USBR FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET 

Project A.1. AMWG Personnel Costs 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

Fiscal year 

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 

Contracts 

Logistics 

Operations 

Salary 162,000 163,000 173,000 151,000 155,530 

Project 

Total 162,000 163,000 173,000 151,000 155,530 

% total 

contracted 

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Not Applicable 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Not Applicable 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project represents Reclamation staff costs to 

perform the daily work activities required to operate the Adaptive Management work Group. The 

work includes completing assignments resulting from AMWG meetings, consulting with 

stakeholders on a variety of AMP issues relating to the operation of Glen Canyon Dam, 

disseminating pertinent information to the AMWG, preparing and tracking budget expenses, 

complying with FACA requirements and completing reports, and updating Reclamation’s web 

page. 

MO’s and RIN’s ADDRESSED: Not Applicable

CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATION: AMP web postings may be 

affected 

STATUS/SCHEDULE: Not Applicable

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: Personnel costs will not exceed what has been 

proposed in the budget and Reclamation staff will provide budget information to the AMWG on a 

regular basis. Completed work products will be of high quality and promptly distributed to AMWG 

members/alternates and interested parties. Budge reports will be presented in a format 

conducive to AMWG needs.
USBR FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET 

Project A.2. AMWG Member Travel Reimbursement 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

Fiscal year 

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 

Contracts 

Logistics 

Operations 

Salary 

Project 

Total 10,000 10,000 10,000 13,000 15,540 

% total 

contracted 

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Not Applicable 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Not Applicable 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project covers the costs to reimburse AMWG 

members or alternates to attend regularly scheduled AMWG meetings and/or participate in ad 

hoc groups. 

MO’s and RIN’s ADDRESSED: Not Applicable

CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATION: 

STATUS/SCHEDULE: Not Applicable

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management 

Program will benefit from having all the AMWG members participate in regularly scheduled 

meetings. As a collective body, they address and resolve concerns associated with the operation 

of Glen Canyon Dam and make recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior for continued 

science efforts performed below the GCD.
USBR FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET 

Project A.3. AMWG Reclamation Travel 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

Fiscal year 

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 

Contracts 

Logistics 

Operations 

Salary 

Project 

Total 17,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 13,390 

% total 

contracted 

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Not Applicable 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Not Applicable 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project covers travel expenses Reclamation staff 

incur to attend AMWG meetings , participate in ad hoc group meetings, complete ad hoc 

assignments, and attend USGS sponsored workshops. In order to work on AMWG/ad hoc group 

assignments, the meetings are often held in Phoenix, Arizona. As such, Reclamation staff must 

make additional trips throughout the year in completion of those assignments. 

MO’s and RIN’s ADDRESSED: Not Applicable

CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATION: 

STATUS/SCHEDULE: Not Applicable

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: Reclamation staff will be involved with AMWG/TWG 

members in completing work assignments and resolving issues that affect the AAMP. They will 

develop better working relationships with all involved and work toward consensus on a variety of 

sensitive issues.
USBR FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET 

Project A.4. AMWG Facilitation Contract 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

Fiscal year 

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 

Contracts 25,000 25,000 25,000 21,000 21,000 

Logistics 

Operations 

Salary 

Project 

Total 25,000 25,000 25,000 21,000 21,000 

% total 

contracted 

100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Not Applicable 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Not Applicable 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project represents the work assigned to one 

individual under contract to the Bureau of Reclamation to facilitate at Adaptive Management Work 

Group meetings. This person may also assist at TWG meetings and work with ad hoc groups in 

completing AMWG assignments.

MO’s and RIN’s ADDRESSED: Not Applicable

CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATION: 

STATUS/SCHEDULE: Ongoing 

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: The facilitator will create an atmosphere in which 

the members and other participants at AMWG meetings feel comfortable expressing their 

individual viewpoints. The facilitator will bring the AMWG members to consensus on pertinent 

issues affecting the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program. 
USBR FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET 

Project A.5. AMWG Other Expenses 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

Fiscal year 

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 

Contracts 

Logistics 

Operations 

Salary 

Project 

Total 8,000 8,000 11,000 9,000 7,000 

% total 

contracted 

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Not Applicable 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Not Applicable 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project represents some of the other 

“miscellaneous” expenses incurred in operation of the AMWG: overnight mailings of AMWG 

meeting packets, copying reports, purchasing meeting materials (cassette tapes, markers, etc.) 

equipment repair (audio recording/transcribing machines). In addition, training courses are often 

required for staff to keep current on environmental issues, Federal Advisory Committee Act 

changes, computer technology improvements, etc. 

