American River Watershed Group
Monthly Meeting
Thursday, April 20, 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
) 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. – Guest Speaker: Kevin Guerrero, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection:
“The California Fire Plan, Annual Updates and Opportunities for Information Contributions”
(Gianni Muschetto (CDF, Camino) will be here to represent the El Dorado County Fire Plan)
11:00 a.m. Guest Speakers: Matt Triggs and Dan Teater (U.S. Forest Service, Tahoe National Forest, American River Ranger District): “Lessons Learned from Star Fire Pre and Post Monitoring”
11:45: 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 ( May 18, 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!
