The Department of the Interior will undertake an experimental initiative to improve the management of Glen Canyon Dam and the Colorado River as it flows through Grand Canyon National Park, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Thursday during the Colorado River Water Users Association conference. "We must find a way to protect one of the world's most treasured landscapes, the Grand Canyon, while meeting water and clean energy needs in the face of climate change," Salazar said in a video message to the water users' meeting at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. The video was taped in Copenhagen where Secretary Salazar is participating in the global climate change conference. "Today, I am directing the development of a protocol for conducting additional high flow experiments at the dam," Salazar said.