Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program

Technical Work Group Meeting, June 16-17, 2021

ACTION ITEMS, MOTIONS, and VOTES

MOTIONS AND VOTES

Motion to Adopt Meeting Minutes

Motion made by Paul Harms to adopt the April 14, 2021 Meeting Minutes after one revision on page 2 

to correct Michelle Garrison’s affiliation to the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB). The April 

14, 2021 Meeting Minutes were adopted by consensus of the Technical Work Group on June 16, 2021.

Motion to Reelect: 

TWG Chair and Vice Chair Election FY22: Nominations for:

1. Chair: Seth Shanahan (Nomination by Jessica Neuwerth).

2. Vice-chair: Michelle Garrison (Nomination by Jessica Neuwerth).

The TWG reappoints Seth Shanahan to the position of Chair and Michelle Garrison to the position of Vice 

Chair of the Glen Canyon Dam Technical Work Group for Fiscal Year 2022. Motion made by Paul Harms, 

seconded by Larry Stevens, and approved by consensus of the Technical Work Group on June 16, 2021.

Motion for Budget Recommendation to the Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG):

The Technical Work Group recommends that the Adaptive Management Work Group recommend for 

approval to the Secretary of the Interior, the Fiscal Year 2022 budget as described in the attached 

worksheets, with the following revisions:

First, the addition of the following prioritized list of Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center 

projects to be considered as appropriate sources of funding become available (e.g. Triennial Work Plan 

carryover funds from prior years or through annual review of the Triennial Work Plan or other 

Reclamation considerations).

1. Juvenile Chub Monitoring-West (2023). 

2. Additional Trout Recruitment and Growth Dynamics Site (2023). 

3. Aquatic Vegetation Removal Pilot in Lees Ferry (202?) (Subject to additional proposal detail 

and completion of compliance requirements).

4. Decision Analysis - Project O.11 - and Bug Flow Review (Additional proposal detail requested 

following Science Advisor review). 

5. Aquatic Food Base – Project O.1 (2022). 

6. Sediment Mapping Below Diamond Creek - Project O.2 (2022). 
Second, the addition of a Dissolved Oxygen Risk Assessment to be completed by Reclamation in 2022 as 

appropriate sources of funding become available.

Motion was made by Cliff Barrett, seconded by Ben Reeder, and passed by consensus at the Technical 

Work Group Meeting on 6/16/2021.

ACTION ITEMS

• Steve Wolff to be removed from the Ad Hoc Group lists. 

• Larry Stevens to convene a meeting of the Administrative History Ad Hoc Group prior to the 

next annual reporting meeting to discuss various work efforts. 

• The Budget Ad Hoc Group is to start considering criteria for prioritizing the Fiscal Year 2022 

budget. 

• Kim Dibble will provide the Colorado River pikeminnow feasibility study to the TWG when 

available. 

• Jan Balsom will follow up with the NPS’s new public health officer about health concerns from 

riverine microbes associated with future climate change. 

• TWG to submit comments on the draft Monitoring Metrics plan by June 30. 

• Ryan Mann will share with Helen Fairley the Lees Ferry Fishery Management Plan regarding 

monitoring metrics for rainbow trout and its fishery. 

• Reclamation will provide the trout management flows white paper to the TWG when available.

• Request to Reclamation for the hydrology, operations, and water quality conditions 

presentation to include the Colorado River System 5-year Projection Future Conditions 

information.

• Kerri Pedersen to provide the BO conservation measures and triggers document to the TWG 

when available.