Proposal for a Sierra Club Grassroots Network Grant2016 Funding Request (Annual)

Submitted January 4, 2016

Resurrection and Expansion of the Fountain Creek (CO)Water Sentinels (FCWS) Program:

Phase 1: Recruitment & Infrastructure DevelopmentPhase 2: Data Gathering, Reporting and Assessment, with Club Activism

Proposal Originators with Their Relevant Sierra Club Positions:

Ross Vincent, Member, National Water Sentinels TeamConservation Chair for the Sangre de Cristo Group, RMC

EXCOM Member of the Sangre de Cristo GroupGN FCWS Steering Committee

Kirby Hughes, RMC Conservation Co-ChairRMC Volunteer Coordinator and RMC Groundwater & Mining Issues Chairs

EXCOM Member of, and Volunteer Coordinator for, the Pikes Peak Group, as well as for the RMCGN FCWS Steering Committee

Jim Lockhart, Conservation Chair and Pikes Peak Massif Chair for the Pikes Peak Group, RMCEXCOM Member of the Pikes Peak Group

GN FCWS Steering Committee

Charlotte Tournay, Webmaster for the Sangre de Cristo Group, RMCEXCOM Member of the Sangre de Cristo Group

GN FCWS Steering Committee

Scott Estep, Vice Chair for the Sangre de Cristo Group, RMC

GN FCWS Steering Committee

Dr. Kirk Cunningham, RMC Conservation Co-ChairRMC Water Quality and Habitats Issues Chair

EXCOM Member of the Indian Peaks Group, RMCConservation Chair for the Indian Peaks Group

GN FCWS Steering Committee Advisor

SECTION 1 - GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Team Information

Team Leader Name (person applying for the grant):_Ross Vincent____Team/Entity: __Fountain Creek Water Sentinels __________________Grassroots Team Page URL, if applicable:____

https://content.sierraclub.org/grassrootsnetwork/teams/fountain-creek-water-sentinels _Other URLS (e.g., campaign page on a chapter website, Facebook Page, etc.)

https://www.facebook.com/fcwatersentinels/?fref=ts __https://www.facebook.com/groups/PPGSierraClub/ __http://www.sierraclub.org/rocky-mountain-chapter/sangre-de-cristo/water-quality-fountain-creek-watershed __

Team Leader Email: _ socosierra@gmail.com ________Team Leader Phone Number: _ (719) 561-3117 _____

2. Will the Team Leader be the primary person responsible for the oversight/implementation of this project?

__X_ Yes ____ NoIf you answered “No” please provide the name and contact info for the responsible leader:

Name:_________________________________________Email: _______________________ Phone No: ___________________________

Additional Core Team Members (please list):➤ ➤ Kirby Hughes, Steering Committee➤ ➤ Jim Lockhart, Steering Committee➤ ➤ Charlotte Tournay, Steering Committee➤ ➤ Scott Estep, Steering Committee➤ ➤ (Kelly Farmer, Steering Committee, currently inactive)

3. Type of Funding for which you are applying:_X_We are applying for 501(c)3 Funds___We are applying for 501(c)4 FundsIf you are not sure of the difference between c3 and c4 funds and the category your proposal might fall into, please contact grassroots.network@sierraclub.org. More on c3/c4 funding here on Clubhouse.

4.  Compliance Review (proposals must receive approval from Compliance prior to award)For more information about Compliance and why it’s important, click here.

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This proposal has been submitted to compliance.review@sierraclub.org

__X_Yes   ___ _No Date submitted: ___4 Jan 2016_________ This proposal has been approved by compliance.review@sierraclub.org

____Yes ___X_No Date Approved____________________

SECTION 2 - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This proposal seeks to continue funding for our Water Sentinels program which commenced in 2014, with Fountain Creek Water Sentinels being members and friends of the Sierra Club’s Pikes Peak and Sangre de Cristo Groups residing within the Fountain Creek watershed. We’re assisted by advisors from the Club, government and academia, with others sharing our commitment to clean water. We understand much about the creek’s history, so our effort was created to determine the extent of the Fountain Creek watershed pollution, advocate for its reduction as we identify details, and encourage actions to improve the creek’s water quality (ref. Atch A, Draft Only).

