November 15, 2004

Draft Agenda

Merced River Stakeholder Group Meeting

November 15, 2004

Note new schedule!!!!

6:00-8:00 pm

Board Room, Merced Tri-College Center, Tri-College Drive (take G Street and turn left on Cornucopia Way), Merced

We will be having a field trip to the Merced River Ranch Project near Snelling in the afternoon just before this meeting. More info will be mailed out and posted as it is available.

6:00-6:10 pm    Introductions, Ground Rules, Approve Key Outcomes Memo from 09/20/04 mtg.

6:10-6:20          Updates:

Merced Irrigation District Update, Ted Selb  

Merced County Planning Dept. Update, Bill Nicholson

6:20-6:30          Merced River Ranch – Field Trip Report & Update Design Component, Pete Downs, Stillwater Sciences

6:30-6:40          Presentation on local activities of Trust for Public Lands, Erik Vink

 6:40-7:00         Update on other Group Activities on River

7:00-7:10          Break

7:10-7:50          Revisit MRRP Prioritized Actions, Teri Murrison

7:50:7:55          Announcements

7:55-8:00          Schedule next meeting, finalize agenda & wrap up (“Plus/Delta,” refreshments)

Snacks:           Please bring your favorite holiday snacks to share. Teri will provide beverages.

For more information, please contact Teri Murrison at 209-852-0112 or info@mercedriverstakeholders.org.

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September 20, 2004

Agenda

Merced River Stakeholder Group Meeting

September 20, 2004

Note new schedule!!!!

6:00-8:00 pm

Merced County Farm Bureau, 646 S. Hwy 59 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.), Merced

6:00-6:10 pm          Introductions, Ground Rules, Approve Key Outcomes Memo from 07/19/04         mtg.  

 

6:10-6:20                 Updates:

Merced Irrigation District Update, Ted Selb  

Merced County Planning Dept. Update, Bill Nicholson

6:20-7:25 Web-based Watershed Inventory Systems Presentations

6:20-6:50  Watershed Information Model (WIM), Chris Glover, Western Shasta RCD http://wim.shastacollege.edu/ From Website: “Located in Northern California, the 4 million acre WIM study area is a collaborative partnership addressing management challenges and research opportunities in 18 different watersheds. The mission of WIM is to allow anyone with an interest in watershed management instant access to the best science education on local natural resources, quickly and efficiently. There is an increasing value in linking scientific research and education within the educational system and institutions of higher learning to promote an understanding of the processes and products of the scientific enterprise by citizens and enrich the educational experience at all levels of instruction. This project is about information development and exchange.”

6:55-7:25 Watershed Portal, David Siedband, Wolf & Associates http://www.wolfandassociates.com/web/watershed_portals.htm  From Web site: “As more organizations put information important to watersheds onto the web, the value of a local, uniting watershed web library grows. A web library is a repository for both the "card catalog" metadata information about resources and the individual documents and resources themselves. Different organizations can create their own "portals" into the library which organize and access the information to advance their own mission and goals. Critical to a portal's effectiveness are open source (public domain) software tools and an institutionalized effort to support its long-term maintenance. Unfortunately few organizational missions include direction to build and maintain a collaborative watershed web library. A good solution is for organizations in the watershed to unite in creating a new institutional structure that develops and maintains the local watershed library into which each can have their own portal. As part of the effort to build the Sacramento River Portal, Wolf and Associates developed a series of proposals for sponsorships, steering committee structure, strategic options, and an invitation and agenda for an initial meeting. These are available for public use under the Creative Commons License.”                          

7:30-7:50      SLEWS  Presentation, (Tba) From Website: “The SLEWS (Student and Landowner Education and Watershed Stewardship) program combines watershed-based education with watershed stewardship. SLEWS provides a diverse group of students with hands-on, place-based learning opportunities in order to cultivate stewardship, community and connection to the watershed. SLEWS program staff work closely with local partners and private landowners to engage students in the process of restoring wildlife habitat on farms, ranches and open spaces in the Putah-Cache Bioregion and in the San Joaquin Valley. Participating SLEWS schools commit to a year-long project that evolves from season to season according to the restoration cycle. Field trip activities might include seed collecting, plant propagation, planting native vegetation, building and installing bird boxes, removing invasive species, installing irrigation equipment and monitoring. Students also take part in ecological field studies focusing on the plants, animals, water quality or soil erosion at their site. We work with SLEWS teachers to determine how the program can best meet their needs, helping them to take advantage of their site as a place to introduce or emphasize classroom concepts. The SLEWS experience further serves to introduce students to possible careers in agriculture, education and natural resource conservation, while developing their skills as leaders.”