Also included in this category are monetary awards given to Reclamation staff who have 

contributed significantly to the success of the GCD AMP.

MO’s and RIN’s ADDRESSED: Not Applicable

CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATION: 

STATUS/SCHEDULE: Not Applicable

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: Other expenses will be kept to a minimum in an 

effort to reduce the administrative portion of the AMP budget.
USBR FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET 

Project B.1. TWG Personnel Costs 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

Fiscal year 

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 

Contracts 

Logistics 

Operations 

Salary 64,000 74,000 78,000 69,000 71,070 

Project 

Total 64,000 74,000 78,000 69,000 71,070 

% total 

contracted 

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Not Applicable 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Not Applicable 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project represents Reclamation staff costs to 

perform the daily work activities required to operate the Technical Work Group, a subgroup of the 

AMWG. The work includes completing assignments resulting from TWG meetings, consulting 

with stakeholders on a variety of AMP issues relating to the operation of Glen Canyon Dam, 

disseminating pertinent information to the TWG, preparing and tracking budget expenses, and 

updating Reclamation’s AMP web page.

MO’s and RIN’s ADDRESSED: Not Applicable

CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATION: 

STATUS/SCHEDULE: Not Applicable

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: Personnel costs will not exceed what has been 

proposed in the budget and Reclamation staff will provide budget information to the TWG on a 

regular basis. Completed work products will be promptly distributed to TWG members/alternates 

and interested parties.
USBR FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET 

Project B.2. TWG Member Travel Reimbursement 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

Fiscal year 

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 

Contracts 

Logistics 

Operations 

Salary 

Project 

Total 10,000 10,000 10,000 17,000 15,450 

% total 

contracted 

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Not Applicable 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Not Applicable 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project cover the costs to reimburse TWG 

members or alternates to attend regularly scheduled TWG meetings and/or ad hoc group 

meetings. 

MO’s and RIN’s ADDRESSED: Not Applicable

CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATION: 

STATUS/SCHEDULE: Not Applicable

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management 

Program will benefit from having all the TWG members participate in regularly scheduled 

meetings. As a collective body, they address and resolve concerns associated with the operation 

of Glen Canyon Dam and make recommendations to the AMWG for continued research in the 

canyon. 
USBR FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET 

Project B.3. TWG Reclamation Travel 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

Fiscal year 

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 

Contracts 

Logistics 

Operations 

Salary 

Project 

Total 18,000 18,000 18,000 17,000 15,510 

% total 

contracted 

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Not Applicable 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Not Applicable 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project covers travel expenses Reclamation staff 

incur to prepare and attend TWG meetings as well as ad hoc group meetings which result from 

AMWG/TWG assignments. In order to work on those assignments, the meetings are often held 

in Phoenix, Arizona, because it is centrally located to those entities/states represented on the 

AMWG/TWG. This often requires Reclamation staff to make additional trips throughout the year 

in completion of AMWG/TWG assignments. 

MO’s and RIN’s ADDRESSED: Not Applicable

CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATION: 

STATUS/SCHEDULE: Not Applicable

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: Reclamation staff will continue to be involved in 

meeting with AMWG/TWG members in completing work assignments and resolving issues that 

affect the operation of Glen Canyon Dam. They will develop better working relationships with all 

involved and work toward consensus on a variety of AMP issues. 
USBR FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET 

Project B.4. TWG Chair Reimbursement 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

Fiscal year 

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 

Contracts 25,000 25,000 25,000 21,000 21,630 

Logistics 

Operations 

Salary 

Project 

Total 25,000 25,000 25,000 21,000 21,630 

% total 

contracted 

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Not Applicable 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Not Applicable 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project represents the work assigned to an 

individual to serve as the chairperson for TWG meetings. For FY04, this assignment is being 

performed by a Federal employee of the National Park Service. As such, there is no contract but 

the chairperson will be reimbursed for travel expenses. For FY05 and beyond, it is anticipated a 

TWG member will fulfill this assignment. 

