2008 High-Flow Experiment: Documents
Planning Documents
- Finding of No Significant Impact - Experimental Releases from Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona, 2008 through 2012 -- Bureau of Reclamation -- .pdf format (280 KB)
- Final Biological Opinion for the Operation of Glen Canyon Dam -- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service -- .pdf format (1.13 MB)
- Biological Assessment, Operation of Glen Canyon Dam, 2008-2012 -- Bureau of Reclamation -- .pdf format (1 MB)
- Department of the Interior Update -- .pdf format (189 KB)
- Environmental Assessment Experimental Releases from Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona 2008 through 2012 (Bureau of Reclamation) -- .pdf format (658 KB)
- Estimated Replacement Power Costs -- U.S. Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration -- .pdf format (55 KB)
- Proposed 2008 High-Flow Science Plan -- .pdf format (850 KB)
Fact Sheets
- 2008 High-Flow Experiment at Glen Canyon Dam Benefits Colorado River Resources in Grand Canyon National Park -- .pdf format (5.2 MB)
- Science activities associated with proposed 2008 high-flow experiment at Glen Canyon Dam - USGS Fact Sheet 2008-3011 -- .pdf format (1.2 MB)
- Adaptive Management Purpose and Goals - Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program Fact Sheet -- .pdf format (434 KB)
- Conservation of Grand Canyon Sandbars - USGS Fact Sheet 2007-3020 -- .pdf format (32 KB)
- Grand Canyon Humpback Chub Population - USGS Fact Sheet 2007-3113 -- .pdf format (321 KB)
Final Reports
- 2008 High-Flow Experiment at Glen Canyon Dam—Morphologic Response of Eddy-Deposited Sandbars and Associated Aquatic Backwater Habitats along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park -- .pdf format (4.4 MB)
- Short-Term Effects of the 2008 High-Flow Experiment on Macroinvertebrates in Colorado River Below Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona -- .pdf format (1.8 MB)
- Effects of High-Flow Experiments from Glen Canyon Dam on Abundance, Growth, and Survival Rates of Early Life Stages of Rainbow Trout in the Lees Ferry Reach of the Colorado River -- .pdf format (2.8 MB)
- Sandbar Response in Marble and Grand Canyons, Arizona, Following the 2008 High-Flow Experiment on the Colorado River -- .pdf format (18 MB)
- Riparian Vegetation Response to the March 2008 Short-Duration, High-Flow Experiment—Implications of Timing and Frequency of Flood Disturbance on Nonnative Plant Establishment Along the Colorado River Below Glen Canyon Dam -- .pdf format (3.3 MB)
- 2008 Weather and Aeolian Sand-Transport Data from the Colorado River Corridor, Grand Canyon, Arizona -- .pdf format (62.2 MB)