Glen Canyon Dam Technical Work Group Meeting 

Draft Agenda 

Wyndham Garden Phoenix Midtown 

3600 N. 2nd Avenue 

Phoenix, AZ 85013

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Phone: 877-913-4721 Passcode: 3330168

TIME Tuesday, January 20, 2014 

TOPIC 

9:30a – 9:35a 

(:05) 

Welcome and Administrative: Vineetha Kartha, Technical Work Group (TWG) Chair 

 Introductions: Scott VanderKooi, Acting Chief, GMCRC 

Geomorphology of the Active Channel and Valley Margins

9:35 – 10:05 

(:30) 

Water Quality and Sediment Transport in Marble, Glen, and Grand Canyons: David Topping

10:10 – 10:40 

(:30) 

Sand in Marble, Glen, and Grand Canyons: Status and Trends: Paul Grams 

10:45 – 11:10 

(:25) 

Final Results of BWP Project J: Conditions and Processes Affecting Sand Resources at 

Archaeological Sites in the Colorado River Corridor Below Glen Canyon Dam: Joel Sankey 

11:10 – 11:40 

(:30) 

Stakeholder Discussion: Management Implications of Geomorphology Monitoring 

and Research: Paul Grams, moderator 

Cultural Resources

11:45 – 12:10p 

(:25) Cultural Site Monitoring in Glen and Grand Canyons: Brian Collins 

12:10 – 1:35 

(1:25) L U N C H 

1:10 – 1:35 

(:25) 

Hualapai Traditional Cultural Knowledge of the Grand Canyon (Hualapai tribe, Hualapai 

Cultural Resources)

1:40 – 2:05 

(:25) 

Tourism’s Impact on Zuni Cultural Resources in Grand Canyon: Gerald Hooee 

2:05 – 2:35 

(:30) 

Stakeholder Discussion: Management Implications of Cultural Monitoring and Research:

Mary Barger, moderator 

Riparian Resources

2:40 – 3:25 

(:45) 

Riparian Vegetation Studies: Daniel Sarr 

3:30 – 3:55 

(:25) 

Southern Paiute Vegetation and Cultural Resource Monitoring Program: Charley Bulletts 

3:55 – 4:25 

(:30) 

Stakeholder Discussion: Management Implications of Vegetation Monitoring and 

Research: Larry Stevens, moderator 

4:30 

(:05) 

Public Comment 

4:35 Adjourn 

5:00 – 7:00 POSTER SESSION (list of posters attached) 

 
Poster Title Author 

Rainbow Trout Early Life Stage Monitoring-2014 Luke Avery 

Native and nonnative fishes in the Colorado River: status and trends AZGFD 

Economic Value of Energy in an Interconnected System: Hydropower at Glen 

Canyon Dam Lucas Bair 

Grand Canyon National Park current archaeological monitoring program Jan Balsom 

Southern Paiute Consortium Colorado River corridor resource evaluation 

program Charley Bullets 

Hualapai Cultural Resource Program Peter Bungart 

Weather Monitoring at Archaeological Sites in the Colorado River Corridor: An 

assessment of spatial and temporal rain variability 

Joshua Caster, Joel B. Sankey, 

Amy E. East (Draut), Helen 

Fairley, Brian Collins, and David 

Bedford 

Long-term sandbar monitoring in Marble and Grand Canyons, 1990-2014 

Joe Hazel, Tom Gushue, Matt 

Kaplinski, Robert Ross, Robert 

Tusso, and Paul Grams 

Sediment storage changes in lower Marble Canyon, 2002 - 2012 

Matt Kaplinski, Paul Grams, 

Daniel Buscombe, Joseph Hazel, 

Keith Kohl, and Robert Tusso 

Aquatic insect densities throughout the Little Colorado River: preliminary 

results Jeff Muehlbauer 

Describing patterns and tracking changes in riparian vegetation along the 

Colorado River 

Emily Palmquist, Barbara 

Ralston, Daniel Sarr 

Assessment and Long-Term Management Strategy Recommendations for 

the Charles H. Spencer Site: A 20th Century Paddle Wheel Steamer on the 

Banks of the Colorado River, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. 