MO’s and RIN’s ADDRESSED: Not Applicable

CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATION: 

STATUS/SCHEDULE: Ongoing 

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: The chairperson will create an atmosphere in which 

the members and other participants at TWG meetings feel comfortable expressing their individual 

viewpoints. The chairperson will being the TWG members to consensus on sensitive issues with 

the ultimate goal of doing what is best for the canyon and the natural resources. The chairperson 

will follow up on action items and make assignments as necessary to accomplish TWG 

objectives. 
USBR FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET 

Project B.5. TWG Other Costs 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

Fiscal year 

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 

Contracts 

Logistics 

Operations 

Salary 

Project 

Total 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 

% total 

contracted 

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Not Applicable 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Not Applicable 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project represents some of the other 

“miscellaneous” expenses incurred in operation of the TWG. For example: overnight mailings of 

TWG meeting packets, copying reports, purchasing meeting materials (cassette tapes, markers, 

etc.), and equipment repair (audio/recording/transcribing machines). 

MO’s and RIN’s ADDRESSED: Not Applicable

CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATION: 

STATUS/SCHEDULE: Not Applicable

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: Other expenses will be kept to a minimum in an 

effort to keep within the AMP budget. 
USBR FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET 

Project C.1. Compliance Documents 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

Fiscal year 

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 

Contracts 

Logistics 

Operations 

Salary 26,000 26,000 26,000 26,000 26,780 

Project 

Total 26,000 26,000 26,000 26,000 26,780 

% total 

contracted 

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Not Applicable 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project covers the costs for preparing compliance 

documents for AMP-proposed actions in order to comply with the Endangered Species Act, 

National Environmental Policy Act, and National Historic Preservation Act. 

MO’s and RIN’s ADDRESSED: 

CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATION: 

STATUS/SCHEDULE: Not Applicable

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: Reclamation staff will be involved in all compliance 

issues related to the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program. They will utilize travel 

expenses to meet with the AMP stakeholders to resolve any differences. 
USBR FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET 

Project C.2. Contract Administration 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

Fiscal year 

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 

Contracts 

Logistics 

Operations 

Salary 50,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,750 

Project 

Total 50,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,750 

% total 

contracted 

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Not Applicable 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Not Applicable 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project covers the expenses for Reclamation staff 

to prepare and monitor contracts associated with the GCD AMP. Specifically, these contracts are 

for AMWG Facilitation, TWG Chairperson reimbursement, and Programmatic Agreement work. 

MO’s and RIN’s ADDRESSED: Not Applicable

CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATION: 

STATUS/SCHEDULE: Not Applicable

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: Contract specialists will ensure that individual 

contractors are fulfilling the requirements of their contracts. They will maintain accurate records 

of payments made against the contracts and will keep Reclamation staff informed of 

discrepancies or concerns. Work will be completed on time and within the limits of the contract. 
PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET

Project 1 “Reclamation Administration of Programmatic Agreement and Tribal 

Cooperative Agreements” 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 

Outsourced 

Science/labor 

 

Logistics 

Operations 

BOR Salary, 

Travel and 

Indirect 

Costs 50,000 50,000 50,000 43,000* 52,500 

Project Total 

% total 

outsourced* 

*Reduced based on vote of AMWG. 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Reclamation’s Regional Archeologist and Grant and 

Cooperative Agreement Officers. 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: This project funds Reclamation’s administration of the 

tribal cooperative agreements and consultation and compliance with section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act. The project funds Reclamation’s procurement or 

assistance personnel (Grant and Cooperative Agreement Officers) who work on the six 

tribal cooperative agreements, the two National Park Service monitoring cooperative 

agreements, and any other requisitions, contracts or acquisitions of goods or services 

related to administration of the tribal consultation program of the AMP and the 

programmatic agreement. The project also funds Reclamation’s regional archeologist 

who works on compliance with section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act for 

the undertaking defined as operation of Glen Canyon Dam. 