We accomplished quite a lot in 2015 as outlined in our 2015 year-end report, and are eagerly looking forward to 2016! With this, however, we experienced difficulties in carrying out some of our proposed activities, partially due to the loss of key Steering Committee members who either relocated or were temporarily unable to fulfill their roles. We also significantly underestimated the difficulty of recruiting volunteers with technical expertise, so we didn’t fully develop our Data Assessment and Collection Team (now re-formed into teams #1 and #6) to expand our water sampling program to the extent we’d antici-pated; importantly ref. Atch B showing our team structure). We’ve recently recruited new team members for Teams #1 and #6, however, and should be more effective in 2016. Our on-going effort will adjust the sampling/testing program to be in line with current capabilities, and will expand our communication and regulatory monitoring activities. In 2016 we’re proposing to expand our testing parameters, while also focusing on e-coli and selenium in the watershed (all segments of Fountain Creek are officially impaired for one or both pollutants), requiring commercial lab analyses. (Note our efforts to gain access to free or low-cost lab facilities for water sample analyses were unsuccessful in 2015.)

In Phase 1, “Recruitment & Infrastructure Development,” initiated in late 2014 and continuing through 2015, we laid our groundwork by recruiting volunteers. We’ll expand the effort in 2016 by continuing Steering Committee telephone conference calls (telecons), and we’ll hold 4 face-to-face meetings to help with coordination. Teams #1 and #6 will hold 12 telecons and/or meetings, partially (more below) to facilitate building those teams’ memberships and participation. Team #2 should hold 4 telecons and/or meetings to train Team #1 members on data collection techniques, and members of Team #6 on data analyses. Team #3 should hold 4 telecons, partially (more below) to determine details for improving internal/external communication. Team #4, now a 1-person “team,” will identify new team members and hold 4 telecons, partially (more below) to engage volunteers, Groups’ members, and other folks. Team #5, also a 1-person “team,” may have to expand its membership, but only as pollution is verified and/or corroborated with other available data, so there’s no quick need to staff up this team.

In Phase 2, “Data Gathering, Reporting and Assessment, with Club Activism,” managed in the same timeframe as Phase 1, we initiated conservation efforts and intend to expand this effort in 2016 with continued Steering Committee efforts focusing on conservation-related topics. Teams #1 and #6 will hold 12 telecons and/or meetings, partially (more above) to facilitate analyzing their own data with that from other government and non-government sources. Team #3 will hold 4 telecons, also (see above) to promote the public’s information on regulations, and governments’ agency’s operations on pollution in the Fountain Creek watershed, and to facilitate Club activism in response to identified pollutants (coordinated with Team #4). Team #3, working with the Steering Committee, will continue producing a

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webinar/class to review the Clean Water Act (Webinar Series I), as initiated in late 2015. Team #3 will also investigate producing a webinar/class to review how government regulations are applied, with information on state & local governments’ organization and internal interactions (Webinar Series II). Team #4 will facilitate Club activism with Team #3 as needed. Team #5 will facilitate Club activism to determine options for dealing with regulators when excess pollution has been verified by Team #1, and/or corroborated in different data sets by Team #6.

Finally, we’re currently using our team’s experience to begin discussing similar programs with other Groups, including the Chapter’s Headwaters and Roaring Fork Groups. We’re now in discussions with both Groups to help them develop Water Sentinel efforts in 2016 or later, as their EXCOM staffing remains small and they’re seeking conservation efforts to attract new members.

SECTION 3 - PROPOSAL INFORMATION

1. Goals:

(a) Conservation: Collect additional data and improve methods for sharing those data with the public, including

use of the “ArcGIS” Graphical Information System (GIS) which Colorado College allows us to use (ref: https://www.coloradocollege.edu/other/senseofplace/water/watershed.html ).

Monitor enforcement of state and federal water quality laws and regulations in the Fountain Creek watershed and identify opportunities for action to achieve cleaner water;

Conduct periodic physical streamside cleanups to continue coordination with the Fountain Creek Watershed, Flood Control and Greenway District and other groups’ creek cleanups;

Work towards increasing recreational opportunities in and along the Fountain Creek watershed, initiating coordinations with local governments and citizens groups;

Create a broader constituency for protection of the Fountain Creek watershed using our Media and Communication Team’s outreach efforts.

(b) Organizational: Establish the Sierra Club’s reputation as a primary defender of water in Fountain Creek; Increase visibility for the Club, grow our membership, and identify, recruit, and train new

volunteers, leaders, and team managers (within this c(3) effort); Increase cooperation between the Pikes Peak and Sangre de Cristo Groups; Increase cooperation with other entities involved in the many aspects of managing the creek; Increase public pressure on federal, state and local officials to support and protect clean

water in Fountain Creek; Continue efforts towards establishing new Water Sentinels projects in other parts of

Colorado.

