American River Watershed Group

Monthly Meeting

Thursday, Dec. 20, 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

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. Meeting Topic… “Where Do We Go From Here?”

1. Sediment Study nearing completion… so what?

2. North Fork American River Watershed has been listed as a “Priority Watershed” in need of a Watershed Assessment in the latest California Department of Water Resources “Prop. 50” Watershed Program Draft Grant Solicitation… Comments are due Jan. 5, 2006… Concept Proposals due March 2007, funding maybe by July 2007???

3. Are We Coordinated Enough yet? Or do we want to update our last Watershed Coordinator Grant proposal with updated work plan components?

11:30 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.

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

4. NRCS/RCD Multi-County GIS– Austin Mulder, GIS Coordinator.

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 (January 18, 2007, 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!