 7:50-7:55    Announcements: please bring written announcements to hand out at the meeting in case time does not permit you to make your announcement 

7:55-8:00     Schedule Next Meeting, finalize agenda & wrap up  (“Plus/Delta,” snacks, beverages)

Snacks:           Bernie Wade will bring snacks and Cathy Weber will bring drinks.

For more information, contact Teri Murrison, Watershed Coordinator and Facilitator at info@mercedriverstakeholders.org or 209.852.0112.

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July 19, 2004, 6:30-8:30 pm

·     What is the history of planning and project efforts by AFRP? (Jeff McLain, 10 mins)

·     How has the MRRP been used to date?

·     Should and can the existing MRRP be revised? Should we create a more comprehensive Plan? If so, how should that be done (funding, etc.)?

Snacks:           Bernie Wade will bring snacks and Teri Murrison will bring drinks.

April 19, 2004

Agenda

Merced River Stakeholder Group

6:30-8:30 pm

UC Cooperative Extension Classroom Building, 2145 Wardrobe, Merced

Join us for a 4:30 pm no-host dinner at

The Eagle’s Nest, 2000E. Childs, Merced!

 

6:30-6:40  Introductions, Ground Rules

6:40-6:55   Updates:    Merced Irrigation District Update, Ted Selb, Merced County Planning Dept. Update, Renee Foster, Watershed Coordinator Interim Funding Update, Teri Murrison

6:55-7:05    Merced River Ranch Revegetation Experiment, (Pete Downs, Stillwater Sci.)

7:05-7:15    Caltrans Bridge Replacement -Youd Rd. & Hwy 59 area, (Vickie Traxler, Caltrans)

7:15-:7:55    Discussion of Current Usage of Merced River Restoration Plan to Establish Policy

7:55-8:05     Break

8:05-8:15     Announcements: please bring written announcements to hand out at the meeting in case time does not permit you to make your announcement 

8:15-8:25     Next meeting's agenda 

8:25-8:30     Schedule Next Meeting & Wrap Up  (Plus/Delta, snacks, beverages)

Snacks:      Cathy Weber will bring snacks and Gwen Huff will bring drinks.

For more information, contact Teri Murrison, Watershed Coordinator and Facilitator at Info@mercedriverstakeholders.org or 209.852.0112.

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Monday, February 23, 2004

AGENDA

Merced River Stakeholder Group

NOTE LOCATION!! Merced Tri-College Center TC-4C The meeting will be held at the Merced Tri-College Center (Classroom TC-4C). Take G Street north past Olive and Yosemite Ave., turn left on Cormorant Drive - turns into Community College Dr., park closest to Building TC-4 - no parking permit necessary

6:30-6:40pm Introductions, Ground Rules

6:40-6:45      Merced Irrigation District Update, Ted Selb

6:45-6:50      Merced County Planning Dept. Update, Bill Nicholson

6:50-7:00      Watershed Coordinator Interim Funding Update,                         Cindy Lashbrook

7:00-8:00      Water Hyacinths on Lower Merced River, 

7:00 – 7:20 Jeff Stuart, Madelyn Martinez, NOAA;

7:20 – 7:30 Dan Cismowski, Ag Commissioner's Office;

7:30 – 8:00 Questions & Discussion

 8:00-8:10     Break

 8:10-8:15     Announcements: please bring written announcements to hand out at the meeting in case time does not permit you to make your announcement 

8:15-8:25      Next meeting's agenda (Merced River Restoration Plan Panel Discussion,  UC, Merced grant proposal: “Planning a Sensor Network to Monitor, Manage, and Forecast a CLEANER  California Watershed,” Tom Harmon; New Zealand Mudsnails, Roger Buttermore?)

8:25-8:30      Schedule Next Meeting & Wrap Up  (Plus/Delta, snacks, beverages)

Snacks:       Dave Hu will bring snacks and Dan Cismowski will bring drinks.

For more information, contact Teri Murrison, Watershed Coordinator at Info@mercedriverstakeholders.org or 209.852.0112.

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