American River Watershed Group

http://arwg.net

Monthly Meeting

LOCATION:

Canyon View Community Center

471 Maidu Dr., Auburn, CA 95603

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Thursday, February 16, 2006

10:00 A.M. to 12 noon

AGENDA

10:00 a.m. - CALL TO ORDER

  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: Otis Wollan, American River Watershed Institute http://arwi.us/ will update us on the current status and future plans for their Fuel Reduction Project in Colfax.
11:00 a.m. ARWG Discussion of Management & Decision making on our Active Priority Watershed Issues:
1) Watershed Assessment (CABY, Sediment Risk Study, Auburn Dam, ASRA General Plan)
2) Fuel Reduction and Forest Management
3) Climate Change – preparing for it
4) Water Quality – is it getting better?
5) Fisheries – what do we know about them?
6) Mining – (Lidar & Abandoned mines, Commercial and Recreational mining, Mercury handling?)
7) Off Road Vehicles, Mountain Bikes & Horses
8) Grazing
9) FERC Relicensing (MFAR-PWCA & UARF-SMUD)
10) Invasive Species
11:55 a.m. NEXT MEETING (March 16, 2006 10 a.m. to 12 noon, Canyon View Community Center)
12:00 ADJOURN
Bill Templin, Watershed Coordinator, wtemplin@surewest.net 916-601-9954
American River Regional Web Portal Website: 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!