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Glen Canyon Dam Technical Work Group 

Action Item Tracking Report 

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Updated: March 18, 2009 

Action Number 

(year.mo.day-no.) 

Action Item 

* Additional information in Meeting Minutes Assigned to Due Date Status 

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 Management Plan

is scheduled for completion in December 2007. 

6/25/07: As above. 

10/2/07: As above. 

12/4/07: BOR was involved with contracting and is 

cooperating with the review. No schedule yet for 

review but draft has been delivered. Timeline hasn’t 

been set yet but should be returned to Connie Keeler 

Foster in Dec. or early January with comments. Final 

by spring 2009 at the latest. The draft report is 

currently going through an internal review and should 

be given to the TWG shortly. * 

4/8/08: Glen said they’re conducting a second 

internal review. Once that is completed, it will go 

through a technical review. They’re making good 

progress and the peer review should be completed in 

4-6 weeks. He believes a draft document will be 

ready and for the TWG at their next meeting and 

then forwarded to the AMWG. 

7/16/08: Glen said they are still conducting their 

review and will have a finalized plan this year. They 

are working with GCRMC to get a technical review 

and will bring the Plan to the TWG by the end of this 

calendar year. 

10/15/08: Glen said Connie Keeler-Foster completed 

a third draft which has been given to GCMRC to 

conduct a separate scientific peer review and he’s 

hopeful that will get done in the next few months. 

3/16/09: Sam Spiller said the USGS has completed 

a peer review of the plan with four independent 

reviews (two geneticists and two hatchery 

managers). These reviews are substantiated and 

should improve the plan. Connie Keeler-Foster has 

received those reviews and is revising the plan. 

There is no schedule for final completion of the 

version but will work to complete as quickly as 

possible. 

Glen Knowles August ? Open 

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 

Mary Barger June ? Open 
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* Additional information in Meeting Minutes Assigned to Due Date Status 

should be presented to the AMWG first. 

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

TWG meeting. 

12/4/07: The report is being peer reviewed and that 

needs to be completed before it can be presented. It 

may be possible to schedule a presentation at the 

next TWG meeting. 

4/8/08: Mary said she talked with Clayton about this. 

They don’t have funding to do another peer review, 

but just got money again. Two weeks ago they made 

some minor changes to the report and it’s going for 

out for peer review in May. As soon as the review is 

completed, they should be able to make a 

presentation. 

7/16/08: Mary said they are having an issue with 

contracting for the peer review but there will be a 

presentation made at the Science Symposium. (Nov 

2008). 

10/15/08: Clayton has engaged a consultant to look 

at the scientific basis of claims for renewable 

electrical power. The report is being peer reviewed 

by Argonne Labs and should be available in a month. 

(See minutes for more details.) 

3/16/09: Clayton Palmer said WAPA in partnership 

with Tri-State Generation undertook a science piece 

of research in which they were looking at a 

methodology to evaluate the question of green 

electrical power. WAPA hired a research team in 

California to look at whether there was a scientific 

way to approach that. In addition, WAPA has been 

working with an American Standards Board to see if 

they can get a standard task that anybody could use 

to make determinations on green electrical power. 

The study is a case study and uses four different 

electrical generating technologies. This is of interest 

to the AMP is that one of the case studies is Glen 

Canyon Dam. There was some interest in having the 

researcher report on that study when it was 

completed. It has been peer reviewed and it’s being 

rewritten in response to peer review comments. A 

final report will be completed by 2/15/09. He or Mary 

Barger can arrange to have a presentation if the 

TWG so desires. In response to a question from 

Shane on distributing the report, Clayton said he 

hasn’t talked with WAPA but will do so and report 

back to the TWG. 

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 

Mike Berry August ? Open 
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finalizing Native American protocols and they’re 

attempting to finalize the Native American 

Consultation Plan and that will lead up to the 

workshop. 

12/4/07: Mike told Kurt the initial goal is to integrate 

compliance with GCPA and NHPA as a forum for 

integrating tribal values. Dennis Kubly said there is 

no funding in FY09 to hold a workshop. Mike Berry 

will provide an update at the next TWG meeting. 

4/8/08: Kurt said he talked with Mike Berry yesterday 

but I think it’s still in the works. It will remain open 

until the next TWG next meeting. 

7/16/08: It’s been going on for a year and haven’t 

received any substantive comments from the TWG or 

Sediment AHG. I don’t know what to do about this. 

(tape). John is at a point that this needs to be 

elevated and decisions made. He doesn’t feel the 

TWG is performing their responsibilities. Kurt 

acknowledged his frustration as well with the AHG’s. 

Kurt asked if there were any ideas for streamlining 

this process. 

7/16/08: There is nothing to report at this time. 

10/15/08: Mike Berry said he held informal 

discussions with Helen Fairley, Jan Balsom, and 

Mike Yeatts and the plan is to have a multi-agency 

sponsored symposium with all the tribes but it will be 

delayed until the tribes have completed the first year 

of their protocol implementation plans. The contracts 

just got in under the wire and he feels there should 

be more conversation. The funding will be discussed 

and since they’ll be preparing reports under 

Reclamation contracts, Mike thinks it would be 

helpful to have an outside anthropologist attend and 

present results to the TWG. The symposium won’t 

take place for at least a year so people from the 

various agencies should develop an outline soon. 

3/16/09: In Mike Berry’s absence, Dennis Kubly said 

Mike is waiting for the protocol monitoring reports 

from the tribes and once those are in, he will 

schedule a workshop so they have something 

substantive to meet on.

