Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program

Annual Reporting Meeting 2018

Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Building 3, Room 367

TIME Tuesday, March 6, 2018

9:30 – 9:40

(:10)

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

• Introductions: Michael Moran, Deputy Chief, GCMRC

Sediment/Archeological and Cultural Resources

9:40 – 10:00

(:20) 2017 Hualapai zebra-tailed lizard monitoring, Kerry Christensen, Hualapai tribe

10:05 – 10:35

(:30)

Key drivers of sand transport and storage in the Colorado River Ecosystem, David Topping, USGS, 

GCMRC

10:40 – 11:10

(:30) Sandbar and sand storage monitoring and research, Paul Grams, USGS, GCMRC

11:10 – 11:30

(:20)

Stakeholder Discussion: Management implications of sediment, sand bars, and geomorphology 

monitoring and research: Paul Grams, moderator

11:30 – 12:45

(1:15) LUNCH

Hydropower and Energy

12:45 – 1:05

(:20) Status of hydropower resources, Clayton Palmer, WAPA

1:05 – 1:15

(:10)

Stakeholder Discussion: Management implications of hydropower research, Clayton Palmer, 

moderator

Recreational Experience

1:15 – 1:35

(:20)

What's it worth? A survey of GCDAMP economic surveys and their usefulness in decision making,

Lucas Bair, USGS, GCMRC

1:35 – 1:45

(:10) Stakeholder Discussion: Management implications of recreational research, Ben Reeder, moderator

Riparian Vegetation/Tribal Resources

1:45 – 2:05

(:20)

Riparian vegetation monitoring and research in the Colorado River Ecosystem, Brad Butterfield, 

NAU

2:10 – 2:30

(:20) 2017 Hualapai river monitoring, Carrie Cannon, Hualapai tribe

2:30 – 2:45

(:15)

Stakeholder Discussion: Management implications of riparian vegetation and tribal resources 

monitoring and research: Helen Fairley, moderator

2:45 – 3:00

(:15) BREAK

Aquatic Food Base

3:00 – 3:15

(:15)

Aquatic foodbase ecology in the regulated Colorado River ecosystem, Larry Stevens, Spring 

Stewardship Institute

3:20 – 3:35

(:15)

Shedding light on aquatic insects of the Colorado River Basin with citizen science, Anya Metcalfe, 

USGS, GCMRC

3:40 – 4:00

(:20) Bug flow optimizations and predictions, Jeff Muehlbauer, USGS, GCMRC

4:00 – 4:15

(:15)

Stakeholder Discussion: Management implications of aquatic food base monitoring and research: 

Ted Kennedy, moderator

4:15 – 4:35

(:20) Lightning presentations of poster topics

4:35 Adjourn

5:30 – 7:30 POSTER SESSION (list of posters attached)
Poster Session - Little America Hotel, Ponderosa Room, 5:30-7:30 PM

Poster Title Author

Sediment/Archeological and Cultural Resources

Monitoring Sandbars with Automated Digital Cameras Ryan Lima, Daniel Buscombe, 

Joe Hazel, and Paul Grams

Estimating Sediment Thickness from Riverbed to Bedrock within the Colorado 

River in the Grand Canyon

Andrew Platt, Daniel 

Buscombe, Ryan Porter, and 

Paul Grams

The Effect of Topographic Survey Technique and Resolution on the Interpretation 

of Geomorphic Change in River Valleys Alan Kasprak

Identification of discontinuous sand pulses on the bed of the Colorado River in 

Grand Canyon

Paul Grams, Daniel 

Buscombe, David Topping, 

and Erich Mueller

The Glen Canyon reach cultural resource monitoring and protection program Kenneth Hyde and Brian 

Harmon

Hydropower and Energy/Recreational Experience

Financial effect of GCD operations on tribes and tribal members Clayton Palmer

Riparian Vegetation/Tribal Resources

Hopi Monitoring Results Mike Yeatts

Ground-based riparian vegetation monitoring and research Sarah Sterner

Documenting Glen Canyon Dam effects to culturally-valued riparian vegetation 

using repeat photography Helen Fairley

Landscape scale riparian vegetation mapping and analysis using remotely sensed 

data Laura Durning

Nonnative Invasive Species

Asian Tapeworm infestation of Humpback Chub in the Little Colorado River David Ward

Brown trout control at Bright Angel Creek Brian Healy

Natural Processes

Hydropower and the Aquatic-Terrestrial Dynamic Downstream of Glen Canyon 

Dam Christina Lupoli

Preliminary results from a citizen science bat acoustic survey in Grand Canyon Carol Fritzinger

Rainbow Trout Fishery

Are Hatchery-Reared Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout Effective Predators on 

Juvenile Native Fish?

