American River Watershed Group

Monthly Meeting

Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007

10:00 A.M. to 12 noon

http://arwg.net (new address!!)

Canyon View Community Center

471 Maidu Dr., Auburn, CA 95603

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10:00 a.m. – Call to Order Meeting

  1. Check In (Name, How you are, Time Constraints, Who’s Missing? Elephants? Expectations?)

  1. Review and Approval of Minutes from last meeting & Additions to the Agenda?


10:15 a.m. Guest Speaker: David Lawler, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, “Abandoned Mine & Mercury Reclamation in the North Fork American River Watershed”

11:00 a.m. Guest Speaker: Scott Flake, SMUD, “Lessons Learned from their UARP Relicensing Project”

11:45 a.m. What’s on Your Mind? (ARWG Updates on Current Priority Watershed Issues):

  1. Sediment Study TAC progress and future direction

  2. New TAC Formations for:

1) North Fork American River Watershed “Priority Watershed” for a Watershed Assessment ?

2) American River “Priority for a Watershed Plan ?

  1. Watershed Coordinator Sustainable Funding?

3. Others Things on Your Mind?

11:55 a.m. NEXT MEETING (February 15, 2007, Guest Speakers & Topics (???).

12:00 ADJOUN to UARF Meeting at International Sportsmen’s Exposition ,Granite Bay Flycasters Booth

Bill Templin, Watershed Coordinator, wtemplin@surewest.net 916-601-9954

You Should Visit Our Website http://arwg.net and Regional Web Portal: http://www.americanriverwatershed.net/ , our online repository for reports and resources of value to understanding the “State of Our Watershed”. Please add your valuable work to this site for us all to use!