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Meeting Agenda items not always taken in order that they
appear
Minutes from February 20th, 2013
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A motion to approve last month’s meeting minutes as submitted was
made by Jay, 2nd by Dillion, Motion Carried.
Financial Report
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Leona reviewed the financial report with the board for this
period. A motions to approve the financial report was
made by Dillion, 2nd by Jay, motion carried.
Administrator’s Report:
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Reviewed the
Administrator Grant.
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A motion to approve the Administrator Grant as submitted was made
by Dennis, 2nd by Dillion, Motion
Carried.
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We are
sponsoring a 223 grant for Eurasian Milfoil Education
Coordinator:
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We are the
sponsors for the Annual Area V meeting which will be help
October 2nd
GMCD Website:
(greenmountaincd.org.)
LCFWG
Watershed Report:
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Avista Appendix “E”
Grant – Nothing to report for March
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Tuscor DNRC Grant
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Coordinate
with all vendors- Talked with Watershed Consulting about
continuing work & budget for work in summer 2013. Funding
is available for this work
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Schedule
monitoring – summer 2013
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Work with
landowner
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Monitor
project – ongoing and scheduled for summer 2013
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Monitor grant
status and funds –funding is available for projected
monitoring & maintenance
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Work with
Avista grant writer on reporting requirements – provided
update to Ruth and reviewed report
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Sanders RAC Tuscor Grant
– to be closed out
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East Fork Elk Springer
DEQ
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Work with DEQ
on monitoring plan – negotiated requirements for monitoring
plan with DEQ,
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Coordinate
with all vendors - created contract for monitoring plan with
RDG
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Schedule
monitoring – working with NRCS, Cabinet Ranger station to do
monitoring
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Work with
landowner
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Monitor
project – will occur in April and summer 2013
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Monitor grant
status and funds – DEQ approved funds for monitoring plan
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Chapel Slide Forest
Service Grant – will close out this funding and return
to FS
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Chapel Slide Avista
Grant
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Monitor grant
status and funds – will use this account to order
seeds/plants for re-veg
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Chapel Slide NFWF Grant
– project completed, funding received, closing out
account
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LCFWG Coordinator &
Prospect Creek Grant - nothing in March
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Bull River Watershed
Restoration Prioritization Update Grant -
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Monitor
project
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Ensure
assessment is completed – final report received, not
reviewed yet
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Mainstem Bull River
Riparian Forest Reveg Avista Grant
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All permits
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RFPs
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Coordinate
with all vendors – communicated with RDG in re landowner
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Coordinate all
needed work – updating FWP on landowner response
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Work with
landowner – constant conversations with Janice Schmidt, bad
time for project, will probably look for another site, still
possible in future
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East Fork Elk Creek
Assessment RAC Grant
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Coordinate
with Forest Service on requirements – update at meeting,
coord with Springer monitoring
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Chapel Slide Phase II
Vegetation
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Coordinate
with Forest Service on requirements – ordered all
seed/plants for project
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Prospect Creek
Restoration Project MWCC Grant – communication about
reporting requirements.
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Work with
Prospect Creek Mitigation team
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Monitor grant
status and funds – will start deducting coord time from this
account
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FWP Report:
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The public
comment period for the Draft Environmental Assessment was
extended to April 19, 2013. Several requests for extensions
have been submitted and are currently under consideration.
Routine, nonlethal sampling will continue.
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Due to freezing
temperatures the Thompson Falls fish ladder was shut down
last week. When reopened, there was some damage to
instruments due to flooding. Repairs are currently
underway.
NRCS Report:
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Our 2013 EQIP contracts have been obligated and we are designing
the irrigation systems.
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Snowpack levels are down from average and last year, the Lower
Clark Fork is 82% of last year and 94% of average.
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Several landowners are going on their thinning projects on our end
of the county.
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Troy and Don are meeting with Kent this Friday to layout and sample
the soil health plots.
Old Business:
Building Repair Project:
No-Till Drill/Gopher-Getter:
New Business:
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Dennis gave an update on the Invasive Aquatic Weed Task Force
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Received funds for herbicides in Noxon.
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Received additional funds to assist with thefish stations.
Subdivision Review:
Time Allowed for comments from the Public not already on the
agenda:
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None
310 Activity
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SW-06C-12 Possible
violation at Spring Creek
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Keep this on
the agenda until spring.
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Kent has called
the care taker and he will call him back when the water is
low enough to see anything.
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SW-13C-13
Walker Possible Violation
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A motion that
this project is outside the scope of the 310 permit and is
not a violation as defined by District Rules was made by
Bill, 2nd by Dillion, motion carried.
Motion
to adjourn at 7:35p.m. was made by Dillion, 2nd
by Dennis, Motion carried
Respectfully Submitted.
Approved.
Leona
Gollen
Kent Wilby
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