greater gallatin watershed council annual meeting 2014
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Greater Gallatin Watershed Council Annual Meeting 2014 . Happy 10 th Anniversary GGWC!. Lower Gallatin River Watershed . Who We Are . Pat Costello Mark Story Brian Heaston Recent Board Members Marye Virginia Sanctuary Sharon Brodie Sally Schrank Pat Byorth. Board Members - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Greater Gallatin Watershed Council
Annual Meeting 2014
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Happy 10th Anniversary
GGWC!
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Lower Gallatin River Watershed
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• Board Members◦ Marcia Youngman, Chair◦ Heidi Giem, Treasurer◦ Tammy Crone◦ Susan Duncan◦ Barbara Vaughn◦ Rose Vallor◦ Chris Mahony◦ Christopher Boyer
• Sierra Harris - Watershed Coordinator
• 2014 Big Sky Watershed Corps Member-Katherine Boyk
• And the many dedicated volunteers who make it all happen!
Who We Are o Pat Costelloo Mark Storyo Brian Heaston
• Recent Board Memberso Marye Virginia Sanctuaryo Sharon Brodieo Sally Schranko Pat Byorth
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Social Media Guru Newsletter Expert Community Education and
Outreach Master Internships with Gallatin
Valley Land Trust and the City of Bozeman
Collaborative work with MTWC and school groups
2013 AmeriCorps MemberMorgan Bessaw
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•Stream Teams •Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring with funding from the Gallatin Local Water Quality District under their EPA Urban Waters Grant
•Additional funding from Montana Import Group and DEQ Water Quality Assistance
•Collaborative Partners: Trust for Public Lands and MSU Water Quality Extension
•E. coli sampling on Bozeman Creek•Purchased new flow meter
Water Monitoring
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Bozeman Creek – Bogert Park and City Hall
Mandeville Creek – Two sites on MSU Campus
Bozeman and Mandeville Creeks– Near Goldenstein and Red Wing Drive
E. Gallatin River – Two locations at Story Mill Site8
Stream Team 2013 Field Season
Monitoring Locations
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Pebble Counts
Water Quality Monitoring Tasks
Measuring Stream Flow
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Using our new flow meter on the E. Gallatin River
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Collecting Chlorophyll –a Samples on Mandeville Creek
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Recording data at Mandeville Creek on MSU
campus
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Mandevillle Creek Volunteers
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Matthew Bird Creek Education and Outreach events
Big Sky Annual Weed Pull Watershed Festival Sustainability Fair City of Bozeman Water
Fest
GGWC Outreach and Education
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Partnered with Big Sky Youth Empowerment and the City of Bozeman
Storm Drain Stenciling
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Received DEQ funding to place four new maps along GVLT’s Main Street to Mountains trail system
GVLT Trail Kiosk Watershed Map Project
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2013 Fall Tour“Restoring the Gallatin
Valley’s Wetland Landscape”
Story Mill wetland
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Baxter Creek Wetlands Complex
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Water Resource Plan
2014-2017
• Planning community-based stream improvements for the Lower Gallatin Watershed
• EPA 319 grant funding
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Partnership with Trust for Public Lands on Story Mill Regional Park Project
Partnering on Bridger Creek bank cleanup
Placement of additional trail kiosk watershed maps
Designing a stream health report card for Bozeman Creek
Additional 2014 Projects
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2013 GGWC Financial Statement
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Major Donors
Willow Springs
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Community Partners and Supporters
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Thank you to everyone who has supported the Greater Gallatin
Watershed Council over the past 10 years!
We are looking forward to another decade of work,
collaboration and watershed education!