Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program 

Annual Reporting Meeting 2019

Crowne Plaza Phoenix Airport

WREN 2-3 Conference Rooms

4300 E. Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034

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TIME Tuesday, March 12, 2019

8:30 – 8:40

(:10)

Welcome and Administrative: Seth Shanahan, Technical Work Group (TWG) Chair

• Introductions: Michael Moran, Deputy Chief, GCMRC

Native and Nonnative Fish

8:40 – 9:10

(:30) Mainstem Fish Monitoring: SWEF/Lees Ferry/Invasives, Dave Rogowski, AZGFD

9:15 – 9:35

(:20) Razorback Sucker/Small-Bodied Fish Monitoring, TBD, Bio-West and ASIR

9:40 – 9:55

(:15) Tributary Trout Control/Translocations, Brian Healy, NPS Grand Canyon

10:00 – 10:15

(:15) BREAK

10:15 – 10:35

(:20) Humpback Chub: LCR & Mainstem Aggregations, Randy VanHaverbeke, USFWS

10:40 – 11:00

(:20) Humpback Chub: Population Dynamics, Maria Dzul, GCMRC

Riparian Vegetation

11:05 – 11:25

(:20) Riparian Vegetation Monitoring, Brad Butterfield, NAU

11:30 – 12:30

(1:00) LUNCH

Tribal Partners

12:30 – 12:55

(:25) 

Transcending Generations: The Zuni Importance of Grand Canyon through the Voices of Zuni 

Youth: Results from the 2018 Zuni Monitoring and Pedagogical River Trip, Kurt Dongoske, Pueblo 

of Zuni

1:00 – 1:25

(:25) Archival Knowledge and TEK in the Hualapai Monitoring Program, Peter Bungart, Hualapai Tribe

Bug Flows Experiment

1:30 – 2:00

(:30) Bug Flows: Implementation and Resource Response, Ted Kennedy and Jeff Muehlbauer, GCMRC

2:05 – 2:25

(:20) Bug Flows: Next Steps, Ted Kennedy and Jeff Muehlbauer, GCMRC

2:30 – 2:45

(:15) BREAK

Water Quality

2:45 – 3:00

(:15) Phosphorous, Metabolism and Fish, Charles Yackulic and Bridget Deemer, GCMRC

3:05 – 3:25

(:20) Water Quality in Lake Powell and the Colorado River, Bridget Deemer, GCMRC

Socioeconomic/Hydropower

3:30 – 3:45

(:15) Hydropower, Clayton Palmer, WAPA

3:50 – 4:30

(:15) 

Engaging Navajo Nation chapters in historic preservation and survey research, Lucas Bair, 

GCMRC and Melinda Arvis-Ciocco, Navajo Nation

4:40 – 5:00

(:20) Discussion

5:00 Adjourn

5:30 – 7:30 POSTER SESSION (list of posters attached)

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Poster Session – Wren Ballroom 1, Crowne Plaza Hotel Phoenix Airport, 5:30 – 7:30 PM

Poster Title Author

Sediment/Archeological and Cultural Resources

Grain-size controls on sand storage in rivers David Topping, GCMRC

Process and progress in monitoring surficial changes to cultural resources within 

Grand Canyon National Park Joshua Caster, GCMRC

Patterns in the sand: Bedforms of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon Daniel Buscombe and 

Matthew Kaplinski, NAU

Constructing a 260-km long, 25-cm resolution map of Colorado River bed sediment 

in Glen, Marble, and Grand Canyons

Daniel Buscombe and others, 

NAU

River channel evolution in sediment surplus environments: A case study of 

Colorado River reaches in incised reservoir sediments

Edward Schenk and others,

Springs Stewardship Institute

Riparian Vegetation/Tribal Resources

Ground-based riparian monitoring and research Emily Palmquist, GCMRC

Landscape scale riparian corridor analysis using 2013 remotely sensed airborne 

data, Grand Canyon, Arizona Laura Durning, NAU

Natural Processes

Aquatic insects link the Colorado River to terrestrial vertebrates in Grand Canyon Christine Lupoli, ASU

Citizen science acoustic bat monitoring in Grand Canyon Carol Fritzinger, GCMRC

Genetic diversity and distributions of Hydropsyche caddisfly throughout the 

Colorado River Basin Anya Metcalfe, GCMRC

River Regulation Consequences and Surprises: Benthic and Hyporheic Anoxia in 

the Colorado River, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Larry Stevens, Springs 

Stewardship Institute

Humpback Chub/Other Native Fish

What Environmental Conditions Reduce Predation Vulnerability for Juvenile 

Colorado River Native Fishes?

David Ward and Ben Vaage, 

GCMRC

What's in the hump of the humpback chub? David Ward and Michael 

Ward, GCMRC

Just keep swimming sucker Cory Nielsen and others, 

AZGFD

Safety in numbers: Cost-effective endangered species management for viable 

populations Lucas Bair, GCMRC

Hot, cold, and hungry suckers Pillar Wolters and others, 

AZGFD

Data Stewardship

Improving access to river science data by leveraging Amazon Web Services and 

Internet of Things Connected Sensors

Tom Gushue and others, 

GCMRC

Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Wiki Craig Ellsworth, WAPA
Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program 

Annual Reporting Meeting 2019

Crowne Plaza Phoenix Airport

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TIME Wednesday, March 13, 2019

8:20 – 8:30

(:10)