2. Target:

(a) Phase 1: Recruitment & Infrastructure Development (Initiated Q4, 2014, Continued in 2015 and Proposed for 2016), working with:1. Sierra Club members and supporters;2. Other concerned citizens;3. Like-minded organizations;4. News media;5. Universities, colleges and other learning institutions.

(b) Phase 2: Data Gathering, Analyses, and Reporting with Club Activism to Improve Water Quality (Initiated in 2015 and Proposed for 2016), working with:

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1. Collection of additional data, analysis of more information, including more effective reporting of the findings;

2. Local officials and regulators;3. Fountain Creek Watershed, Flood Control & Greenway District (Ross is on the District’s

Citizens’ Advisory Group so this target is easily reachable);4. State and federal water quality officials;5. Specific polluters we can identify.

3. Message:

A better future for Fountain Creek, and for the people and communities it affects, begins with clean water. Clean water really matters: Protect Our Fountain Creek!

4. Strategy, Tactics and Timeline:

(a) Phase 1, Recruitment & Infrastructure Development, for 2016 (Continued from 2014-5):Team structure is based on our proposed operations, and note that we’ll need to continue staffing our team in 2016. We propose to continue and expand Recruitment & Infrastructure Development in 2016, using our: Steering Committee, (Ross Vincent, Counselor) coordinating our 6 subcommittees and

promoting recruitment and infrastructure development, working on:+ coordinating with External Entities,+ creating grant requests and presentations, + seeking advice and assistance from members of National’s Water Sentinels Team; + better using the Grassroots Network’s web-based tool and other tools like e-mail,

Facebook, the telephone, and GOOGLE DOCS for our:- membership/associate contacts and background information,- on-going schedules, and- storage of technical literature, water quality data, and regulation information, and

+ printing additional t-shirts similar to those distributed by the former national Water Sentinels Program, and distributing them to build identity and cohesion among new volunteers to increase the program’s visibility within the affected communities;

Team #1 (Tom Mourar, Interim Lead), accepting new members into this team; Team #2 (Scott Estep, Lead):

+ accepting new members into this team,+ training related to water chemistry, watershed management, and water sampling

equipment & testing procedures, and+ refining, updating and improving our training materials and brochures;

Team #3, (Charlotte Tournay, Lead):+ accepting new members into this team,+ performing communication/outreach via our newsletter, Facebook and Grassroots

Network pages, for internal training and public events,+ promoting educational programs on water law and regulations, and problems facing

Fountain Creek, and+ distributing our flyer/brochure (ref. Atch A, Draft Only) on the program at public events;

Team #4, (Kirby Hughes, Lead):+ accepting new members into this team,+ promoting volunteer recruitment, orientation, and placement, for both the FCWS and our

two Sierra Club Groups,+ contacting local universities for additional student and faculty involvements,

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+ engaging volunteers by involving them in the design, implementation and evolution of Phase 2 of the program, and

+ inspiring volunteers to join and participate in the SdCG and PPG Groups; Team #5, (Jim Lockhart, Lead), coordinating with Regulatory Agencies; and Team #6 , (Tom Mourar, Interim Lead), accepting new members into this team;

Table 1 below identifies planned activities for recruitment & infrastructure development relative to these above enumerations:

Table 1Activity/Tactic for Recruit-ment & Infrastructure Development

Related Milestone Planned Date, Month, or Quarter

Responsible Person

Steering Cmte Telecons Recruitment & Infrastructure Development: Management and Direction

22 telecons in 2016: Jan – Dec (the same telecons as in 4(b), but with different discussion topics)

Steering Committee including the identified 5 People

Face-to-Face Steering Committee Meetings

Recruitment & Infrastructure Development: Management and Direction

4 meetings in 2016: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 (the same telecons as in 4(b), but with different discussion topics)

Steering Committee members

Steering Cmte Coordinated Support

Initiate coordinations to in-crease recreational oppor-tunities along the creek

During the year in our 26 telecons & meetings

Steering Committee members

Teams #1 and #6 (Data Collection and Data Analysis): Coordination Telecons

Team Building for Data Collection,

Team Building for Data Analysis

12 telecons and/or meetings in 2016: Jan – Dec (the same telecons/meetings as in 4(b), but with different discussion topics)

