Glen Canyon Dam Technical Work Group 

Agenda Item Information 

March 16-17, 2009

Agenda Item

TWG Meetings and Workplan 

Action Requested

9 Set dates for upcoming TWG meetings. 

Presenter

Shane Capron, Chair, TWG 

Action

9 Proposed meeting dates: 

June 2009 (week of 22-26 or 29-July 1) – finalize budget recommendation (assumes AMWG meets 

in late Aug.) 

October 2009 (week of 19-23) 

January 12-14, 2010 – annual GCMRC reporting meeting and TWG (on the 14th) 

March 2010 (week of 15-19) – initial budget review 

9 Other meeting options: 

Early summer 2009 – GCMRC may hold a Core Monitoring workshop, potentially in early June 

before the TWG meeting. Discuss their plan and TWG role/responsibilities for Core 

monitoring and priorities. 

Web conferences – TWG may need to hold web conferences to review various projects. 

Background Information

Our early summer meeting is going to be a challenge with an AMWG meeting in mid- to lateAugust. Because AMWG requires a 30-day mailout, and to give time to develop and finalize the 

workplan after the April AMWG meeting, a TWG date of mid- to late-June seems about the only 

time that could fit. 

Some of the big issues on the agenda for 09 include: 

General core monitoring plan, with workshop before next TWG meeting 

Fish core monitoring proposal 

Vegetation core monitoring proposal 

Budget 

Near shore ecology research plan 

2008 HFE reporting/results 

Management Actions 

See TWG workplan below for meeting details. Please bring your ideas of agenda items to the TWG 

so that we can include them in the workplan. 

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TWG Meetings and Workplan, continued 

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Technical Work Group (TWG) 1-Year Running Workplan 

June 2009 

Weeks: 22-26, 29-1 

October 2009 

Week: 19-23 January 12-14, 2010 March 

Week: 

Final biennial budget review and AMWG recommendation (BAHG/CRAHG report) 

FWS updates GCMRCR Annual Reporting Meeting (2 days, 1 TWG) Initial biennial bud

rec. (BAHG & CRA

FWS updates: recovery plan, HBC comprehensive plan Science Advisors annual report 2008 HFE final report, integrate research results specific to HFE Annual Reporting M

(Hamill) 

GCMRC updates: Fall Steady Flow/NSE study Plan FINAL review (GCMRC) Annual FSF/NSE report FY 09 carry over anFall Steady Flow/NSE study Plan initial review (GCMRC) 

2009 Temperature and Sediment Conditions 

TWG operating procedures (initial review) NSE/FSF update of 

General Core monitoring plan (initial review) GCMRC science updates 2008 HFE reporting HBC ASMR assess

(Coggins 

Budgetary considerations of a core monitoring program (initial) 

TWG operating procedures: initial discussion TWG operating procedures: final HBC survey update 

HBC ASMR assessment update (Coggins) 

Past 2012: compliance (NEPA/ESA) 

Develop initial budget concerns/issues with full TWG, starting point for BAHG 

GCMRC science up

Biennial budget approach (rolling or 2-year?) Develop written protocols 

General Core monitoring plan (final review) 

LSSF final report Extirpated species considerations? NSE/FSF update of ’08 results Fish core monitoring proposal Fish PEP (review and recs) 2008 HFE reporting Cultural: museum of Northern Arizona (45 mins) Management Actions Management Actions; SA report 

Develop GCMRC annual reporting requirements for January meeting (final) 

Lake Powell Monitoring and Modeling (Andersen/Grams) Develop GCMRC annual reporting requirements for January meeting (initial) 

Report: Effects of capture by trammel nets on native Arizona fishes, BIO2.R12.08 completion report, Teresa Hunt 

CRAHG report on Cultural budget (initial) 

CRAHG Cultural Budget (final review) 

Review/revise TWG workplan Review/revise TWG workplan Review/revise TWG