Little information exists on the ecological features of most reservoirs. This information is necessary to make sound management decisions regarding the effects of operations on the reservoir ecology. Water from these impoundments serves as municipal and irrigation supplies, supports significant sport fisheries, and is used extensively for recreational purposes. The program would include developing priority parameters, followed by survey, monitoring and instrumentation. Collected data would then be incorporated into reservoir operating plans and resource management plans.
Reclamation has little information on the ecology of the reservoirs it manages.
Water from the impoundments serves as irrigation and domestic water supplies, supports significant sport fisheries, and is used extensively for recreational purposes. Managers of these reservoirs need ecological information to make decisions which consider the consequences of the various water needs. Several conversations have occurred between the BRD contact and Reclamation's contact, Jeff Lucero. The available information in scientific and 'gray' literature will provide a first cut at determining information needs and priorities for assessing trophic status and water quality in GP reservoirs. Strategic planning for the Reservoir Ecology Appraisement Program by BRD, USBR, and COE personnel is tentatively scheduled for early spring, 1998.