American River Watershed Group
Monthly Meeting
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007
10:00 A.M. to 12 noon
http://arwg.net (new address!!)
Canyon View Community Center
471 Maidu Dr., Auburn, CA 95603
http://auburnrec.com/images/canyonview.gif
10:00 a.m. – Call to Order Meeting
Check In (Name, How you are, Time Constraints, Who’s Missing? Elephants? Expectations?)
Review and Approval of Minutes from last meeting & Additions to the Agenda?
10:15 a.m. Partnerships in Our Watershed: Featuring “Huell Howser’s 2 New “California’s Water” http://www.calgold.com/ episodes 1) ”We all Live in a Watershed” (29 minutes) featuring the Middle Fork American River, Costarring Marie Davis (PCWA), Jan Cutts (USFS), Jim Branham (Sierra Nevada Conservancy), and Nate Rangel (California Outdoors), and: 2) “Sacramento Valley: Working Together Pays Off” (28 minutes), featuring the Lower American River, Costarring Leo Winternitz (Water Forum), Ed Winkler (Regional Water Authority) and others…
11:15 a.m. Group Discussion on Ongoing Partnerships:
Watershed Plans and Assessments (including Mercury)… to tell us what we need to know? (CABY & RWA IRWMP’s, PCWA FERC Relicensing, American River Conference.)
Fuel Reduction Projects… the next steps following our Sediment Study? (TAC & USFS)
Watershed Coordination… where do we want to go? (ARWG, UARF, CABY…)
11:55 a.m. NEXT MEETING (March 15, 2007, Guest Speakers & Topics (???).
12:00 ADJOUN to “Upper American River Foundation” Meeting at Baker’s Square Restaurant http://www.arwg.net/uarf.html & http://groups.msn.com/uarf
Bill Templin, Watershed Coordinator, wtemplin@surewest.net 916-601-9954
You Should Visit Our American River 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!
