American River Watershed Group

Monthly Meeting

Thursday, June 15, 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?


10:30 a.m. – Guest Speaker: Bill Carnazzo, ( Foresthill resident, retired attorney, and experienced fly fishing guide on some of the finer trout streams in Northern California, including the Upper American River) will be sharing his experiences with photos in our watershed and why he feels that the populations of bugs (that are so important to our wild trout fishery) may be on the decline. He is also one of those interested people willing to invest their time and energies in the Upper American River Foundation.


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 (July 20, 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!