Glen Canyon Dam Technical Work Group 

Action Item Tracking Report 

(P:\c5amp\uc\rm\amp\twg\mtgs\07oct02\Action items.doc) 

Updated: October 3, 2007 

Action Number 

(year.mo.day-no.) Action Item Assigned to Due Date Status 

2004.03.30(2) 

3/30/04: Matt Andersen will provide copies of the 

HBC Genetics report being done by Mike & Marlis 

Douglas. No further action until report is received. 

8/2/06: Matt said a draft of the report was reviewed 

by GCMRC and comments provided to the 

Douglases on 8/1/06. They will revise the document 

and it should be available to the TWG possibly by 

mid-September 2006. 

11/9/06: John reported that Matt is in the process of 

reviewing the second draft. He wasn’t sure when the 

final report would be ready. John is hopeful the TWG 

will see the report by next month. 

4/2/07: The document is currently being reviewed by 

external reviewers. The internal comments have 

been responded to and edits made. Glen Knowles 

said Connie Keeler Foster will also provide her 

review for the AMP process and utilize that in the 

Genetics Management Plan which should be 

finalized by December 2007. Matthew Andersen will 

send an e-mail message to the TWG next week 

informing them when they’ll be able to review the 

Genetics Report. 

6/25/07: Due to some scheduling problems and the 

unavailability of a phone line for the Douglases to 

present their PPT, it was decided to postpone their 

presentation until the next TWG meeting. 

10/2/07: Marlis will make a presentation today.

Matthew 

Andersen Sept 2006 Closed 

2006.05.24-25 

5/24/06: Scope of Work is being finalized and Connie 

Keeler Foster with Dexter Fish Hatchery is slated to 

begin the work. Glen thinks they are on schedule and 

a report should be ready in Dec 2007. 

8/2/06: Glen has been trying to set up a meeting 

with the HBC AHG. He will get with the members at 

this meeting to set up a time to meet in late August. 

4/2/07: Glen said the Genetics Mgmt. Plan is 

scheduled for completion in December 2007. 

6/25/07: Glen said the report should be completed in 

December 2007. 

10/2/07: The draft report will be completed in Dec. 

Glen Knowles Dec 2007 Open 

2006.08.2-3 

8/2/06: The TWG Chair will follow up on the status of 

the Roles Ad Hoc Group Report. 

4/2/07: Kurt will continue to update the TWG on the 

status of the Roles AHG Report. See meeting 

minutes for more details. 

6/25/07: Kurt said he asked for an extension for the 

comment period. The first due date was June 29 but 

Randy Peterson gave the TWG another extension 

until July 31. 

10/2/07: Any comments received from tomorrow’s 

discussion will be folded into the Roles AHG Report. 

Kurt Dongoske July 31, 2007 Closed 

2006.08.2-3 8/2/06: Ken McMullen will provide an annual report 

on work accomplished by the NPS Permitting Ken McMullen Jan 2007 Closed 
Action Number 

(year.mo.day-no.) Action Item Assigned to Due Date Status 

position. He’ll provide that report in January 2007. 

4/2/07: Ken said the report was submitted to USBR 

in early March as part of their contract requirements. 

He will check with USBR on its status and provide 

copies if appropriate. 

6/25/07: Ken provided a document and it will be part 

of tomorrow’s budget discussion.

2006.11.8-9 

11/8/06: Mary Barger will inform the TWG when 

WAPA would be able to make a presentation on the 

results of the Lifecycle Impact Assessment Report. 

4/2/07: Mary asked to be put on the agenda for the 

next TWG meeting to make a presentation. See 

meeting minutes for more details. 

6/25/07: Mary said that hopefully by the next TWG 

meeting, it will have been approved and through the 

process. She will talk to Kurt more about whether it 

should be presented to the AMWG first. 

10/2/07: Mary will make a presentation at the next 

TWG meeting. 

12/4/07: Mary will make a presentation at the next 

TWG meeting. 

Mary Barger ? Open 

2007.04.2-3(3) 

4/2/07: John Hamill will contact Dave Garrett and 

determine whether the Treatment Plan Report can be 

reviewed by Don Fowler, one of the Science 

Advisors. 

6/25/07: John said he didn’t find out but will follow up 

during the course of the meeting. 

10/2/07: Mike Berry said the RFP could be reviewed 

by TWG members but the treatment plan itself was 

reviewed by him and members of the PA and found 

to be adequate. (See minutes for more information.) 

John Hamill June 5, 2007 Closed 

2007:06.25-26(1) 

TWG comments on the handout “Improving the 

Development and Transmission of Minority Reports 

modifying the one-page Action Item document” are 

due to Randy Peterson by June 29, 2007. 

TWG June 29, 2007 Closed 

2007:06.25-26(2) 

6/25/07: John Hamill will prepare a handout for the 

next meeting on what GCMRC believes will be the 

totality of core monitoring by looking at future budget 

needs and being able to see the bigger picture. 

10/2/07: John said this is still a “work in progress” 

and he hopes to have a report ready by the next 

TWG Meeting. 

