American River Watershed Group

Monthly Meeting

Thursday, May 18, 2006

10:00 A.M. to 12 noon

http://arwg.net

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: Allen Edwards (http://www.battle-creek.net/currents_2nd_qtr_05.html ) Update On: “Life Downstream of a Wastewater Treatment Plant in Colfax, CA?”


11:00 a.m. Guest Speakers: David Purkey and David Yates “Answering Questions for the American River Watershed using WEAP ( a Water Evaluation And Planning system) (http://www.weap21.org/ http://www.calhrc.org/Climate%20change/yates2.ppt


11:45: What’s on Your Mind? (ARWG Updates on Current 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? What can we do to learn more?

6) Mining – (Lidar & Abandoned mines, Commercial and Recreational mining, Mercury handling?)

7) Off Road Vehicles, Mountain Bikes & Horses: Rubicon Trail Master Plan EIR/EIS

8) Grazing

9) FERC Relicensing (MFAR-PWCA & UARF-SMUD)

10) Invasive Species

11:55 a.m. NEXT MEETING (June 15, 2006 10 a.m. to 12 noon, Canyon View Community Center)

12:00 ADJOUN

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!