Operating Protocols, 2016]
 
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*'''[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/16jan26/documents/Attach_07.pdf GCDAMP: Science Advisors-Executive Coordinator Program Work Plan for FY16]
 
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*'''[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/15oct20/pdfs/Attach_04.pdf    Protocol Evaluation Panels]
 
  
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Five-person “blue-ribbon” panel
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*Replaces/updates former Science Advisors panel (FY01-14)
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*Three-year (FY) terms of office, not staggered
  
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FY18-20 Expert Panel tasks (planned)
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*Review GCMRC annual reports, annual reporting meeting presentations (FY18, 19, 20), annual work plans (FY 19, 20)
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*Advise, review triennial Knowledge Assessment (FY 19-20)
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*Review next draft Triennial Work Plan and Budget (FY20)
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*Advise on possible external IRPs (if/as needed)
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*Advise on recruitment of next 3-year (FY21-23) cohort of Expert Panel (FY20)
  
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==Current Status==
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*'''[[Media:2000-03-31 DOI GCMRC- Institutional Home 00mar31.PDF |2000-03-31 DOI Memo: GCMRC- Institutional Home]]
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Updating operating protocols
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*Based on AMP-approved GCMRC procedures FY01-14
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*Updating for Reclamation administration
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*Reclamation now reviewing recommendations
  
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Identifying disciplinary areas of expertise needed
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*NOT just sciences; all key areas of knowledge that inform adaptive management
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*Reclamation will make final selection; suggestions welcome
  
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Identifying and recruiting panel members
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*To begin once disciplinary needs set; nominations welcome
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*Candidate review process to follow FY01-14 guidelines as applicable
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*Reclamation will make final selection
  
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*End of February?
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*FROM:  Anne Castle
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*Reclamation will establish review team
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*DATE:  March 31, 2011
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Finish updating operating protocols (February-March)
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*RE:  "GCMRC Science Planning"
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Nominations
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#"Our first and foremost priority is '''compliance''' with the Endangered Species Act, which means focus on the native fish and particularly the '''humpback chub'''.
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*Mid-March or longer (?)
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#"Second, we need to focus on '''sediment''', which was an instigating factor for the Grand Canyon Protection Act and continues to be an issue with resources down stream of the dam..."
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*Reclamation will establish review team
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#"Third, and these are competing priorities, we need science on both '''non-native fish control''' and the '''recreational trout fishery'''.''
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*Recruiting, March-April
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#"These are the primary areas where I have asked GCMRC to concentrate its resources."
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*Orientation, late April?
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*Review GCMRC FY 2017 Annual Report, 2018 Annual Reporting Meeting content, April-May [https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/18feb14/Attach_10.pdf]
  
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==[[SCIENCE LEARNING PAGE| Science Learning Page]]==
 
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*"We need a science that empowers decision makers to develop a comprehensive vision of how a future Colorado River can function." 
 
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*"We have the ability to recreate any kind of a river we want.  We just have to decide what we want and where we want it, and to decide if we want to pay for it.(JSchmit_SDM-workshop_Aug 2013)
 
 
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*[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=PEP_reviews Protocol Evaluation Panels (PEPs) page]
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*[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=Portal:GCDAMP_Knowlege_Assessments Knowledge Assessments page]
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*[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=Glen_Canyon_Dam_Adaptive_Management_ADMINISTRATIVE_HISTORY Administrative History page]
  
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*Independent review of NPS “Bright Angel Creek Comprehensive Nonnative Trout Control 5-year Assessment, 2012-2017” draft final report to Reclamation
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*Independent review of September 2017 Brown Trout workshop final report
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*2016 Fisheries PEP
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*2016 Knowledge Assessment
  
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'''2018'''
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/amp/amwg/2018-08-22-amwg-meeting/Attach_08.pdf Science Advisors Program: FY18-20 Work Plan; FY18 Activities; and FY19 Plan PPT]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/18feb14/Attach_10.pdf Science Advisors Program Work Plan for FY 2018 and Beyond PPT]
  
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'''2017'''
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/17feb15/SA%20Program%20Update.pdf Science Advisors Program Update and PPT]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/17jan26/A2_Braun.pdf Science Advisors Program Update]
  
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'''2016'''
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/16aug24/Attach_06.pdf Science Advisors Program ̶ 2016 Accomplishments and 2017 Plans]
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/16aug24/AIF_SA_Charter.pdf Science Advisors Charter and Protocols Government to Government Consultations Update]
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/16apr19/documents/SA_Charter_OP.pdf GCDAMP Updated Science Advisors Program Charter and Operating Protocols, 2016]
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/16jan26/documents/Attach_07.pdf GCDAMP: Science Advisors-Executive Coordinator Program Work Plan for FY16]
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/15oct20/pdfs/Attach_04.pdf Protocol Evaluation Panels]
  
