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May 1 to May 31, 2004

1. Highlights of GCMRC activities:

USGS and youth partner for science: The Southwest Biological Science Center's Grand Canyon Monitoring & Research Center (GCMRC) has formed a partnership with the Grand Canyon Youth Organization. This collaborative project involves having young people work with GCMRC scientists verifying, documenting and inventorying geo-referenced control points along the Colorado River through Grand Canyon. This project provides the youth with the experience of collecting valuable field data in support of GCMRC research. The goal is to provide a mutually beneficial project that will both inspire some youth to pursue higher education in the sciences as well as to provide an opportunity for them to complete a meaningful service project while on the river. Forty youth from across Northern Arizona and other parts of the west will have the opportunity to go on these trips. Contact: Kristin Brown, (928) 556-7084, kmbrown@usgs.gov, or Carol Fritzinger, (928) 556-7207, cfritz@usgs.gov, USGS.

Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program highlighted: An overview of the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program (GCDAMP) science program operated by the U.S. Geological Survey Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center (GCMRC) was presented in the May issue of Water Resources IMPACT, a publication of the American Water Resources Association. The article provided an overview of the GCDAMP and described key elements of the science program as implemented by the GCMRC. The article can be viewed electronically by members of the American Water Resources Association at: http://www.awra.org/impact/0405impact.html. Contact: Mike Liszewski, USGS, (928) 556-7458, mjlisz@usgs.gov.

2. GCMRC in the news:

The Colorado River and the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center were the subject of five recent newspaper articles that resulted from a river trip down the Colorado River April 13-20 sponsored by Assistant Interior Secretary Bennett Raley and the USGS. Present on the trip were a group of senior Department of Interior officials, newspaper press reporters from major newspapers and news services, two water managers, a staffer from Arizona Senator Kyle's office, and a representative from the NGO Environmental Defense. Newspaper articles were printed in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Torrance Daily Breeze, SacBee (Sacramento Bee), and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Articles focused on drought impact as well as other issues in the Colorado River Corridor. Contact: Denny Fenn, Flagstaff, AZ, 928-556-7094, denny_fenn@usgs.gov.

3. New publications received by the GCMRC library:

  1. Davis, Philip A. 2004. Review of results and recommendations from the GCMRC 2000-2003 remote-sensing initiative for monitoring environmental resources within the Colorado River ecosystem. USGS Open-File Report 2004-1206. Electronic Access: http://www.gcmrc.gov/library/reports/Remote_Sensing/Davis2004.pdf
  2. Fairley, Helen C. 2003. Changing River: Time, Culture, and the Transformation of Landscape in Grand Canyon. A Regional Research Design for the Study of Cultural Resources along the Colorado River in lower Glen Canyon and Grand Canyon, National Park, Arizona. Statistical Research, Inc. Technical Series 79. Electronic Access: http://www.gcmrc.gov/library/reports/cultural/Archaeology/Fairley2003.pdf
  3. Ward, David. 2004. Little Colorado River Fish Monitoring 2003 Annual Report. Cooperative Agreement 02WRAG0030. Electronic Access: http://www.gcmrc.gov/library/reports/biological/Fish_studies/AZGame&Fish/2004/Ward2004.pdf

Contact Stephanie Wyse at the GCMRC library (928-556-7373) to obtain reprints of publications not available electronically.