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January - - Remember the 5-Corners Process (watershed planning) and HB 2514 (watershed management)? The CRC was involved in these way back then. Sometimes we don't make progress. This was one of those times and these were two of the issues. We tried to focus folks on the issue of out of date flood maps. They still are! The Drops of Water had the first student, Nick McFarland, submission. We started, and Margaret Rader continues, to work with Grays Harbor College Model Watershed. We tried to influence the NPDES permit for Centralia Mining, but that effort met with resistance from WaDOE. Sludge work (Bunker/Deep Creek) started early though our joint appeal with the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis was denied
February - - Again, with the help of the Oyster Growers we attempted to influence HB 2514. We sure need more help wielding influence, as we didn't accomplish our objectives.
March - - The Chehalis Basin Partnership (HB 2514) starts the approval process of the intergovernmental agreement. (January 1999, this is still not approved). The CRC has made presentations to Sharon Grange, Trout Unlimited and the American Association of University Women. The CRC, in the person of Margaret Rader, put out a call for volunteers and Rob Schanz, Karen Knutsen, Jenny Holderman, Brenda Boardman and Josh Cisneros answered.
April - - The big event on the Harbor was the Annual Shorebird Festival. The CRC was there. Were you? We continue to try and influence the membership qualifications for the Chehalis Basin Partnership. Margaret Rader continues to host volunteer meetings. The oyster growers and CRC conclude their part of the sampling schedule for the TMDL study for Grays Harbor. Results of the DOE TMDL study will be out in the spring of "99",
May - - In our continuing efforts to influence government decisions, members and board members take on the Water Conservancy Board in Lewis County, seawalls in Ocean Shores, the membership qualifications of the Chehalis Basin Partnership. One board member even went so far as to resign, in protest, from a Comprehensive Plan Committee. The CRC received a grant from the USFWS in the amount of $17,000 for Drops of Water. Oyster growers, FOGH and CRC start monitoring Grays Harbor Estuary Task Force meetings. Because these groups were on the scene attempts to dissolve the Task Force's Citizen's Advisory Committee has been challenged and other Estuary Management modifications are under review. We added an online resource that includes discharge permits for the watershed.
June - - The CRC reached out again to the Chehalis Basin Partnership, only to lose to the "John Doe" comment made by one of the Partnership members. We were saddened to lose Dave Spogen as a board member - he had and continues to invest a lot of time in watershed activities and the conflict and workload led to his resignation. Brenda Boardman 'accepted the challenge' and filled Dave's board position. This month the activity picked up as a group of volunteers worked to create a "Watershed Revival" to coincide with Washington Water Weeks (an August event). The group, American Rivers, worked with us to permit use of their materials on our internet site. Now we have access to pending legislation and other activities from the other Washington.
July - - Leudinghaus Road (near Rainbow Falls State Park) drew a lot of attention. Merrie Lee Nelson and neighbors, along with several members of the CRC worked together on an appeal of a large subdivision. During these early months of 1998 the Chehalis Watershed Coalition met off and on. However it has slipped into dormancy. Maybe it is waiting for some "real" issues.
August - - August was a busy month. The CRC was at Brady's Annual Clean Water Oyster Feed and the Eleventh Annual Ricky Young, Northwest Longboard Classic at Westport - and we wrapped up the month with a very successful "Watershed Revival" at The Matrix Coffeehouse in Chehalis. Thanks to FOGH's hard work on the Stafford Creek Prison environmental concerns the City of Aberdeen provided funding for 3 editions of Drops of Water.
September - - In September we learned, and reported, that Lewis County is (according to Commissioner Richard Graham) planning to work with Pacific Corp to acquire the Skookumchuck Dam. Cohasset Park (Westport) is a new activity of interest to the CRC and we got to meet, join with, and work with Bill and Patty Barmettler as they focused on their concerns about a large development at Settlers' Ridge. Thanks to Sue Butschun the CRC tax work is filed on time! CRC member Brady Engvall became part of the Ocean shores Citizens Information Committee (CIC). The committee was formed to educate the public on the Ocean shores EIS process under the direction of Pacific International Engineering. Later when Ocean Shores decided to do their own EIS for a long term erosion solution the CIC was morphed into the new EIS team and the process is ongoing.