 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project funds Reclamation’s 

administration of cooperative agreements, grants, requisitions or contracts related to tribal 

consultation and cultural resources and Reclamation’s section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act compliance for Glen Canyon Dam (and occasionally 

compliance on other CRSP facilities). The procurement office costs average $11,000 

costs per fiscal year under this project. The regional archeologist expends the remaining 

average annual amount of $39,000 for travel, salary, benefits, and indirect costs related to 

section 106 compliance. 

MO’s and IN’s ADDRESSED: 
CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS: FY05 will be the 

first year that Reclamation has requested an inflation adjustment in the total 

administrative amount. It is anticipated that additional work will be required by 

Reclamation’s personnel in FY05 given the treatment planning work underway in Glen 

Canyon and Navajo Nation and due to the budget reduction voted on by the AMWG for 

FY04. 

STATUS/SCHEDULE: Continuing project. 

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: 

Six tribal cooperative agreements or contacts will be negotiated during FY05. Accruals 

will be maintained, accounting will be to government standards, etc. 

The treatment plan to mitigate for adverse effects of dam operations on historic properties 

in Glen Canyon and on Navajo Nation lands should continue this fiscal year. This will 

require consultation and related salary, travel and expenses of the regional archeologist in 

FY05. 

Another expected product from this work will be an updated status report on the 

programmatic agreement. 
PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET 

Project 2 “Database and Geographic Information System Plan and Implementation” 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 

Outsourced 

Science/labor 

 

Logistics 

Operations 

BOR Salary, 

Travel and 

Indirect 

Costs 0 0 29,000 0 0* 

Project Total 

% total 

outsourced* 

See project #8 which is a GIs and database project. 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Reclamation’s Regional Archeologist, GCMRC’s GIS 

and Cultural Resources Program Managers (Fairley), and in FY03, Patrick Wright and 

Bill Beottlicher, Denver Technical Service Center Remote Sensing and GIS Group 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: The Protocol Evaluation Panel for the Cultural 

Resources Programs of GCMRC and Reclamation called for a cultural resources data 

management plan. In September 2000, Reclamation and the GCMRC staff met to 

determine components of this plan, beginning with identification and inventory of what 

data exists and what data are needed by the members of the AMP. A formal, written plan 

has yet to be developed due to difficulties completing this preliminary inventory of 

legacy data and obtaining data sharing agreements. In FY03, Reclamation and the 

GCMRC determined that the priority was integrating existing archeological site 

locational data with GCMRC’s ORACLE and GIS data management systems. This work 

was begun in FY03. Additional work is necessary to determine needs and being 

developing the GIS and relational databases that will be maintained by GCMRC. 

 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The beginning of the cultural resources data 

layer occurred in FY03 when Reclamation funded an outside contractor to prepare an 

ARCVIEW data layer showing now housed and maintained by GCMRC. The data 

consist of the UTM locations of the center points of archeological sites within the river 

corridor, coupled with the historical vegetation data (Waring) and a line depicting the 

area inundated by the highest historical release of the dam. The data were presented at a 

meeting of the PA signatories; CD-ROMs of the data are being distributed to PA 

signatories and others with a need for the information. The ARCVIEW data will be 

housed at GCMRC and made available upon a need-to-know basis. The next step in the 
process will occur in FY04 when Reclamation will have the National Park Service or 

contractors provide digital site boundaries to improve the accuracy of the GIS data layer 

housed by the GCMRC. 

MO’s and IN’s ADDRESSED: 

CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS: No funding for the 

cultural data layer specifically proposed for FY05, but see project #8. 

STATUS/SCHEDULE: Continuing project, but specific work needs or contracts have not 

been developed for FY05. 