2008:04.08-09 (2) 

4/8/08: Dr. Dave Garrett will provide a copy of the SA 

report completed with regard to the economic 

analysis done related to hydropower and related flow 

regimes to Linda for distribution to the TWG. 

7/16/08: Dr. Garrett said that report was from WAPA 

and they had two personal discussions and 

exchanged phone calls and e-mails and Clayton 

wanted to prepare a cover memo so there wouldn’t 

be any misinterpretation because the energy spot 

markets have been so volatile. Clayton wanted to 

make those changes. Dave said he hasn’t received 

anything from Clayton but will follow up with him. As 

soon as he receives, he will forward to Linda for 

distribution to the TWG. 

10/15/08: Clayton said this was the report that had 

the four options considered by the LTEP and 

recommended to the SDOI. The report was finalized, 

Dave Garrett

John Hamill

Clayton Palmer 

June ? Open 
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(year.mo.day-no.) 

Action Item 

* Additional information in Meeting Minutes Assigned to Due Date Status 

peer reviewed, and sent to GCMRC and peer review 

changes were made and it was sent back to 

GCMRC. However, there was an error on one of the 

tables and Clayton had it fixed. Dr. Garrett said he 

would provide to Shane and GCMRC. Dennis asked 

if GCMRC ever completed the four options. John 

Hamill said it was still in a final draft form and their 

intent is to leave it in draft form. Clayton’s report is 

considered final but GCMRC’s full analysis of all the 

SPG options of which Clayton’s economic 

assessment was one component. The entire 

document was never finalized. John Hamill will 

send out the report but only as a preliminary 

report because it hasn’t been peer reviewed. The 

TWG will review at its next meeting. 

3/16/09: Clayton said WAPA prepared an economic 

evaluation of the four options that were developed by 

the SPG, forwarded to the TWG and then the 

AMWG. That was completed and became part of a 

GCMRC report of the anticipated impact on 

resources of implementing those four options. It turns 

out that all that was needed was a modification on 

one of the tables on WAPA’s part of that report. He 

asked his engineer to send the new table to Dr. 

Garrett and he will check to see if was sent out. 

Clayton said the AMWG and the TWG have a copy 

of the report.Clayton will send the “final” report 

with the revised table to the TWG. 

2008:04.08-09 (4) 

4/8/08: Dave Garrett will take the lead in developing 

a method for improving TWG/SA interaction. 

10/15/08: This item was not captured from the April 

2008 meeting minutes. As such, Dave will take the 

necessary action. 

3/16/09: Dr. Garrett said the impetus for this related 

to a need to have the science advisors to continually 

engaged with the TWG. Dave thinks it is resolved 

and suggested letting the current administration of 

the TWG go through a process and see if they feel 

better about the science advisors, GCMRC, and 

TWG’s reporting over the next two years. It’s 

resolved as far as they get output. 

Dave Garrett February 2009 Closed 

2008:04.08-09 (3) 

4/8/08: Larry Stevens (GCRG) and Jan Balsom 

(NPS) will work together on preparing a report on 

reintroducing missing species into the river corridor. 

7/16/08: Jan said she sent a list to Larry Stevens but 

hasn’t heard anything. This will be on the next 

meeting agenda. 

10/15/08: Larry gave a PPT at today’s meeting. The 

TWG will continue to keep this an issue of concern in 

future deliberations/actions within the AMP. 

3/16/09: Shane said Larry provided his PPT from the 

last meeting and from this meeting there is a 

preliminary draft Goal 3 motion language for the next 

AMWG meeting and a white paper on extirpated 

species that is available today. Emily Omana said 

there is an executive summary available today and 

added that Larry hopes to meet with the Park next 

week and get the white paper out in the next two 

Larry Stevens 

Jan Balsom October 2008 Closed 
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Action Number 

(year.mo.day-no.) 

Action Item 

* Additional information in Meeting Minutes Assigned to Due Date Status 

weeks. This item is closed in lieu of the white paper 

being sent to the TWG.

2008:10-15-16(1) 

10/15/08: John Hamill will send out the NPS 

proposal requesting GCMRC to perform a do a 

separate analysis on modeling data that GCMRC 

had collected to WAPA. John will also send the 

preliminary report to the TWG. 

3/16/09: John said the report was revised before it 

was sent to the TWG. The conclusions were 

essentially the same but they did do an internal 

review of that and it is still a preliminary report. There 

is a fair amount of uncertainty associated with the 

analysis that was done. The analysis looked at the 

effects of equalized monthly flows on sediment 

transport in the canyon. He said John O’Brien 

suggested expanding the scope of the analysis. John 

said they provided, as part of GCMRC’s updates, a 

write-up on the modeling project and its status. 

GCRMC would like to have additional interactions 

with the TWG about the modeling project. One 

element is to look at the effects of dam operations on 

sediment transport and they think they will have 

some preliminary results this year toward the end of 

the calendar year. They hope to eventually have 

some published reports that would address this issue 

in more detail. John said he would like the TWG to 

look at the scope of this issue. He said some 

preliminary reports should be available this fall. 

John Hamill ASAP Open 

2008:10.15-16(3) GCMRC will develop a journal article on the source 

of trout downstream of Lee's Ferry. 

3/16/09: Matthew Andersen said there are some new 

publications that Josh Korman is the senior author on 

that specifically addresses trout in the Lees Ferry 

Reach. Pursuing more information on natal origins is 

part of their PEP panel in the next few weeks. He 

said the PPT is a start but there needs to be more 

studies done. This will remain open until after the 

PEP when more information may be available.

John Hamill Open