A Review of the Glen Cany

A Review of the Glen Cany

Adaptive Management Program 

Adaptive Management Program 

Effectiveness Effectiveness

By

GCD AMP Science Adv

GCD AMP Science Adv

Technical Work Group Me

Technical Work Group Me

April 2 April 2

-3, 2007 3, 2007
COMPLETION DATE DE

COMPLETION DATE DE

 From spring 2006 to winter 200

From spring 2006 to winter 200

REVIEW CONSTRAINT

REVIEW CONSTRAIN

 Budgeted time of SAs and Exe

Budgeted time of SAs and Exe

Secretary Secretary

 SA program commitment to sc

SA program commitment to sc

planning in 2006 planning in 2006
AREAS OF INQUIR

AREAS OF INQUIR

 Organizational effectiveness (purpose, mis

Organizational effectiveness (purpose, mis

roles, responsibilities) roles, responsibilities)

 AMP Processes (adaptive management, c

AMP Processes (adaptive management, c

 Science and management planning and im

Science and management planning and im

(GCMRC, AMWG, TWG, SAs) C, AMWG, TWG, SAs)

 Program resources (AMP resource capab

Program resources (AMP resource capab

resource opportunity) resource opportunity)

 Operational effectiveness (science progra

Operational effectiveness (science progra

programs) programs)

 Outcome effectiveness (science issues, m

Outcome effectiveness (science issues, m

issues) issues) 
REVIEW PROCEDU

REVIEW PROCEDU

 Evaluation of AMP program docume

Evaluation of AMP program docume

determine effectiveness determine effectiveness

 Strategic Plans (AMWG, GCMRC) Strategic Plans (AMWG, GCMRC) Operational Plans (MRP, HBCCP) Operational Plans (MRP, HBCCP) Work/Action Plans (BAHG, GCMRC

Work/Action Plans (BAHG, GCMRC

 Reports, memoranda (GCMRC, SPG

Reports, memoranda (GCMRC, SPG

SA)

 Agendas, meeting notes (AMWG, TW

Agendas, meeting notes (AMWG, TW

HBCCP, CRAHG, BAHG) HBCCP, CRAHG, BAHG)
ORGANZATIONAL EFFECTI

ORGANZATIONAL EFFECTI

(Goals, Roles) (Goals, Roles)

Findings Findings

 Mission, Goals, Information Needs d

Mission, Goals, Information Needs d

and utilized; need support for comm

and utilized; need support for comm

 Objectives documented but not utiliz

Objectives documented but not utiliz

 INs used but cumbersome; too exte

INs used but cumbersome; too exte

 Science and management questions 

Science and management questions 

use in planning use in planning

 Roles have organizational clarity, bu

Roles have organizational clarity, bu

operational clarity operational clarity
ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTI

ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTI

Recommendations Recommendations

 Establish support for common AMP purpo

Establish support for common AMP purpo

 Establish focus on priority elements of crit

Establish focus on priority elements of crit

defined outcomes in ex defined outcomes in explicit time periods plicit time periods

 Delete use of objectives Delete use of objectives Reformulate INs into focused science and 

Reformulate INs into focused science and 

questions to guide long and short term pro

questions to guide long and short term pro

 Develop operational clarity for ro Develop operational clarity for roles and re

les and re

each AMP entity each AMP entity
GCD AMP PROCESSE

GCD AMP PROCESSE

(Adaptive Management and Co

(Adaptive Management and Co

Findings Findings

 Progressive example of large AM ex

Progressive example of large AM ex

 Successfully cycled science/manage

Successfully cycled science/manage

increased learning and limited resou

increased learning and limited resou

improvement improvement

 Relative good success in adaptive g

Relative good success in adaptive g

 Collaboration is being utilized; needs 

Collaboration is being utilized; need

 Leadership changes, planning accom

Leadership changes, planning acco

and renewed AMP commitments de

and renewed AMP commitments de

resilience resilience
GCD AMP PROCESSE

GCD AMP PROCESSE

(Adaptive Management and Co

(Adaptive Management and Co

Recommendations Recommendations

 Comparative evaluations with other 

Comparative evaluations with other 

for social learning and exchange for social learning and exchange

 Conduct AMP workshops to evaluat

Conduct AMP workshops to evaluat

AM and collaboration effectiveness AM and collaboration effectiveness

 Commitment to pursue AM cycle to 

Commitment to pursue AM cycle to 

conclusion resolving risk with greate

conclusion resolving risk with greate

 Improve specification of when, wher

Improve specification of when, wher

use collaboration in differing entities 

use collaboration in differing entities 

outcome effectiveness outcome effectiveness
SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT PR

SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT PR

PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTAT

PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTA

Findings Findings

 Significant past criticism of GCMRC and TWG prod

Significant past criticism of GCMRC and TWG prod

performance of appropriate roles performance of appropriate roles

 Increased cooperative efforts of TWG/GCMRC in 2

Increased cooperative efforts of TWG/GCMRC in 2

increase in accomplishments and leadership increase in accomplishments and leadership

 Improvements needed to make science and manag

Improvements needed to make science and mana

more integrated more integrated

 Management provides limited and support in speci

Management provides limited and support in speci

criteria for management action, etc. criteria for management action, etc.

