Agenda:
May 4, 2011
POWDER BASIN WATERSHED COUNCIL
Monthly Public Meeting @ 5:30 p.m.
Baker City School District 5J (2090 Fourth Street)

AGENDA

5:30 Call to Order
Recognition of Guests / Commissioners Comment / Unscheduled Public Input
Approval of Minutes: 05/04/11

5:45 Jeff Tomack, District Ranger, Whitman National Forest
Update on USFS activity, programs and goals from a fresh perspective

GENERAL BUSINESS

6:15 Watershed Status Reports [INFORMATION-DISCUSSION-DECISION]
• Powder Basin [Small Grant Program; Basin Municipalities; Monitoring
Program development]
• Brownlee Subbasin [Eagle Valley SWCD; Brownlee Reservoir Assessment;]
o Pine Creek [Floodplain Plan Development; OWEB grant for Ditch
consolidation]
o Snake Tributaries
• Burnt River Subbasin [Burnt River SWCD; USFS; Burnt River Irrigation
District]
o North Fork [NFBR Stream Restoration Project]
o South Fork
o Main Stem
• Powder River Subbasin
o Upper Powder River [Baker Valley SWCD; SVDTs, UPRWAP]
o Powder River - Baker Valley [BVSWCD; BVID; PRBVWAP; Kirkway Project;
Sutton Creek]
o Powder River - Powder Valley [BVSWCD; PVWCD; PRPVWAP]
o Lower Powder River [KtSWCD; EVSWCD; LPRIrrigators; LPRWAP]

6:40 PBWC Strategic Plan [DISCUSSION; DECISION]
1. Draft WC Strategic Work Plan, Approve Objectives Watershed
Conservation and Management Initiatives
2. Discuss and give input on other goals
a. Partnership & Collaboration
b. Education and Outreach
c. Council Development and Management

7:10 Report on WASH Committee – Powder Basin Water Outlook and Storage
Feasibility

7:20 PBWC Board of Directors Report [INFORMATION]
• Treasurer’s Report – Eric Schoenfeld
• WC Support Grant Application, update Karen Leiendecker

7:30 Adjourn