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Review of the Draft Federal Long-Term Monitoring Plan for the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam (1994) / Chapter Skim
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3 GENERAL COMMENTS
Pages 19-23

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From page 19...
... Examples of poor usage include such words or phrases as "attribute inputs," "visitations," "statistical reliability," "value evaluation," and many others. A second problem is weakness in the logical thread that should connect monitoring objectives, needs for information, and protocols for data collection.
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From page 20...
... from the perspective of the 1992 Grand Canyon Protection Act, is not specifically geared to the draft ElS or to present operating regimes. Its purpose should be to produce a constant flow of reliable basic information that wall be useful for assessing any environmental change in the Grand Canyon between Lake Powell and Lake Mead under any operating regime, whether actual or hypothetical.
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From page 21...
... These activities are required by the 1992 Grand Canyon Protection Act, and are essential components of the Bureau of Reciamation's plan to operate Glen Canyon Dam in a fashion that protects the resources of Grand Canyon. ADMINISTRATION, CONTRACTING, AND COST The monitoring plan does not discuss administrative strategies, contracting, or cost.
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From page 22...
... Truly competitive contracting arrangements should be a feature of the long-term monitoring program, and should extend beyond the cooperating agencies to any entity, public or private, that would be well qualified for the work. In the committee's view, the administrators of the monitoring program should establish an agreement with the cooperating agencies, with help from the Interior Department as necessary, stating that contracts related to long-term monitoring not be held captive for reasons having to do with permits, authorization of access, or use of publicly owned equipment such as gages.
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From page 23...
... In the absence of any information on cost, the tendency may be for administrators to allocate insufficient money for the long-term monitoring program. If the size of the program is dictated by an arbitrary allocation, much of the effort that has been invested in defining minimum boundaries for the program wait have been wasted, and the program may become ineffective.
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  • minimal visibility
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  • remain stable

  • report directly
  • lake powell
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  • recreational users
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  • actual data
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