 Science provides limited guidance Science provides limited guidance in targeting time

 in targeting time

and resolving resource interdependencies with sys

and resolving resource interdependencies with sys
SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT PR

SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT PR

PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTAT

PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTA

Recommendations Recommendations

 Science and management planning and im

Science and management planning and im

processes should utilize more effective int

processes should utilize more effective int

collaborative approaches (TWG and GCM

collaborative approaches (TWG and GCM

 Science needs to implement interdisciplina

Science needs to implement interdisciplina

and target timely outcomes to critical goal 

and target timely outcomes to critical goal 

 Management should provide timely resolv

Management should provide timely resolv

management issues such as dfcs, critical 

management issues such as dfcs, critical 

management actions, TCD implementation

management actions, TCD implementatio
PROGRAM RESOURC

PROGRAM RESOURC

Findings Findings

 Current budget will sustain core 

Current budget will sustain core 

but is limiting factor for many pr

but is limiting factor for many pr

challenges challenges 

 Program prioritization not effect

Program prioritization not effect

 Reduced investments in techno

Reduced investments in techno

 Explicit 2 year and longer term s

Explicit 2 year and longer term s

budget plans do not exist budget plans do not exist 
PROGRAM RESOURC

PROGRAM RESOURC

Recommendations Recommendations

 Develop improved project priorit

Develop improved project priorit

 Develop 2 year and out year bu

Develop 2 year and out year bu

 Develop process to provide flex

Develop process to provide flex

budgets year budgets year

-to

-year

 Develop supplemental budget p

Develop supplemental budget p

programming programming
OPERATIONAL EFFECTIV

OPERATIONAL EFFECTIV

Findings Findings

 AMP has operational effectiveness: 

AMP has operational effectiveness: 

AM operation; accomplishment in pl

AM operation; accomplishment in pl

experiments, management guideline

experiments, management guideline

 Science program needs more opera

Science program needs more opera

management integration to improve: 

management integration to improve

on focus areas; system model for int

on focus areas; system model for in

LTEP; interdisciplinary science LTEP; interdisciplinary science

 Management needs improved opera

Management needs improved opera

effectiveness including; program prio

effectiveness including; program prio

management actions; tradeoff analy

management actions; tradeoff analy
OPERATIONAL EFFECTIV

OPERATIONAL EFFECTIV

Recommendations Recommendations

 AMP entities should develop worksh

AMP entities should develop worksh

determine most critical improvement

determine most critical improvemen

science and management operation

science and management operation

effectiveness effectiveness

 Revise strategic plans to reflect thes

Revise strategic plans to reflect thes

 Draft action plan to accomplish impr

Draft action plan to accomplish impr

 Redesign AWP to incorporate all AM

Redesign AWP to incorporate all AM

integrated schedule of activities to a

integrated schedule of activities to a

programs programs 
EFFECTIVNESS OF OUTCO

EFFECTIVNESS OF OUTCO

Findings Findings

 AMP has accomplished significan

AMP has accomplished significan

outcomes in learning with less suc

outcomes in learning with less suc

resource improvements resource improvements

 Significant uncertainty exists for s

Significant uncertainty exists for s

resources, especially biotic resou

resources, especially biotic resou

Greater certainty exists in physica

Greater certainty exists in physica

resources. resources.

 Structured 5 and 10 year science 

Structured 5 and 10 year science 

are planned to resolve uncertainty are planned to resolve uncertainty
EFFECTIVNESS OF OUTCO

EFFECTIVNESS OF OUTCO

Recommendations Recommendations

 To increase outcome effectiveness evalua

To increase outcome effectiveness evalua

recommendations from AMP entities recen

recommendations from AMP entities recen

 Completing MLFF assessments (2 Completing MLFF assessments (2

-3 year

3 year

increase outcomes increase outcomes 

 Near term outcomes would result from Lak

Near term outcomes would result from Lak

assessment and additional BHBF test assessment and additional BHBF test

 Management workshop (s) to resolve Management workshop (s) to resolve dfc, 

, 

management actions, objective decision p

management actions, objective decision p

increase outcomes increase outcomes