CRMP Research, Monitoring and Mitigation Program

The CRMP Research Monitoring and Mitigation Program is directed at identifying and evaluating:

• Natural and Cultural Resource Conditions
• Natural and Cultural Resource Impacts
• Visitor Experience

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“Mitigating” negative impacts to park resources and visitor experience using the following management tools:

• Resource Education and Outreach
• Cyclic Maintenance and Site Restoration
• Adaptive Management

 

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Additional research and monitoring efforts are conducted by the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center (GCMRC), located in Flagstaff, AZ. A summary of these projects are found below.

If you have questions regarding any of these projects, please contact Grand Canyon's Research Coordinator at 928-638-7447 or email us.

Copies of the the files listed below may be requested from Grand Canyon National Park's Museum Collection and Archive. 928-638-7769

• Studying Changes in Upland Landscapes and Archaeological Sites (206 kb)

• Monitoring Sand Storage to Conserve Sandbars in Grand Canyon National Park (232 kb)

• Sandbar and Campsite Monitoring in Grand Canyon National Park (532 kb)

• Citizen Science—Quantifying Food for the Fishes of the Grand Canyon (174 kb)

• Natal Origins of Rainbow Trout and Survival of Juvenile Humpback Chub (172 kb)

• Riparian Vegetation Studies - Monitoring Vegetation Change (575 kb)

• U.S. Geological Survey Stream Gaging along the Colorado River in Canyon National Park (298 kb)

• Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program Fish Community Monitoring (353 kb)

 

CRMP Annual Reports (pdf files)

• Fiscal Year 2015
• Fiscal Year 2014
• Fiscal Year 2013
• Fiscal Year 2012
• Fiscal Year 2011
• Fiscal Year 2010

Other Related Documents (pdf files)

• Lower Gorge Campsite Mitigation, Mar 2015
• Soap Creek Restoration Project, Nov 2009