John Hamill Oct. 2-3, 2007

Dec. 4, 2007 Open 

2007:06.25-26(3) 

6/25/07: The Sediment Ad Hoc Group are tasked 

with reviewing the “Draft Report to the Technical 

Work Group of the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive 

Management Program: Recommended Protocols for 

Core Monitoring of Sediment within the Colorado 

River Ecosystem Below Glen Canyon Dam, Part IV - 

Developing a Scientifically Based Long-Term 

Monitoring Plan for the GCDAMP.” They will provide 

their comments at the next TWG meeting. 

10/2/07: John O’Brien said this review wouldn’t be 

completed until early 2008. 

John O’Brien Feb 2008 Open 

2007:06.25-26(4) 

6/25/07: The Sediment Ad Hoc Group will review the 

Sediment Transport Modeling Review Workshop 

Review Panel Report along and provide a 

recommendation on what further modeling should be 

done to the TWG at their October 2-3, 2007 meeting. 

John O’Brien Dec. 4-5, 2007 Open 
Action Number 

(year.mo.day-no.) Action Item Assigned to Due Date Status 

2007:06.25-26(5) 6/25/07: The HBC AHG will review the “Genetic 

Structure of Humpback Chub Gila cypha and 

Roundtail Chub G. robusta in the Colorado River 

Ecosystem” Report. 

10/2/07: Glen said the HBC AHG hasn’t completed a 

review of the genetics report. Matthew said the report 

has been externally reviewed and comments from 

GCMRC and the reviewers were included in the final 

report which Marlis will present at tomorrow’s mtg. 

He said the HBC AHG would complete its review by 

the next TWG meeting. 

HBC AHG Oct. 2-3, 2007

Dec. 4-5, 2007 Open 

2007:06.25-26(6) 

6/25/07: John Hamill will review the Selenium 

handout with his staff and determine what it will take 

for GCMRC to do a risk assessment on the effects of 

selenium in Grand Canyon and report back to the 

TWG at its next meeting. 

10/2/07: This will be presented at tomorrow’s mtg. 

John Hamill Oct. 2-3, 2007 Closed 

2007:06.25-26(7) 

6/25/07: Reclamation (Mike Berry) will consider 

putting together a cultural symposium or a one-day 

workshop with the tribal stakeholders that brings the 

tribal viewpoints and tribal scientists together. It 

would focus on improving dialogue, creating learning 

opportunities, helping to recognize differences, and 

ways to bridge understanding among all the AMP 

stakeholders, GCMRC, and the Science Advisors. In 

addition, the Roles AHG should also participate in 

the symposium/workshop. 

10/2/07: Mike said no progress has been made 

because most of their efforts have been focused on 

finalizing Native American protocols and they’re 

attempting to finalize the Native American 

Consultation Plan and that will lead up to the 

workshop. 

Mike Berry Early 2008 Open 

2007:06.25-26(8) 

6/25/07: The TWG has until July 31, 2007, to provide 

comments on the Roles Ad Hoc Group Report to 

Randy Peterson. 

TWG members July 31, 2007

Sep 30, 2007 Closed 

2007:06.25-26(9) 

6/25/07: Randy Peterson will provide a clear, written 

charge (along with sideboards) for the purpose of the 

Desired Future Conditions Ad Hoc Group (DFCAHG) 

by July 5. 

7/20/07: Randy sent an e-mail to the AMWG and 

TWG members on Reclamation’s charge to the DFC 

AHG.

Randy Peterson July 5, 2007 Closed 

2007:06.25-26(11) 

6/25/07: The Desired Future Conditions Ad Hoc 

Group (DFCAHG) will present a preliminary report to 

the TWG at its Oct. 2-3, 2007, Meeting. 

10/2/07: Ken distributed a preliminary report at 

today’s meeting. 

Ken McMullen Oct. 2-3, 2007 Closed 

2007:06.25-26(12) 

6/25/07: Dennis Kubly will e-mail the URL for the 

latest version of the AMP Strategic Plan. 

10/2/07: Dennis said there is no latest version. He 

said Mary Orton has revised some of the INs and 

sent that information out independently. He thinks 

that until the AMWG tasks itself with revising the 

existing version, there won’t be any revision. 

(See minutes for additional discussion.) 

Dennis Kubly Jun 29, 2007 Closed 

2007:06.25-26(13) 

The DFCAHG will review the BHBF Science Plan 

and provide comments to the TWG prior to their 

meeting in October. They are to focus only on the 

Ken McMullen Aug 29-30, 2007 Open 
Action Number 

(year.mo.day-no.) Action Item Assigned to Due Date Status 

technical issues and leave the policy issues to 

AMWG. 

2007:10.2-3(1) 

10/2/07: Dennis would like to have the TWG discuss 

what the function is of the reviews on products that 

have been finalized and accepted. 

TWG Dec 4, 2007 ? Open 

2007:10.2-3(2) 

10/2/07: John O’Brien will send the Sediment AHG’s 

review of the BHBF Science Plan to the TWG before 

sending to GCMRC. 

John O’Brien Nov 1, 2007 ? Open 

2007:10.2-3(3) 

2007:10.2-3(4)