American River Watershed Group

http://arwg.net

Monthly Meeting

LOCATION:

Canyon View Community Center

471 Maidu Dr., Auburn, CA 95603

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

Thursday, March 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?)

2. .Review and Approval of Minutes from last meeting & Additions to the Agenda?

10:15 a.m. – Discussion Topics:

1. Review of Draft Decision Making Protocols

2. Review of Draft Project List for Prioritizing and Use to Write Proposals

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 (Global Warming or Global Cooling? (burr…)

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

8) Grazing

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

10) Invasive Species

11:55 a.m. NEXT MEETING (April 20, 2006 10 a.m. to 12 noon, Canyon View Community Center)

• Agenda Suggestions & Open Discussion

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!