Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- Origins of the Long-Term Strategic Plan -- Charge to the Committee -- Complications with the Strategic Plan -- Methods for Reviewing the Strategic Plan -- 2 The Center's Long Term Strategic Plan -- The Center's Strategic Plan -- Weaknesses and Alternatives -- Summary -- 3 The Adaptive Management Program -- Introduction -- The Emerging Field of Adaptive Management -- Adaptive Management of Glen Canyon Dam and the Colorado River Ecosystem -- Strengths of the Strategic Plans -- Weaknesses of the Strategic Plans -- 4 Ecosystem Monitoring and Science -- Conceptual Modeling -- Design and Implementation of a Long-Term Monitoring Plan -- The Center's Resource Program Areas -- 5 Organization and Resources -- Organizational Structure and Center Roles in the Adaptive Management Program -- The Center's Institutional Home -- The Center's Organizational Structure and Size -- Budget and Funding Issues -- 6 Summary of Findings and Recommendations - Adaptive Management Issues -- Science Program Issues -- Organizational and Budget Issues -- References -- Appendixes -- A Grand Canyon Protection Act (1992) -- B Adaptive Management Work Group Members -- C Technical Work Group Members -- D Record of Decision (1996) -- E Table II-7 Summary Comparison of Alternatives and Impacts -- F Economic Literature Relevant to Grand Canyon Management -- G Figures -- H Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