October - - Another hearing on Settlers' Ridge - and sludge returns to the list of hot topics and issues in Lewis County. Lewis County was challenged on the delegation of authority for regulating land applications of sludge and that issue is still before them. The CRC joins with many other organizations to deliver a full day of environmental education to students from 9 area high schools. Dave Spogen led an effort many months ago which resulted in a grant (to the schools) from EPA to provide ongoing education and field work to a group of students. Onalaska High School hosted this kickoff event. CRC and FOGH board member Brady Engvall was asked to sit on the Governor's Erosion Task Force. The duty of the Task Force is to present the governor with a report that outlines a critical path for agencies, local coastal communities and the public to follow in the future coastal erosion events. The process is on going.
November - - Brady Engvall receives statewide recognition as a "Washington Environmental Hero"! Satsop - an old nuclear site - now a potential industrial site. The Grays Harbor Audubon Society, the CRC and others took a stand on the importance of maintaining the protections agreed to when the site was originally approved. Tom White helped out by becoming an expert on LLP (Landowner Landscape Management Plan).
December - - We learn we are the recipients of a $10,000 grant (for Drops of Water) from The Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation. The USFWS also informs us that we are qualified for a $17,000 grant for the Drops of Water issues printed in 1999. This funding is greatly appreciated, but we need to continue to find more.
That's a quick summary by month of some of the events and activities we've been involved in. Other activities continue to demand attention:
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The Resource Library is staffed entirely by volunteers. Margaret and Keith Rader have really invested the hours and efforts to keep the doors open. During the first half of the year Jenny and Josh worked a day a week, and when they returned to school in the fall Rob Schanz stepped in to help us out.
The Library is now open 3 afternoons a week and if we had more volunteers we would stay open more days. There is not a lot to do - but having the Resource Library open is an advantage and an investment in our watershed. We are the only volunteer group in the watershed with an library and office open to the public.
The office is used by the Chehalis River Basin Land Trust, and earlier this year, by the Chehalis Watershed Coalition. We have approached the Grays Harbor Audubon Society and the Chehalis River Basin Land Trust to see if they are interested in a shared office concept. As progress is made we will keep you informed.
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Frankly, in 1998, we lost our momentum and dedication to monthly meetings. Our 1998 survey tells us that you want these meetings to resume. We want to meet your expectations, but we need help. If you want to be in charge of arranging speakers, let us know! If you want to be in charge of arranging dates and locations, let us know! We can handle the publicity and some of the housekeeping tasks, but we sure can use some help on these important tasks.
Tom White, Margaret Rader, Brady Engvall, Merrily Knutsen, Dave Palmer, Rob Schanz and Karen Knutsen are among the members who have represented the Chehalis River Council at various hearings, county work groups and school activities. Their support is deeply appreciated.
Margaret Rader is the Citizen representative on the Chehalis Basin Partnership, and Earl Emerson is a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee. We are happy to have them, as citizen volunteers, a part of that effort.
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This program is about to become active again. Thanks to a volunteer from the Masters Program at Evergreen College, we have a grant application written and ready to submit. This grant, if awarded to us, would provide funds to help property owners, with small land parcels, obtain assistance and plants for streamside protection and restoration. The application also includes a request for a part-time administrative person to staff the office and a forestry trained technician to implement the program. If we are awarded this grant, you will be the first to hear about it!
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This program continues to draw interest. Our map supply is getting low, but - if the grant application (previously mentioned) is successful, there are funds in the grant to print more maps.
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The Chehalis River Basin Action Plan is out of print. We only have a library copy left. The previously mentioned grant application, if successful, will provide funds to print more copies.
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The use of the internet continues to present opportunities to reach new people. We've received a lot of positive comments about the CRC website. This past year we added over 540 items dealing with the CRC mission.