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: The expected product is a cultural 

resources data layer or layers housed and maintained by GCMRC in conjunction with the 

other natural resource data generated by the AMP. The products will result in better 

integration across disciplinary lines in the GCMRC and AMP. 
RECLAMATION PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET 

Project 3 “NPS-GRCA Monitoring” 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 

Outsourced 

Science/labor 

 

Logistics $15,000 $15,000 $15,000 $15,000 $15,00 

Operations 

NPS Salary, 

Travel and 

Indirect 

Costs $210,000 $185,000 $185,000 $186,000 $191,000 

Project Total $225,000 $200,000 $200,000 $201,000 $206,000 

% total 

outsourced* 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Janet Balsom, Grand Canyon Cultural Resources 

Manager; Jeff Cross, Direct of Grand Canyon Science Center and subcontract with 

Northern Arizona University Department of Anthropology for data management services. 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: The National Park Service conducted field observations 

of a judgment sample of archeological sites since 1991. This field work was performed 

to meet a stipulation in the programmatic agreement for documenting alterations to the 

historic district. The NPS has also conducted minor stabilization or preservation 

maintenance and archeological data recovery efforts. The problem is that the Cultural 

Resources PEP recommended that the current NPS monitoring program be reoriented to 

contribute information to prioritize historic properties for treatment, and to evaluate the 

effectiveness of treatment options such as the check dams or restriction of access to sites. 

 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The NPS has provided descriptive field 

observations of alterations to historic properties in the river corridor since 1991. 

Photographs are taken and descriptive field observations are made. These observations 

are documented on monitoring forms that the NPS archives and enters into a database 

using subcontracted services of Northern Arizona University Department of 

Anthropology. In addition, the NPS has had the Zuni Conservation Crew install and 

maintain check dams at selected sites in the corridor. (This is considered preservation 

maintenance, or a treatment for adverse effects of dam operations.) The field observations 

are reported to PA signatories in the format of an annual report. 

MO’s and IN’s ADDRESSED: 
CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS: The NPS has asked 

for funding increases to their current monitoring program based on inflation. Reclamation 

recommends that all monitoring should be transferred to the GCMRC in FY05 to fulfill 

all the federal agencies’ needs to comply with the GCPA and to meet AMP protocols, as 

well as the NPS recommendation to compete all work in the river corridor. 

STATUS/SCHEDULE: Continuing project since 1991. Status is that the observations of 

effect will be taken into consideration in the treatment plans that are part of the historic 

preservation plan currently in preparation. The schedule question is when to transfer 

current NPS monitoring for adverse effects to historic properties to GCMRC’s core 

monitoring program for cultural resources. 

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: The main product delivered by the NPS 

has been a report describing alternations to historic properties within the river corridor, as 

well as additional data added to the NPS database and photos archived. 
PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET 

Project 4 “NPS-GLCA Monitoring” 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 

Outsourced 

Science/labor 

 

Logistics 

Operations 

NPS Salary, 

Travel and 

Indirect 

Costs $27,500 $27,500 $28,000 $28,000 $28,840 

Project Total 

% total 

outsourced* 

. 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Chris Kincaid, Glen Canyon Cultural Resources 

Manager and John Ritenour, Glen Canyon Chief of Resources 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: The National Park Service has documented adverse 

effects to cultural sites in Glen Canyon since 1991. In 2001, GLCA used this project to 

have the Western Archaeological and Conservation Center of the NPS to conduct 

archeological nature and extent testing of four archeological sites. This resulted in a 

determination that at least one site in GLCA should be excavated to retrieve important 

data in prehistory. Other treatment options are being explored in a treatment plan in 

preparation during FY04. The treatments will undoubtedly in FY05. 

 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The NPS has provided descriptive field 

observations of alterations to historic properties in the river corridor since 1991. In 

addition, testing sites for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places has been 

conducted. Treatment of adverse effects of dam operations will begin in FY04. The 

question for the AMP is whether monitoring to document effect is necessary in FY05 

with the treatment plan in progress. 

MO’s and IN’s ADDRESSED: 

CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS: The NPS has asked 

for funding increase to this program based on inflation; instead, Reclamation proposes 

eliminating this project and replacing it with the work under the FY04-05 treatment plan. 

The treatment plan will determine how Reclamation will avoid, minimize, or mitigate 

adverse effects of dam operations on historic properties in the Glen Canyon reach. 
STATUS/SCHEDULE: Continuing project since 1991. Question is whether to increase 

funding as requested by NPS and what questions the field observations will answer. 

Reclamation’s recommendation is to transfer responsibility for cultural monitoring to 

GCMRC in FY05. Further documentation of effects would be unnecessary in FY05 

because the treatment plan will be addressing observed or foreseeable effects. 