Tom Mourar

Team #2 (Training):Team Training

Train our Water Collection Team Members in Using Various Types of Equip-ment/Collection Procedures

4 training sessions in 2016: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4

Scott Estep

Team #3 (Media and Communications):Coordination Telecons

Determine Details for Internal and External Team Communication Tools, and Their Integrated Usage, to Maximize Effectiveness

Possible public tours of Colo. Sgs./Pueblo water facilities (not arranged)

4 telecons in 2016: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 (the same telecons/meetings as in 4(b), but with different discussion topics)

Charlotte Tournay

Team #4 (Volunteer Recruitment & Orientation):Coordination Telecons

Identify new Team #4 members

Engagement of Volun-teers, Groups’ Members and Folks External to the Club for use in the FCWS effort, generally

4 telecons in 2016: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 (the same telecons/meetings as in 4(b), but with different discussion topics)

Kirby Hughes

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Table 1 (Concluded)Activity/Tactic for Recruit-ment & Infrastructure Development

Related Milestone Planned Date, Month, or Quarter

Responsible Person

Team #5 (Legal & Regulatory Coordination):Coordination Telecons

Expand the Team: Iden-tify new team members (now a 1-person “team”), but only when Specific Excess Pollution has been Verified by Team #1, and/or Corroborated within Different Data Sets by Team #6

TBD telecons in 2016 (the same telecons/meetings as in 4(b), but with different discussion topics)

Jim Lockhart

(b) Phase 2, Data Gathering, Reporting and Assessment, with Club Activism, for 2016 (Continued from 2014-5):We propose to continue and expand Data Gathering, Reporting and Assessment, with Club Activism in 2016, via the: Steering Committee expanding our library of technical literature, existing water quality data,

and regulatory requirements, and making it available to the team; Team #1 (Tom Mourar, Interim Lead):

+ reviewing Agency-supplied Water Quality and Stormwater Data, + assessing sampling data and groundwater information as it’s available, that we’ve

collected for our GIS System, formatted for public display in the Colorado College GIS system, and

+ identifying/acquiring additional materials and equipment needed for water quality testing; Team #3 (Charlotte Tournay, Lead), directing communication and outreach via the

Grassroots Network webpage, Facebook and our newsletter; Team #4, (Kirby Hughes, Lead), supporting Data Gathering, Reporting and Assessment, with

Club Activism, emphasizing volunteer activism when needed; Team #5 (Jim Lockhart, Lead), directing coordination with the applicable regulatory agencies;

and Team #6 (Tom Mourar, Interim Lead):

+ directing data evaluations of both our own information, as well as agency-produced water quality and stormwater data,

+ gaining access (perhaps) to local universities’ laboratories analytical capabilities,+ using Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment information to help us

assess various water quality issues including the presence of coliform bacteria in our samples, and

+ identifying additional potential laboratory resources that might be available to analyze samples collected by Water Sentinels volunteers.

Table 2 below summarizes planned activities for data gathering, reporting and assessment, with Club activism relative to these items:

Table 2Activity/Tactic for Data Gathering, Reporting and Assessment, with Club Activism

Related Milestone Planned Date, Month, or Quarter

Responsible Person

Steering Cmte Telecons Data Gathering, Reporting and Assessment, with Club Activism: Management and Direction

22 telecons in 2016: Jan – Dec (the same telecons as in 4(a), with other discussion topics)

Steering Committee including the identified 5 People

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Table 2 (Continued)Activity/Tactic for Data Gathering, Reporting and Assessment, with Club Activism

Related Milestone Planned Date, Month, or Quarter

Responsible Person

Face-to-Face Steering Committee Meetings

Data Gathering, Reporting and Assessment, with Club Activism: Management and Direction

4 meetings in 2016: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 (the same tele-cons as in 4(a), with other discussion topics)

Steering Committee including the identified 5 People

Teams #1 and #6 (Data Collection and Data Analysis): Coordination Telecons

Data Collection with 9 people, & Data Entry with a GIS data entry person/ data evaluator

Team Analysis of Data Collected,

Team Analyses of Various Data Sets

Data collection at important col-lection points, monthly

12 Team telecons and/or meetings in 2016: Jan – Dec (the same telecons as in 4(a), with other discussion topics)

Tom Mourar

Team #3 (Media and Communications):Coordination Telecons

Encourage the Public’s Knowledge of Regulations and our Governments’ Agencies with Respect to Water Pollution, to Protect the Fountain Creek Water-shed (ref. the Webinar Series I and II below)

