Agenda:
March 2, 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: 01/05/11 & 02/02/11

5:40 Virtue Mine Water for Watersheds Proposal – Kim Lethlean

GENERAL BUSINESS

6:00 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 Powder River – Kirkway Reach Restoration Project - [INFORMATION,
DISCUSSION]

6:45 PBWC Strategic Plan [DISCUSSION; DECISION]
1. Approval of Strategic Plan put forth at 02/02/11 meeting
2. Board of Directors briefing on WC Strategic Work Plan, Biennium 2011-13

6:10 AgWQMP – request Volunteer

7:15 PBWC Board of Directors Report [INFORMATION]
• Treasurer’s Report – Eric Schoenfeld
• WC Support Grant Application 03/07 - 03/22
• NOWC BM 67 / HJR 29 – Tim Bliss


7:30 Adjourn