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At the time of this meeting, January 16, the 27th issue of Drops of Water will be ready to print! At 45,000 copies an issue, we've had the opportunity to reach a lot of people. But we couldn't have done it without the support of many contributors:
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It takes a lot of people to do what we do. Tom White, Keith and Margaret Rader, Merrily Knutsen, Karen Knutsen, Rob Schanz, Brady Engvall, Brenda Boardman, Dave Spogen, Jenny Holderman, Josh Cisneros, Dave Palmer, Bill Barmettler, Merrie Lee Nelson, Red Cox, Sally Cox, Lew Patton, Sue Butschun and many more - have really made a difference.
During the time that everyone submitted volunteer time sheets we recorded over 500 volunteer hours! The board knows that those hours are just a fraction of the total time invested by these and other volunteers as we work together to:
"promote the conservation and restoration of the greater Chehalis River Basin Resources"
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At the annual meeting in 2000, wouldn't it be nice if our report included:
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Special thanks are due to the members of FOGH. Their dedication and efforts set an example for many. Thanks to their special committment and willingness to work with the CRC we've been able to combine our strengths and help each other. The grants they secured helped the CRC financially, and also helped to establish the CRC as a regional nonprofit.
In closing, to paraphrase another writer all the thanks are due to:
"some important people: the citizens who stand, knees knocking together, as they testify at public meetings. those who write letters and checks. Those who, covered with mud, remove trash from wetlands, and with sweat in their eyes, cut brush from virgin prairies. They teach, too, about the wonders of nature. They may not be well known, but they have been effective. "
And those people are you!
January 16, 1999 Membership Meeting
Financial Reports
The figures reported are on a calendar year basis. We report to the IRS on a fiscal year
basis (July 1 - June 30). This leads, sometimes, to situations where an income account
(for example "4500 Other Income 1996) might show a negative adjustment amount.
In our fiscal year reports this does not happen. You will also note that we show a
very large item in "8000 Other" during 1998. This is offset by a corresponding amount
in "4500 Other Income". In this case these two accounts were used to hold and transfer
funds to the appropriate grant. The net effect is 0.
The figures reported under "Dedicated and General Funds" represent all funds
administered by the CRC. We are responsible for several dedicated grants.
These are shown with an asterisk (*) alongside the grant name. Dedicated funds
are those funds reserved for specific tasks or functions. They are not available
for CRC operations unless those operations were part of the grant (as was the
case with the grants identified as "104 B3" and "319". The figures reported
under "General Funds Only" are those that were dedicated to the operation of the CRC.
Chehalis River Council
Comparative Income and Expense
*Dedicated and General Funds
Category 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
4000 104 B3 Grant* $0 $10,756 $14,599 ($1,542) $0
4000 Aberdeen Award* $0 $0 $0 $0 $19,000
4000 Bullitt Grant* $0 $0 $0 $0 $16,855
4000 Kongsgaard* $0 $0 $0 $0 $5,000
4000 NWFE Grant* $0 $0 $0 $15,000 $0
4000 Oyster Grant $0 $0 $900 $0 $0
4000 USFWS Grant - DOW* $0 $0 $18,727 $22,383 $37,522