David Ward, Ben Vaage and 

Rylan Morton-Starner

Humpback Chub/Other Native Fish

Humpback chub translocations Emily Omana, Brian Healy

Native Fishes of the Grand Canyon--informal educational outreach Howard Brandenburg

Data Stewardship

GCDAMP Wiki Craig Ellsworth
Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program 

Annual Reporting Meeting 2018

Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Building 3, Room 367

TIME Wednesday, March 7, 2018

8:30 – 8:40

(:10)

Welcome and Administrative: Seth Shanahan, TWG Chair

• Introductions: Scott VanderKooi, Chief, USGS, GMCRC

Water Quality

8:40 – 9:00

(:20)

Temperature and nutrients as ecosystem drivers in the Colorado River, Charles Yackulic, USGS, 

GCMRC

9:05 – 9:20

(:15)

Lake Powell as a Regulator of Riverine Ecosystem Drivers-- Temperature Dynamics, Kim Dibble, 

USGS, GCMRC

9:25 – 9:40

(:15)

Lake Powell as a Regulator of Riverine Ecosystem Drivers-- Nutrient Dynamics, Bridget Deemer, 

USGS, GCMRC

9:40 – 10:00

(:20)

Stakeholder Discussion: Management implications of water quality and nutrients monitoring and 

research: Charles Yackulic, moderator

10:00 – 10:15

(:15) BREAK

Rainbow Trout Fishery

10:15 – 10:45

(:30)

Rainbow trout recruitment and growth dynamics in Glen Canyon, brown trout in Glen Canyon, 

and recent observations of outmigration of rainbow trout from Glen Canyon, Josh Korman, 

EcoMetric

10:50 – 11:10

(:20) Rainbow Trout Fishery in Lees Ferry, Dave Rogowski, AZGFD

11:10 – 11:30

(:20)

Stakeholder Discussion: Management implications of rainbow trout fishery monitoring and 

research: Josh Korman, moderator

11:30 – 12:45

(1:15) LUNCH

Nonnative Invasive Species

12:45 – 1:05

(:20)

Turbidity as a tool for fish control of nonnative predatory fishes in the Colorado River, David Ward 

and Ken Sheehan, USGS, GCMRC

1:10 – 1:30

(:20)

Invasive and other non-native species of the Lees Ferry Reach of the Colorado River, Mark 

Anderson and Ken Hyde, NPS

1:35 – 1:55

(:20) Brown trout telemetry, Bob Schelly, NPS

1:55 – 2:15

(:20)

Stakeholder Discussion: Management implications of invasive and other non-native fish 

monitoring and research: David Ward, moderator

Humpback Chub/Other Native Fish

2:15 – 2:35

(:20) Drivers of humpback chub population dynamics, Charles Yackulic, Mike Yard, USGS, GCMRC

2:40 – 3:00

(:20)

Modeling humpback chub, adaptive management and LTEMP experiments, Lucas Bair, USGS, 

GCMRC

3:05 – 3:20

(:15) BREAK

3:20 – 3:45

(:25)

Razorback sucker Xyrauchen texanus research and monitoring in the Colorado River inflow area 

of Lake Mead and Grand Canyon, Arizona and Nevada, Howard Brandenberg, ASIR

3:50 – 4:10

(:20) Fish distribution in the Grand Canyon, Jan Boyer, AZGFD

4:15 – 4:30

(:15)

Stakeholder Discussion: Management implications of humpback chub and other native fish 

monitoring and research: Howard Brandenberg, moderator

4:30 Adjourn