Susanna Pershern and Dave 

Conlin 

Colorado River fish monitoring in Grand Canyon 2013-14: Little Colorado 

River PIT Tag antenna system William Persons 

Monitoring system-wide changes in sandbars in the Colorado River with remote 

sensing 

Rob Ross, Paul Grams, and Joel 

Sankey 

Assessing erosion and re-deposition of relic (pre-dam) sand in modern Colorado 

River sandbars from geochemical tracers 

Renee Takesue, David Rubin, 

and Paul Grams 

Discharge, water quality, and sediment monitoring website DEMO 

 David Topping, Ron Griffiths, 

Nick Voichick, Tom Sabol, 

Nancy Hornewer, Brad Garner, 

and David Dean 

Humpback chub in the Little Colorado River: status and trends USFWS 

An experimental evaluation of competition between trout and chub David Ward, Rylan MortonStarner, and Ben Vaage 

Hopi long-term monitoring program Mike Yeatts 
Glen Canyon Dam Technical Work Group Meeting 

Draft Agenda 

Arizona Department of Water Resources 

Verde Conference Room, 2nd Floor 

3550 N. Central Avenue 

Phoenix, Arizona 85012 

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Phone: 877-913-4721 Passcode: 3330168 

TIME Wednesday, January 21, 2015 

8:15 – 8:30a 

(:15) 

Welcome and Administrative: Vineetha Kartha, TWG Chair 

 Introductions: Scott VanderKooi, Acting Chief, GMCRC 

Management Actions, Experiments, and Related Research

8:35 – 9:00 

(:25) 

Translocations and Associated Monitoring: Emily Omana/Kirk Young

9:05 – 9:30 

(:25) 

Trout Removal in and Near Bright Angel Creek: Clay Nelson 

9:35 – 10:05 

(:30) 

Native-nonnative Interactions; Factors Influencing Predation and Competition: David Ward

10:05 – 10:15 

(:10) B R E A K 

Aquatic Ecology and Fishes in Marble and Grand Canyons

10:15 – 10:45 

(:30) 

Aquatic Food Base in Marble and Grand Canyons: Ted Kennedy

10:50 – 11:20 

(:30) 

Rainbow Trout Movement, Recruitment, Population Dynamics and Modeling in Marble 

Canyon: Josh Korman

11:25 – 11:50 

(:25) 

Humpback Chub in the Colorado River: Status and Trends of Aggregations, Changes in 

Range: Bill Persons 

11:50 – 12:50 

(1:00) L U N C H 

12:50 – 1:20 

(:30) 

Humpback Chub Population Dynamics and Modeling: Juveniles, Sub-adults, and Adults in 

the Colorado and Little Colorado Rivers: Charles Yackulic 

1:25 – 1:35 

(:10) 

Biological Opinion Trigger Update: Scott VanderKooi

1:40 – 2:10 

(:30) 

Stakeholder Discussion: Management Implications of Aquatic Ecology and Native and 

Nonnative Fish Monitoring and Research: Kirk Young, moderator 

Aquatic Ecology of Glen Canyon and the Lees Ferry Fishery

2:15 – 2:35 

(:20) 

Physical Environment in Glen Canyon: Hydrograph, Water Quality, Sediment Inputs and 

Transport, and Channel Mapping: Ted Melis

2:40 – 2:55 

(:15) 

Quagga Mussels in Glen Canyon; Risk Assessment Review: Ted Kennedy 

2:55 – 3:05 

(:10) B R E A K 

3:05 – 3:35 

(:30) 

Rainbow Trout Growth, Condition, Population Dynamics and Modeling in Glen Canyon: 

Mike Yard

3:40 – 4:00 

(:20) 

Rainbow Trout Bioenergetics: Mike Dodrill

4:05 – 4:30 

(:25) 

Lees Ferry Fishery Monitoring: Spawning and Rearing Surveys, Seasonal and Annual 

Electrofishing Surveys, and Creel Survey: Dave Rogowski

4:30 – 5:00 

(:30) 

Stakeholder Discussion: Management Implications of Applied Research and Recent 

Findings in Lees Ferry and Glen Canyon: Bill Stewart, moderator 

5:00 – 5:05 

(:05) 

Public Comment 

5:05 Adjourn 

Upcoming: 

TWG Meeting: (Tu-W) April 21-22, 2015 at ADWR