Welcome and Administrative: Seth Shanahan, TWG Chair

• Introductions: Scott VanderKooi, Chief, GMCRC

History and Background of HFEs

8:30 – 9:10

(:40) History and Background of High Flow Experiments, TBD 

9:10 – 9:30

(:20) Discussion

Effects of HFEs on Sediment Transport and Sandbars

9:30 – 10:00

(:30) Sediment Mass Balance/Accounting/Timing, David Topping, GCMRC

10:00 – 10:15

(:15) BREAK

10:15 – 10:35

(:20) Sediment Modeling, Scott Wright, USGS CAWSC

10:40 – 11:05

(:25) Sandbar Dynamics, Paul Grams, GCMRC

11:10 – 11:30

(:20) High Elevation Sand/Cultural Sites, Joel Sankey, GCMRC

11:35 – 11:55

(:20) Riparian Vegetation, Brad Butterfield, NAU

12:00 – 1:00

(1:00) LUNCH

Effects of HFEs on Other Resources

1:00 – 1:25

(:25) Aquatic Food Base, Ted Kennedy and Jeff Muehlbauer, GCMRC

1:30 – 2:00

(:30) Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout, Mike Yard, GCMRC

2:05 – 2:30

(:25) Native and Nonnative Fishes, David Ward, GCMRC

2:35 – 2:55

(:20) Hydropower/Recreation, Lucas Bair, GCMRC

3:00 – 3:15

(:15) BREAK

3:15 – 3:45

(:30) 

What’s Next? Key Uncertainties and Future HFE Design, Scott VanderKooi and Mike Moran,

GCMRC

3:45 – 5:00

(1:15) Panel Discussion

5:00 Adjourn

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Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program

TECHNICAL WORK GROUP MEETING 

MARCH 14, 2019 

Crowne Plaza Phoenix Airport 

WREN 2-3 Conference Rooms 

4300 E. Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034 

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DRAFT AGENDA

START

TIME

(Duration)

Thursday, March 14, 2019 

Topic, Presenter, and Purpose

8:30 

(:30) 

Welcome and Administrative:  Seth Shanahan, Technical Work Group (TWG) Chair  

 Introductions and Determination of Quorum (16 members) 

 Approval of June 25‐26, 2018 and October 10, 2018, Meeting Minutes

 Review 2019 Meeting Dates: May 1 (webinar); June 11‐12; and October 16 (webinar) 

 Update on Personnel and Member Changes

 Update on Agency Website Changes

 Update on Project C.9 – Preventing Fish Passage through the Dam

 Lees Ferry Rainbow Trout Stocking

 Notice of Using Action Item Tracking Form to Track Important Questions 

 Update on Monitoring and Research Trips to Occur from Today until Next Meeting 

 Updates on Items of Interest that are in Consideration for Implementation before Next TWG 

Meeting

9:00  Update on Hydrology, Operations, and Reservoir/Release Temperatures: Heather Patno, Bureau of 

(:15)  Reclamation (Reclamation) 

 Presentation (10 minutes)

 Q&A and discussion (5 minutes)

9:15  Long‐Term Experimental and Management Plan (LTEMP) Biological Opinion Conservation Measures 

(:30)  Update: Emily Omana Smith, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Scott VanderKooi, Grand 

Canyon Monitoring and Research Center (GCMRC) 

 Presentation (10 minutes) 

 Q&A and discussion (20 minutes)  

9:45  Discussion of Possible Experimental and Management Actions that May be Implemented for CY19

(:60)  and Opportunities for Monitoring Background Conditions that May Mimic Experimental Actions: 

Seth Shanahan, TWG Chair, Emily Omana Smith, Reclamation, and Scott VanderKooi, GCMRC 

 Presentation, Q&A, and discussion (60 minutes) 

10:45 

(:15) 

BREAK 

11:00  Plans for Preparing a Colorado Pikeminnow Reintroduction Feasibility Study in CY19: Kirk Young, 

(:15)  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) 

 Presentation (10 minutes)  

 Q&A and discussion (5 minutes) 

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START

TIME

(Duration)

Thursday, March 14, 2019 

Topic, Presenter, and Purpose

11:15 

(:30) 

Recommendations to Downlist Razorback Sucker and Humpback Chub to Threatened Status: Kevin 

McAbee, Service

 Presentation (20 minutes)  

 Q&A and discussion (10 minutes)

11:45 

(:15) 

Non‐Native Aquatic Species Control Plan: Rob Billerbeck, National Park Service  

 Presentation (10 minutes) 

 Q&A and discussion (5 minutes)

12:00 

(:15) 

Southern Paiute Consortium 2018 Monitoring Program: Charley Bulletts, Southern Paiute Consortium

 Presentation (10 minutes)

 Q&A and discussion (5 minutes) 

12:15 

(1:15)  LUNCH 

1:30 

(:15) 

Annual FY18 Reporting on Expenditures: Emily Omana Smith, Reclamation; Mike Moran, GCRMC

 Presentation (10 minutes)

 Q&A and discussion (5 minutes) 

1:45 

(1:15) 

Review Initial Results and Findings from Triennial Work Plan (TWP), Identify Potential TWP Changes, 

and Give Direction to Budget Ad Hoc Group for Developing Annual Budget Recommendation: 

TWG members 

 Q&A and discussion (75 minutes)

3:00 

(:15) 

Discussion of Emerging Issues and Request for Agenda Items for Next Meeting:  Seth Shanahan, TWG 

Chair 

 Q&A and discussion (15 minutes)

3:15 

(:05) 

Public Comment 

3:20  ADJOURN