U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

GCMRC FY2021 Budget Expenditures

Technical Work Group Meeting

January 13, 2022

Joel Sankey 

Scott VanderKooi

Southwest Biological Science Center

Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center
FY2021 GCDAMP Approved 

Funding Distribution

0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

16%

18% Actual

20%

Percent of Budget 

Budgeted

Sediment & Sand Bars 21%

Fish & Aquatic Ecology 31%

Riparian Vegetation 3%

Archaeological 3%

Socioeconomic & 

hydropower 2%

Geospatial & Remote 

Sensing Support 13%

Logistics 16%

Administrative 11%

100%

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Logistics

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FY2021 

Project 

Budgets

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$400,000

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Budgeted Actual

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Logistics

Jan. 13 2022
FY2021 Project Budgets

Jan. 13, 2022 (All amounts are provisional, subject to revision)

Actual (Over)/Under Project Budget Budgeted

A - Streamflow, Water Quality, & Sediment Transport & 

Budgeting $1,151,423 $1,016,021 $135,402 

B - Sandbar & Sediment Storage Monitoring & Research $865,635 $839,236 $26,399 

C - Riparian Vegetation Monitoring & Research $254,985 $245,433 $9,552 

D - Geomorph. Effects of Dam Ops. & Veg Mngmt. for 

Archeological Sites $281,552 $242,136 $39,416 

E - Controls on Ecosystem Productivity: Nutrients, Flow & 

Temperature $398,192 $336,635 $61,557 

F - Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology $733,103 $668,411 $64,692 

G - Humpback Chub Population Dynamics $989,670 $945,786 $43,884 

H - Salmonid Research & Monitoring $428,537 $389,722 $38,815 

I - Warm-Water Native & Nonnative Fish Research & Monitoring $485,937 $442,609 $43,328 

J - Socioeconomic Research $207,163 $205,772 $1,391 

K - Geospatial Science &Technology $420,934 $374,160 $46,774 

L - Remote Sensing Overflight Support $852,864 $837,526 $15,338 

M- Leadership & Management $1,077,089 $762,542 $314,547 

N - Hydropower Monitoring & Research $26,983 $18,108 $8,875 

Logistics $1,592,786 $1,634,225 ($41,439)
Budget Summary for Adaptive Management 

Program Funds 

(without Lake Powell Agreement or Project O)

• Actual (13.074%) vs. projected burden rate (14%) for FY21

• Budgeted Amount Total shown above ($9,766,852) vs. Total Cost for FY21 in 

TWP ($9,830,000) 

• Under Budget

• Detailed at the project-level in Appendix 4 of the FY21 Annual Report

• Deliberate in some instances to cover future shortfalls (see next slide)

(All amounts are provisional, subject to revision; 

*revised after FY21AR draft released) Jan. 13, 2022

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Budget Summary for Adaptive Management 

Program Funds 

(without Lake Powell Agreement or Project O)

• Unspent funds will be used to cover

• Project-level expenses detailed in FY21 Annual Report (Appendix 4)

• Planned budget shortfalls in FY22 & FY23 which will occur owing to:

• Anticipated AMP Funding Available each year in TWP ($9,088,000 in FY21, 

FY22, FY23)

• Total Cost for each year in TWP ($9,766,852 in FY21; $9,249,000 in FY22, 

and $9,130,000 in FY23)

• w/ difference made up by funds moved from previous year.

• Unfunded work in FY22 & FY23 per AMWG guidance (e.g., JCM-West 2023; 

TRGD site 2023; Project O 2022)

(All amounts are provisional, subject to revision; 

*revised after FY21AR draft released) Jan. 13, 2022

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Jan. 13, 2022 (All amounts are provisional, subject to revision)

Lake Powell Budget (Not GCDAMP Funded)

Project Budgeted Actual (Over)/Under 

Budget

Lake Powell (not GCDAMP funded) $195,437 $209,371 ($13,934)

Over Budget amount primarily due to:

• Interagency agreement between Reclamation 

and USGS established and funded on the 

calendar year but reconciled for fiscal year

• Equipment purchase not originally planned to 

occur in fiscal year
Project O Budget (funded by the C.5 Experimental 

Management Fund)

Jan. 13, 2022 (All amounts are provisional, subject to revision)

Project Budgeted Actual (Over)/Under 

Budget

Project O $347,706 $266,149 $81,557 

Under Budget amount primarily due to:

• Element O.7 was not implemented (and not 

funded)

• Changes in staffing and travel for some elements 

(FY21 Annual Report Appendix 4)
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