Investigate reg’l storm-water educators effort

Facilitate Club Activism in Response to Pollution, Identification, Coordi-nated with the Volunteer Recruitment & Orien-tation Team. Activism could entail: 1) working with COS Utilities to reduce e-coli getting into the creek, and 2) partici-pating in 303d hearings for listing methodologies

Become active in working with the CO Health Dept’s Water Quality Control Commission

4 telecons in 2016: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 (the same telecons/meetings as in 4(a), but with different discussion topics)

Charlotte Tournay

Webinar Series I (with Optional Physical Classroom Guidance and Discussion): Details of the Water Quality Act

Outreach for Public Education and Activism, as well as for Educating our Team & Club Groups

4 programs/ meetings in 2016: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4

Ross Vincent

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Table 2 (Concluded)Activity/Tactic for Data Gathering, Reporting and Assessment, with Club Activism

Related Milestone Planned Date, Month, or Quarter

Responsible Person

Possible Webinar Series II (with Optional Physical Classroom Guidance and Discussion): 1.Details on How Government

Regulations are Applied, and2.Information on the

Organization of State & Local Governments, and how they Interact

Outreach for Public Education and Activism, as well as for Educating our Team and Club Groups

1. 4 programs/ meetings in 2016: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4

2. 4 programs/ meetings in 2016: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4

1. Ross Vincent/ Kirby Hughes

2. Ross Vincent/ Kirby Hughes

Team #4 (Volunteer Recruitment & Orientation):Coordination Telecons

Facilitate Club Activism in Response to the Pollution Identified, Coordinated with the Media and Communications Team

4 telecons in 2016: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 (the same telecons/meetings as in 4(a), but with different discussion topics)

Kirby Hughes

Team #5 (Legal & Regulatory Coordination):Coordination Telecons

Facilitate Club Activism to Determine Options on Dealing with Regulators when Specific Pollution has been Verified by Team #1, and/or Corro-borated within Different Data Sets by Team #6

TBD telecons in 2016 (the same telecons/meetings as in 4(a), but with different discussion topics)

Jim Lockhart

5. Budget:

All of the following activities will be accomplished with volunteer efforts with funding requested for: Budget Item Description/Purpose Item AmountsVolunteer Travel $ 800Facility/Venue Costs $ 750Food/Catering $ 400Printing/Materials (Additional Sampling, Testing Equipment and

Supplies Included)$ 2900

Postage/Mailing $ 150Consultant/Expert Fees (Lab Fees Included) $ 5000Total Amount Requested $10000

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Attachment A – The Fountain Creek Water Sentinels Fact Sheet (Draft Only)

A Better Future for our Fountain Creek!The Sierra club’s Water Sentinels Program

Clean water matters! A better future for Fountain Creek and the people and communities it touches begins with clean water. The Sierra Club’s Pikes Peak and Sangre de Cristo Groups seek to revitalize and grow our Fountain Creek Water Sentinels program to protect our water. We have laid groundwork for our effort and will continue with volunteer recruitment. We are initiating data gathering and reporting, with Club activism to assist us. In later years we hope to grow and expand the effort and will use our experience to foster similar programs in other watersheds in Colorado.

Fountain Creek and its watershed are characterized by extremes in flow rates, temperature and precipitation, large elevation changes, steep gradients, diverse ecosystems, and a multitude of water uses.  Portions of El Paso, Teller, and Pueblo Counties in Colorado make up the watershed, which encompasses the municipalities of Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Fountain, Manitou Springs, Green Mountain Falls, Woodland Park, Palmer Lake, and Monument.

The watershed has suffered significant damage from two major forest fires in 2012 and 2013 that have left major burn scars that result in more rapid stormwater runoff and an increase in stormwater-related pollutant loads in Fountain Creek.

Fountain Creek and its tributaries are the primary reason why Colorado Springs was founded where it is. It was earlier home to the Ute, Comanche, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Arapahoe and Sioux and served as a gathering place for tribal communities for hundreds of miles around.. The watershed currently provides about 15% of the drinking water for Colorado Springs and several smaller communities, where it provides economic and recreational opportunities for combined populations of well over a half million residents and countless tourists.

It serves farms and ranches in the rural areas between Colorado Springs and Pueblo. As it follows I-25 through the middle of Pueblo, it divides downtown Pueblo from low income Latino neighborhoods

on the east side where it has served as a major recreational resource for children and adults for genera-tions. That makes this potentially valuable natural amenity a serious environmental justice

problem.

