American River Watershed Group

Monthly Meeting

Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006

10:00 A.M. to 12 noon

http://arwg.net

Canyon View Community Center

471 Maidu Dr., Auburn, CA 95603

http://auburnrec.com/images/canyonview.gif


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, Tony Scardina, El Dorado National Forest, “Off Road Vehicle Route Designation Project".


11:00 a.m. Guest Speakers, David Hanson, SMUD Hydro Relicensing Project Manager & Soren Jesperson, Friends of the River, “Request for ARWG to support the Agency/NGO Alternative Proposal to the SMUD UARF FERC Relicensing

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

1) CABY http://www.cabyregion.org/

2) PARC http://www.parc-auburn.org/ Results of Clean Up and Other News.

  1. PCWA Middle Fork Project Technical Working Groups - Status Report http://relicensing.pcwa.net/

  2. Tahoe N.F. off-road vehicle routes in the American River Ranger District, Thurs. Oct. 26 at 6:30 p.m. at Foresthill Middle School, 22888 Foresthill Rd. in Science Lab, Room #11 http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/tahoe/projects_plans/ohv_inv/documents/06_oct_04_ohv_update.shtml

  3. South Fork American River Watershed Update – Austin Mulder, Watershed Coordinator, El Dorado R.C.D (Watershed Education Summit http://www.watershedsummit.org/ , Report on WES 2006 held at Union Valley Reservoir Oct. 5, 6, & 7, 2006…) and other current activities.

  4. Sediment Dynamics Study - status report.

  5. Auburn State Recreation Area General Plan Progress Report http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=24325 (Jim Micheaels jmiche@parks.ca.gov )

  6. Others?

11:55 a.m. NEXT MEETING (December 21, 2006, Guest Speakers (???).

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!