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: The question is what deliverables are 

needed by the AMP for compliance with GCPA. Reclamation does not need the 

monitoring data in GLCA for its Section 106 compliance in FY05 given the treatment 

plan. 
PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET 

Project 5 “Navajo Nation and Glen Canyon Treatment Plan” 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 

Outsourced 

Science/labor 

 

Logistics 

Operations 

NPS Salary, 

Travel and 

Indirect 

Costs 0 0 0 $100,000 $100,000 

Project Total 

% total 

outsourced* 100% 100% 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Davina Twobears and Tony Klesert, Navajo Nation 

Archeology Department 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: The PEP for Cultural Resources recommended 

completing the Historic Preservation Plan as a top priority. The HPP is to include many 

subplans, including a historic properties treatment plan. (Other subplans are the research 

design completed in FY03, the traditional cultural property plan, public involvement 

plan, Native American consultation plan, database plan and monitoring plan). While 

some PA signatories, including the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the 

Arizona State Historic Preservation Office have stated that the treatment plan should 

include the entire river corridor, based on the results of the recent experimental flows and 

research by GCMRC, adverse effects of dam operations are most likely to occur closest 

to the dam in the Glen Canyon and Marble Canyon reaches. Therefore, a treatment plan 

will be prepared in FY04. This planning effort will begin in FY04 and is expected to 

continue into FY05. 

 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Beginning in FY04 and continuing through 

FY05, a treatment plan will be prepared and implemented. The purpose of the plan is to 

specify how adverse effects of dam operations on historic properties should be avoided, 

minimized or mitigated in this reach of the river. The plan will be written in FY04 and 

implementation is expected to take at least two years. The plan will be contracted 

between Reclamation and the Navajo Nation Archaeology Department. 

MO’s and IN’s ADDRESSED: 
CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS: The continued 

funding of the treatment plan will help fulfill Reclamation’s section 106 compliance 

mandates, as well as all the agencies’ compliance responsibilities under GCPA. 

STATUS/SCHEDULE: The PEP recommended preparation of many subplans that will 

make up the historic preservation plan stipulated in the PA. Completion of these subplans 

document Reclamation’s compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act. The 

treatment plan has been proposed for implementation beginning in FY04 ever since the 

Cultural Resources PEP was completed. 

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: The treatments or mitigating measures that 

will be developed in the treatment plan are the expected products during FY05. At the 

present time, it is not clear what these products will be. Some archeological data 

recovery will probably occur, so one product will probably be a data recovery report. 

Other products will serve to mitigate for the adverse impacts on traditional cultural values 

for the Native American tribes with traditional cultural properties that are damaged by 

dam operations in this reach of the river. 
PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET 

Project 6 “Whole Canyon Treatment Plan” 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 

Outsourced 

Science/labor 

 

Logistics 

Operations 

NPS Salary, 

Travel and 

Indirect 

Costs 0 0 0 0 $250,000 

Project Total 

% total 

outsourced* 100% 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: To be determined 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: The PEP for Cultural Resources recommended 

completing the Historic Preservation Plan as a top priority. The HPP is to include a 

treatment plan describing how adverse effects of dam operations will be avoided, 

minimized, or mitigated. In FY04, a treatment plan will be prepared for historic 

properties in the Glen Canyon reach (i.e., GLCA and Navajo Nation lands). These 

properties are those most likely to be adversely affected by dam operations. In addition, 

a treatment plan needs to be prepared to avoid, minimize or mitigate adverse effects to 

historic properties located downstream in Grand Canyon. 

 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A treatment plan will be contracted for the 

historic properties further from the dam, but still subject to adverse effects of dam 

operations. 

MO’s and IN’s ADDRESSED: 

CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS: Reclamation had 

recommended funding this project during FY05; however, several PA signatories have 

commented that this planning effort is premature and should be delayed. 

STATUS/SCHEDULE: The PEP recommended preparation of a single treatment plan 

encompassing all historic properties likely to be affected by dam operations; however, 

given the likelihood of more severe adverse effects occurring in the Glen Canyon reach, 

the treatment planning effort is beginning in FY04 starting at the dam and ending with 
the southern boundary of Navajo Nation and Glen Canyon NRA. The schedule for 

planning downstream treatments could begin in FY05, or it could be deferred. 