4000 WeyCo Grant - DOW* $0 $0 $2,000 $10,600 $0
4010 319 Grant* $0 $17,854 $36,835 $7,068 $0
4100 Grant Admin. $0 $0 $0 $0 $4,500
4200 Dues $400 $325 $1,775 $1,470 $1,430
4300 Contributions $0 $221 $190 $2,229 $5,044
4400 Interest* $0 $0 $0 $0 $199
4500 Other Income $0 $150 ($14) $4,149 $19,198
4600 Inkind Sal/Mlg $4,450 $9,463 $13,847 $8,494 $3,595
4610 Inkind Services $0 $0 $0 $0 $350
4999 Suspended Inc. $0 $9,733 ($9,733) $0 $0
Income by year all funds $4,850 $48,501 $79,126 $69,850 $112,693
Accumulated income items $4,850 $53,352 $132,477 $202,327 $315,020
5000 Salary $0 ($16,899) ($18,962) $1,642 $0
5005 Payroll Taxes $0 ($3,215) ($8,355) ($1,053) $0
5006 Benefits $0 ($679) ($474) $0 $0
5020 Op. Supplies ($17) ($461) ($2,536) ($31) ($28)
5040 Equip. Rental $0 $0 ($54) ($5) $0
5050 Travel $0 ($705) ($777) $0 $0
5070 Printing ($278) ($1,390) ($13,624) ($33,262) ($38,720)
5100 Inkind Sal/Mlg ($4,450) ($9,463) ($13,847) ($8,494) ($3,595)
5110 Inkind Services $0 $0 $0 $0 ($350)
5600 Travel CRC Only $0 $0 $0 ($88) $0
5700 Prof. Services $0 ($2,271) ($2,499) ($2,957) ($18,090)
5800 Insurance $0 $0 ($377) ($448) ($460)
5900 Building Rental $0 ($2,600) ($3,950) ($3,900) ($3,900)
5910 Telephone ($88) ($736) ($881) ($725) ($555)
5920 Online Costs $0 ($55) ($190) ($260) ($240)
5930 Utilities $0 ($163) ($466) ($444) ($294)
5940 Office Supplies $0 $0 ($64) ($48) ($300)
5950 Postage ($221) ($1,858) ($2,423) ($1,356) ($790)
6100 Taxes-Licenses $0 ($485) ($10) ($110) ($10)
7000 Equip. Purchase $0 ($4,787) ($316) $0 $0
8000 Other ($66) ($132) ($171) ($3,445) ($19,291)
8500 Grant Admin. $0 $0 $0 $0 ($4,500)
9999 Suspended Exp. $0 ($61) $0 $0 $0
Expenses by year, all funds ($5,120) ($45,962) ($69,975) ($54,983) ($91,123)
Annual net position, all funds ($269) $2,539 $9,151 $14,867 $21,570
Accumulative net position, all ($269) $2,270 $11,421 $26,288 $47,858
Prepared for January 1999 Chehalis River Council Membership Meeting
Chehalis River Council
Comparative Income and Expense
General Funds Only
Category 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
4100 Grant Admin. $0 $0 $0 $0 $4,500
4200 Dues $25 $125 $1,000 $1,470 $1,430
4200 Lifetime Dues $375 $200 $775
4300 Contributions $0 $221 $190 $2,229 $1,899
4500 Other Income $0 $150 ($14) $756 $19,038
4600 Inkind Sal/Mlg $0 $475 $4,784 $4,494 $3,238
4610 Inkind Services $0 $0 $0 $0 $350
Total Income Items $400 $1,171 $6,734 $8,948 $30,455
5000 Salary $0 $0 ($881) $881 $0
5005 Payroll Taxes $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
5020 Op. Supplies ($12) ($34) ($76) ($31) ($28)
5040 Equip. Rental $0 $0 $0 ($5) $0
5070 Printing $0 ($62) ($166) ($765) ($68)
5100 Inkind Sal/Mlg $0 ($475) ($4,784) ($4,407) ($3,238)
5110 Inkind Services $0 $0 $0 $0 ($350)
5600 Travel CRC Only $0 $0 $0 ($88) $0
5700 Prof. Services $0 $0 ($300) ($312) $0
5800 Insurance $0 $0 ($77) ($448) ($460)
5900 Building Rental $0 $0 ($325) ($650) ($3,900)
5910 Telephone $0 ($88) ($198) ($635) ($555)
5920 Online Costs $0 $0 $0 ($60) ($240)
5930 Utilities $0 $0 $0 ($209) ($294)
5940 Office Supplies $0 $0 ($55) ($48) ($300)
5950 Postage ($2) ($127) ($368) ($819) ($357)
6100 Taxes-Licenses $0 ($485) ($10) ($110) ($10)
7000 Equip. Purchase $0 $0 ($133) $0 $0
8000 Other ($66) ($18) ($152) ($52) ($19,190)
9999 Suspended Exp. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Total Expense Item ($79) ($1,288) ($7,524) ($7,759) ($28,989)
Year End Net Posit $321 ($117) ($790) $1,190 $1,465
Accumulative Net $321 $204 ($586) $604 $2,069
Prepared for January 1998 Membership Meeting
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