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'''2014'''
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/14aug27/Attach_06b.pdf  Science Advisors Report]
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/14jun24/Attach_04.pdf  Science Advisors Recommendations on Review of GCDAMP Triennial Budget and Work Plan]
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/14apr08/Attach_10.pdf  Memo from Dave Garrett to the TWG Chair dated May 19, 2014, Subject: Science Advisor Review Comments on GCMRC Science Plan]
  
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'''2013'''
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/13apr03/Attach_05.pdf  Science Advisors' Annual Report]
  
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'''2012'''
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/12apr16/Attach_05a.pdf Science Advisors' Annual Report (USGS Service Contract) and PPT]
  
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'''2011'''
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/11jun28/Attach_08.pdf Pages 269-271 of FY 2012 Budget and Workplan: ADM 12.A4.11,12(B) Coordination and Review of Services Provided by Science Science Advisors]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/11jun28/Attach_11.pdf A Review of the GCMRC Report on An “Analysis of Biophysical and Socio-Cultural Impacts of Four Experimental Options”]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/11mar08/Attach_09a.pdf FY2010 Science Advisors Program Report to the GCDAMP and PPT]
  
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'''2010'''
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/10jun29/Attach_08.pdf Memo from Dr. Dave Garrett to John Hamill, Subject: Science Advisor Program Proposed Budget Reductions 2010/2012]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/10mar15/Attach_10.pdf Fiscal Year 2009 Science Advisors Program Report to GCDAMP PPT]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/10feb03/Attach_21.pdf AIF: Science Advisors Progress Report on Assessment of Criteria for Management Actions and PPT]
  
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'''2009'''
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/09sep29/Attach_08a.pdf Prospectus-Evaluation of a Transition in the Roles of Science and Management During the Evolution of Adaptive Management Programs]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/09sep29/Attach_08b.pdfProspectus-Evaluation of a Transition in the Roles of Science and Management During the Evolution of Adaptive Management Programs; Corresponding PPT]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/10jun29/Attach_12.pdf “Review of Geoarchaeological Investigation and an Archaeological Treatment Plan for 151 Sites in the Grand Canyon, Arizona” by the GCDAMP Science Advisors]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/09aug12/Attach_13.pdf AIF: Science Advisor Nominations and Appointments; Briefing Paper on Science Advisor Appointments for 2010-2012; Presentation to AMWG of Selections for Science Advisors Specialists for 2010-2012 PPT]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/09apr29/Attach_06a.pdf AIF: Defining Management Actions]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/09apr29/Attach_06b.pdf Defining Management Actions PPT]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/09apr29/Attach_10.pdf AIF: Science Advisor Nominations and "Strategy for Science Advisor Expertise to Respond to Emphasis Areas of the GCDAMP; 2009-2013" PPT]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/09mar16/Attach_04.pdf Letter from the Seven Colorado River Basin States Representatives to the GCDAMP, dated 2/23/98, Subject: Decision Making Process Associated with the GCD Operations GCDAMP]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/09mar16/Attach_20.pdf Strategy for Science Advisor Areas of Expertise to Respond to Emphasis Areas of the GCDAMP; 2009-2013]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/09mar16/Attach_21.pdf Key Discussion Points from Meeting of GCMRC and its Senior Ecologist with Science Advisors on Ecosystem Approaches in Science PPT]
  
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*[[Media:Gcmrc roles amp.pdf |GCMRC-USGS role in the GCDAMP]]
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*[[Media:2000-03-31 DOI GCMRC- Institutional Home 00mar31.PDF |2000-03-31 DOI Memo: GCMRC- Institutional Home]]
  
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*RE:  "GCMRC Science Planning"
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#"Our first and foremost priority is '''compliance''' with the Endangered Species Act, which means focus on the native fish and particularly the '''humpback chub'''.
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#"Second, we need to focus on '''sediment''', which was an instigating factor for the Grand Canyon Protection Act and continues to be an issue with resources down stream of the dam..."
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#"Third, and these are competing priorities, we need science on both '''non-native fish control''' and the '''recreational trout fishery'''.''
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#"These are the primary areas where I have asked GCMRC to concentrate its resources."
  