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: The treatments or mitigating measures that 

will be developed in the treatment plan are the expected products during FY05. At the 

present time, it is not clear what these products will be. Some archeological data 

recovery will probably occur, so one product will probably be a data recovery report. 

Other products will serve to mitigate for the adverse impacts on traditional cultural values 

for the Native American tribes whose traditional cultural properties have been damaged. 
 

PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET 

Project 7 “Zuni Check dams” 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 

Outsourced 

Science/labor 

 

Logistics 

Operations 

NPS Salary, 

Travel and 

Indirect 

Costs 

? (out of 

NPS 

monitoring 

funds) 

? (out of 

NPS 

monitoring 

funds) 0 0 $10,000 

Project Total 

% total 

outsourced* 100% 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Zuni Conservation Program, Natural Resource 

Department 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Under its interim monitoring and remedial action plan, 

the National Park Service had the Zuni Conservation Program staff build and maintain 

check dams to help preserve archeological sites. Geomorphologists on the Cultural 

Resources PEP questioned the efficacy of these check dams given the hill slope processes 

operating in the Grand Canyon. In addition, Reclamation has questioned whether the 

check dams are a suitable long-term preservation maintenance measure for mitigating 

adverse effects of dam operations. Nonetheless, the National Park Service has suggested 

that additional check dams be installed and existing check dams maintained by the Zuni 

in FY05. 

 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The project would fund Zuni Conservation 

Program staff to maintain existing check dams and possibly install new ones. 

MO’s and IN’s ADDRESSED: 

CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS: The need for this 

project is contingent on treatment plans stipulating the installation and maintenance of the 

check dams as a preservation maintenance measure. It is possible to defer this until both 

the Glen Canyon reach and downstream treatment plans are complete. 

STATUS/SCHEDULE: The PEP recommended development of a treatment plan to 

mitigate for adverse effects of dam operations. The plan has not yet been written, nor 
have the adverse effects of dam operations been determined within Grand Canyon; 

consequently, it may be premature to fund this project. 

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: The product, should this be funded, is the 

maintenance of existing check dams or installation of new ones. 
PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT FY05 PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET 

Project 8 “Traditional Cultural Property Geographic Information System Documentation” 

 FUNDING 

HISTORY 

 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 

Outsourced 

Science/labor 

 

Logistics 

Operations 

BOR Salary, 

Travel and 

Indirect 

Costs 0 0 0 0 

$150,000 

($30,000/tribe) 

Project Total 

% total 

outsourced* 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Jonathan Damp, Zuni; possibly other tribal 

representatives 

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Traditional cultural significance is derived from the role 

a specific place or property plays in a community’s historically rooted beliefs, customs, 

and practices. Properties may have significance (and eligibility to the National Register) 

if they are associated with events, or series of events, or persons significant to the cultural 

traditions of a community. The purpose of this project is to document, using GIS, places 

within the river corridor that hold such significance to one or more tribes. 

 

SUMMARY PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Pueblo of Zuni has proposed that it map, 

using GIS technology, the specific places within the canyon that contribute to the overall 

historical or traditional significance of the canyon. While not all places could be revealed 

due to confidentiality concerns of the pueblo, the tribe and the GCMRC could maintain a 

common data layer of places of concern within the canyon. 

MO’s and IN’s ADDRESSED: 

CONSEQUENCES OF FY05 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS: The project was 

originally proposed assuming all tribes would want to participate at ca. $30,000 per tribe; 

however, based on additional comments received by Reclamation, it seems prudent to 

begin this project as a pilot project with Zuni (or possibly Hopi) to assess its utility. If the 

project is successful for one tribe, then it would become part of the database project in #2. 
If successful and useful, then the project could be extended to other tribes wishing to use 

GIS to manage cultural resource geospatial data. 

STATUS/SCHEDULE: Would be part of the continuing effort to document and evaluate 

the National Register significance of the canyon and places within the river corridor as 

traditional cultural properties. 

EXPECTED PRODUCTS/DELIVERABLES: The expected product is a component of 

the larger cultural resources data layer housed and maintained by GCMRC. The product 

could also be used as the basis for a National Register determination of eligibility form, if 

the pueblo wishes to formally document the associative value of the canyon to the 

pueblo.