Southern Paiu

Consortium

Charley Bulletts, Director

H.C. 65 Box 2 

Fredonia, AZ 86022

(928)643-8313 E-mail: kptspai@scinternet

Established 1993

June 26, 2007
Traditional Lands of the South

People

• “Southern Paiute were the first inhabitants of 

are responsible for protecting and managing t

with the water and all that is upon and within i

Consortium Mea

• CONSORTIUM-1: an agreeme

combination, or group formed tan enterprise beyond the resouone member.2: ASSOCIATION
In the Beginning 

Gloria Benson & Geneal Anderson

In the late 1980s EIS for Glen Canyprepared; Southeto work hard to be 

Goal is more effGovernment-to-Ginteraction betweBOR, and other f

3 Southern PaiutBand of Paiute, Pof Utah (rep ShivwJuan Southern Pa2 Southern PaiutBand of Paiute, PUtah (rep Shivwits Southern Paiute C
Programmatic Agree

• BOR and National Park Service (NPS) developed 

Resources for Glen Canyon Dam Operations

• February 9, 1994 the PA was signed by the Advi

Historic Preservation, the Arizona State Historic

Office, the BOR, the NPS and the Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the Zuni Pueblo and the 3 South

• The PA lays out a plan for agency compliance w

the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) fo

management for Cultural Resources in the Color

• It directs the BOR and NPS to develop and impl

monitoring the remedial actions and to develop Preservation Plan (HPP) for long-term monitorinmanagement. 

• 1995 the Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impa

was Completed and transition to the Adaptive MProgram (AMP)
• At this time the Southern Paiute Consortium (

the research activities to include assessing poenvironmental impacts, developing a long-terprogram and procedures, and interacting with other PA signatories 

• The basis for the program and the results of it

development and implementation are fully disreport, (Past, Present, Future) Managing SouResources in the Colorado River Corridor (S

Fulfrost, Phillips and Drye 1995)

• The results of each succeeding year’s activitie

annual reports to the BOR and NPS
SPC Participation in the G

• Representative on the AMWG• Participation in the TWG, CRA

other committees

• Colorado River Corridor monito

education program

• Participation in projects and stu

developed by scientists and othstakeholders
Elder Participatio
We all Work 


Ten Year Review

• Provide comprehensive review 

participation in the GCDAMP

• Evaluate whether the SPC prog

met the needs of its member traddressed concerns of other Aparticipants

• Review and modify, as approp

monitoring and education progprotocols 
Project Tasks

Task One: Review of First Ten Years of Monitoring ProgramTask Two: Evaluate Southern Paiute Tribal Participation in the AMP

Task ThreeMonitoring for Next Te
Recent Project Tas

Task Three: Establish Mon

Protocols for the Next Ten 

• Protocol Review and Planning 

January and April --- completed

• Revise ten-year monitoring sch

completed

• Update monitoring protocols --- • Test revised protocols on 2007 

completed June 16-25
Key Findings

• Generally the SPC Program has ope

was designed

• In the GCDAMP, attempts to integrat

scientific and Southern Paiute traditioknowledge have been unsuccessful

• SPC sites are impacted by:

– continued loss of sediment over time (N– inundation and input of sediments at hig

(Whitmore)

– changes in vegetation and animal habita

Creek)

– changes in the movement of human vis
Successes and Chall

• Key successes:

– Continuous participation since AMP’s – Improved understanding of ecosystem 

dam operations

– NPS response to recommendations at 

• Key challenges:

– Translate general responsibility for ca

traditional lands of the Southern Paiutengaging with scientists, land manage

– Improve communication with tribal lea

AMP participants, other members of th

– Modify monitoring procedures to asse

very dynamic sites

– Distinguish impacts from the dam ope

other impacts to the sites – everything 
Recommendations fo

• Maintain SPC involvement in the • Improve communication:

– Presentation to TWG, SPC website– Presentation to tribal councils, updat

guide

– Brochure and SPC website for the g

• Continue monitoring program to a

term impacts caused by dam ope

• Follow established protocols at sit

significance that are impacted by operations

• Review and revise protocols at sit

GCD and Lees Ferry
Suggestion for AM

• Provide orientation for new AM

TWG members and GCMRC soverall program, participants anfor their participation, and progactivities to date
“Their vision and love for their people 

possible for Southern Paiutes to make t

time to learn about their history and th

Lands.”
Thanks