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*[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=PEP_reviews| PEP Reviews]
  
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==[[SCIENCE LEARNING PAGE| Science Learning Page]]==
  
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*"We need a science that empowers decision makers to develop a comprehensive vision of how a future Colorado River can function." 
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*"We have the ability to recreate any kind of a river we want.  We just have to decide what we want and where we want it, and to decide if we want to pay for it.(JSchmit_SDM-workshop_Aug 2013)
 
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/13feb20/Attach_07b.pdf| LINK: usbr/amwg/mtgs/13feb20/Attach_07b.pdf]
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*Although meta-analysis is a useful way of summarizing knowledge, the strength of inference depends on the quality of the data, and cause-and-effect cannot be established solely from correlative analyses. [https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70187999]
  
  
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Science Advisors

Independent Review Panels, as called for in the Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact Statement (Reclamation 1995:38), are comprised of qualified individuals not otherwise participating in the long-term monitoring and research studies. The panels include peer reviewers, science advisors, and protocol evaluation panels whose primary responsibility is to assess the quality of research, monitoring, or science being conducted by the Adaptive Management Program and to make recommendations to improve it. Responsibilities of the panels include:

  • Reviewing Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program monitoring and research programs and protocols;
  • Providing reports based on their review to the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Technical Work Group, and Adaptive Management Work Group;
  • Making recommendations and providing advice to the Adaptive Management Work Group, Technical Work Group, and Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center regarding science activities;
  • Assessing proposed research plans and programs, technical reports and publications, and other program accomplishments; and
  • Conducting five-year reviews of Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center monitoring and research protocols. [1]


Justification
-- 		Scope
-- 		Organization
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Science Advisors

The Executive Coordinator is contractor to Reclamation

  • Maintains a Standing Panel of Advisors (aka Expert Panel)
  • Schedules Independent Review Panel(s) if/as needed
  • Helps with Knowledge Assessments (3-year process)
  • Has routine interactions with Reclamation, GCMRC, TWG, AMWG

(FY 2018-2020 TWP, Reclamation Budget Item C.4)


David P. Braun, Ph.D.
Executive Coordinator for Science Advisors, U.S. Department of Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation, Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program,
and Senior Associate, Sound Science, LLC
www.sound-science.org
[email protected]
(973) 568-7676
Skype: david.p.braun (timezone=Eastern U.S.)


SAP Expert Panel, FY 2018-2020

Five-person “blue-ribbon” panel

  • Replaces/updates former Science Advisors panel (FY01-14)
  • Three-year (FY) terms of office, not staggered

FY18-20 Expert Panel tasks (planned)

  • Review GCMRC annual reports, annual reporting meeting presentations (FY18, 19, 20), annual work plans (FY 19, 20)
  • Advise, review triennial Knowledge Assessment (FY 19-20)
  • Review next draft Triennial Work Plan and Budget (FY20)
  • Advise on possible external IRPs (if/as needed)
  • Advise on recruitment of next 3-year (FY21-23) cohort of Expert Panel (FY20)

Current Status

Updating operating protocols

  • Based on AMP-approved GCMRC procedures FY01-14
  • Updating for Reclamation administration
  • Reclamation now reviewing recommendations

Identifying disciplinary areas of expertise needed

  • NOT just sciences; all key areas of knowledge that inform adaptive management
  • Reclamation will make final selection; suggestions welcome

Identifying and recruiting panel members

  • To begin once disciplinary needs set; nominations welcome
  • Candidate review process to follow FY01-14 guidelines as applicable
  • Reclamation will make final selection

Next Steps

Identify disciplinary areas of expertise needed

  • End of February?
  • Reclamation will establish review team

Finish updating operating protocols (February-March) Nominations

  • Mid-March or longer (?)
  • Reclamation will establish review team
  • Recruiting, March-April
  • Orientation, late April?
  • Review GCMRC FY 2017 Annual Report, 2018 Annual Reporting Meeting content, April-May [2]

Links

Projects

  • Independent review of NPS “Bright Angel Creek Comprehensive Nonnative Trout Control 5-year Assessment, 2012-2017” draft final report to Reclamation
  • Independent review of September 2017 Brown Trout workshop final report
  • 2016 Fisheries PEP
  • 2016 Knowledge Assessment

Presentations and Papers

2018

2017

2016

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2000

Goals

  • FROM: Anne Castle
  • DATE: March 31, 2011
  • RE: "GCMRC Science Planning"
  1. "Our first and foremost priority is compliance with the Endangered Species Act, which means focus on the native fish and particularly the humpback chub.
  2. "Second, we need to focus on sediment, which was an instigating factor for the Grand Canyon Protection Act and continues to be an issue with resources down stream of the dam..."
  3. "Third, and these are competing priorities, we need science on both non-native fish control and the recreational trout fishery.
  4. "These are the primary areas where I have asked GCMRC to concentrate its resources."

Science Learning Page

  • "We need a science that empowers decision makers to develop a comprehensive vision of how a future Colorado River can function."
  • "We have the ability to recreate any kind of a river we want. We just have to decide what we want and where we want it, and to decide if we want to pay for it.(JSchmit_SDM-workshop_Aug 2013)
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  • Although meta-analysis is a useful way of summarizing knowledge, the strength of inference depends on the quality of the data, and cause-and-effect cannot be established solely from correlative analyses. [3]


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