Recommendation from the Budget 

Ad Hoc Group for the Fiscal Year 

2022 Budget and Work Plan

Peggy Roefer, Acting BAHG Chair

June 16, 2021
Meeting on May 5, 2021

• Discussion of Section 2.7 of GCDAMP Triennial Budget and 

Work Plan Process – Three reasons for revisions

• Scientific requirement or merit

• Administrative needs

• New initiatives

• Reclamation and GCMRC Budget Presentation

• Discussion of Items that Meet Criteria of Section 2.7 

• Overhead rate

• 7.48 MAF release from Lake Powell

• Others
Meeting on May 5, 2021 

• Items that meet the criteria of Section 2.7

• From AMWG

• Project Element O.1 (2022)

• Project Element O.2 (2022)

• Project Element O.11 (2021, 2022)

• Recommendation – Opportunities to leverage external resource and support from Program 

partners will be considered and explored by GCMRC and Reclamation

• From TWG

• Additional TRGD sites (2023)

• JCM-West (2023)

• From 7.48 MAF release presentation

• Aquatic Vegetation Pilot in Lees Ferry (202?)

• Reclamation request

• Dissolved Oxygen Risk Assessment (2022)

• Did not reach consensus on a motion to TWG. BAHG wanted to rank 

projects and needed more information on projects and costs. 
Activities before May 27, 2021 meeting

• GCMRC and Reclamation completed spreadsheet detailing projects to be 

funded and funding amount.

• GCMRC requested additional review of Bug Flows with Project O.11 review

• Project details and cost sent to BAHG and they prioritized the following 

projects based on the information they received

• Project O.1 (2022)

• Project O.2 (2022)

• Project O.11 (2021, 2022) and Bug Flow Review (2021)

• Additional TRGD site (2023)

• JCM West (2023)

• Aquatic Vegetation Removal Pilot in Lees Ferry (202?)

• Reclamation Dissolved Oxygen Risk Assessment (2022) was yes or no

• Opportunities to leverage external resources and support from Program partners will 

be considered and explored – Not ranked, a recommendation from AMWG
Meeting on May 27, 2021

Brief Discussion of Items to be Prioritized (Items in no particular order)

• Project O.1 (2022)

• Project O.2 (2022)

• Project O.11 (2021, 2022) and Bug Flow Review (2021)

• Additional TRGD site (2023)

• JCM West (2023)

• Aquatic Vegetation Removal Pilot in Lees Ferry (202?)

• Dissolved Oxygen Risk Assessment (2022) – Not to be prioritized, only item 

from Reclamation budget

• Opportunities to leverage external resource and support from Program 

partners will be considered and explored by GCMRC and Reclamation – Not 

prioritized, a recommendation from AMWG
Description of Projects to be Ranked and Cost
Project Ranking Table by Stakeholder

total 78 87 74 59 38 70

count 19 19 19 19 19 19

average 4.1 4.6 3.9 3.1 2.0 3.7

ranking 5 6 4 2 1 3

Entity Project O.1 

Foodbase

Project O.2 Project O.11 and Bug 

Flow Review*

Additional TRGD 

Site

JCM-West Aquatic Veg 

Removal Reclamation Project

Grand Canyon 5 6 1 3 2 4

Utah Municipal Power Agency 5 6 6 1 3 4 yes

Nevada 5 6 4 2 1 3 yes

Grand Canyon Wildlands Council 5 1 4 6 2 3 yes

Hualapai 2 1 3 6 5 4 yes

WAPA 5 6 4 3 1 2

Reclamation 3 5 6 1 2 4

New Mexico 3 4 1 5 2 6 yes

Glen Canyon 4 6 5 3 1 2 yes

CREDA 6 6 6 3 1 2 yes

Fly Fishers International/Trout Unlimited 3 5 2 1 4 6 yes

Hopi 5 6 4 3 2 1

AZGF 4 5 3 1 2 6 yes

Arizona 5 6 4 2 1 3 yes

Colorado 3 4 5 2 1 6

Zuni 3 6 4 2 1 5

California 3 6 4 5 1 2 yes

Navajo Nation 5 1 6 4 3 2 yes

Utah 

River Guides 4 1 2 6 3 5

Wyoming

USFWS

BIA

SPC

American Rivers

Item should 

not be 

funded *Additional proposal detail requested following Science Advisor review. 

Bug flow 

Review only
Meeting on May 27,2021

Developed and Approved Budget Recommendation to TWG

The Budget Ad Hoc Group (BAHG) recommends that the Technical Work Group (TWG) 

recommend to the Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG), the Triennial Work Plan 

and Budget FY2021-2023 as revised by the BAHG during their meeting on May 27, 2021. All proposed projects will be considered as appropriate sources of funding (e.g. TWP carryover 

funds from prior years or through annual review of the TWP or other Reclamation 

considerations) become available. Revisions include addition of a Dissolved Oxygen Risk 

Assessment to be completed by Reclamation in 2022. In addition, the proposed revisions 

include the following prioritized list of GCMRC projects, as described in the attached 

spreadsheets dated May 27, 2021:

1. JCM-West (2023)

2. Additional TRGD Site (2023)

3. Aquatic Vegetation Removal Pilot in Lees Ferry (202?) (Subject to additional 

proposal detail and completion of compliance requirements.)

4. Project O.11 and Bug Flow Review. (Additional proposal detail requested 

following Science Advisor review.)

5. Project O.1 (2022)

6. Project O.2 (2022)
Meeting on May 27, 2021 

• Budget Prioritization Process Discussion

• Look at compliance frequency. Is there flexibility in the frequency of 

monitoring? 

• Need to start with a criteria of how to prioritize. Ranking projects will be 

hard.

• Develop a list of all activities that are required and a list of other activities and 

see if they meet the criteria that is being developed.

• Consider using a “value of information approach” which should show the best 

ways to spend program funding

• Begin planning for the pending effects of climate change and how these 

effects will impact this program, especially if the prediction is less water 

available in the Colorado River system.
For Consideration by the TWG

The Budget Ad Hoc Group (BAHG) recommends that the Technical Work Group (TWG) 

recommend to the Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG), the Triennial Work Plan 

and Budget FY2021-2023 as revised by the BAHG during their meeting on May 27, 2021. All proposed projects will be considered as appropriate sources of funding (e.g. TWP carryover 

funds from prior years or through annual review of the TWP or other Reclamation 

considerations) become available. Revisions include addition of a Dissolved Oxygen Risk 

Assessment to be completed by Reclamation in 2022. In addition, the proposed revisions 

include the following prioritized list of GCMRC projects, as described in the attached 

spreadsheets dated May 27, 2021:

1. JCM-West (2023)

2. Additional TRGD Site (2023)

3. Aquatic Vegetation Removal Pilot in Lees Ferry (202?) (Subject to additional 

proposal detail and completion of compliance requirements.)

4. Project O.11 and Bug Flow Review. (Additional proposal detail requested 

following Science Advisor review.)

5. Project O.1 (2022)

6. Project O.2 (2022)