Fountain Creek ultimately meets the Arkansas River on the lower east side of Pueblo where it becomes part of that critical resource for a number of communities and for agriculture in the dryland farming and ranching areas of southeastern Colorado and western Kansas. Eventually, its waters reach the Missouri River and the Mississippi. Fountain Creek has become what the US Geological Survey euphemistically calls "an effluent driven stream". Its low-to-moderate natural flows are sometimes augmented, and can even be overwhelmed, by sewage discharges as well as significant stormwater runoff.

The creek is listed by the State of Colorado as impaired in all of its regulatory segments for e-coli or selenium or both.  No effective water quality standards have been proposed by the state for Fountain Creek or are planned in the near future. The Pueblo City-County Health

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Department used to post warning signs along the banks of Fountain Creek as it passes through a low income Hispanic neighborhood in Pueblo where the Creek has been a popular recreation asset for children for generations. Funding to support the program is no longer available.

Legal and illegal sewage discharges and contaminated stormwater loads have increased dramatically as sprawling Colorado Springs and its suburbs have grown at a rapid and largely uncontrolled pace.  That growth has been temporarily slowed by the recent economic downturn, but it is expected to resume as the economy improves.

Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU), a city agency and the largest discharger of sewage into Fountain Creek, reported more than 100 illegal spills between June of 1998 and 2004, totaling more than 73 million gallons of untreated sewage.  Clean Water Act enforcement by the State of Colorado was and remains unreliable, weak and ineffective.

There are twelve permitted wastewater treatment plants in the watershed, all in El Paso County.  It has been suggested by observers in both counties that CSU prefers to spend its money on new infrastructure to facilitate additional growth, rather than on maintaining existing infrastructure in older parts of the city.

Where the Fountain meets the Arkansas River, just east of downtown Pueblo, the problems are painfully apparent.

The Pikes Peak and Sangre de Cristo Groups, with the cooperation and support of the Rocky Mountain Chapter, are determined to convert Fountain Creek into the community asset it could, and should, be for everyone who lives, works and plays along its banks. Clean water is “Job One”.

Our Goals Clean water in Fountain Creek and its tributaries; Better data and improved public awareness of pollution in Fountain Creek and its sources; Effective enforcement of water quality laws and regulations in Fountain Creek; Increase recreational opportunities in and along the Fountain Creek watershed; A broader constituency for the protection of the Fountain Creek watershed. Include all of the Fountain Creek watershed (FCWS) in El Paso & Teller counties; Increased cooperation between the Pikes Peak and Sangre de Cristo Groups; Increased public pressure on federal, state and local officials to support and protect clean

water in Fountain Creek; Creation of a model and a stimulus for establishing new Water Sentinels projects.

Our Targets: Sierra Club members and supporters Concerned citizens Like-minded organizations News media Local universities and colleges

We’re Working with: Local officials Fountain Creek Watershed, Flood

Control & Greenway District Federal and state water quality officials Polluters

Interested in Helping us? Please contact:Scott Estep scott.estep@rmc.sierraclub.org (719) 250-2732 SdCG Volunteer CoordinatorKirby Hughes kirby.hughes@rmc.sierraclub.org (719) 685-3019 PPG Volunteer Coordinator

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Team #2ScottRossJim

Advisors:Kirk(Kelly)

Team #4KirbyScottCharlotte

Team #3Charlotte Mitzi Jason Amy Tess SandyScott

Team #5Jim

Coord’n I/F:Jim

Coord’n I/F:Charlotte

Coordi-nations

Coord’n I/F:Interface:Kirby

Writing & Presentations + Grant Requests+ Assist Com- munications Function

External Entity Coordination+ Communicate with National & the Chapter+ National’s Payment Disbursement Coord’n

Coordi-nations

Internal

Internal

Internal

#3: Media & Communications + Brochure creation+ GN Webpage, FB+ Websites+ Helen Updates/Use+ Webinar Creation & Management

Internal

Coordination I/F:Kirby, Interim

Coordination I/F:Ross, Interim

Coord’n I/F:Scott

#1: Sample Data Gathering & Other Data Identifications + Mentoring of Folks+ Equipment Knowledge+ FCWS Data Collection+ Other Sources: Data Col- lection/Identification,

#2: Training+ Existing and New Data Evaluations+ Water Collection Procedures+ Web, FB and Helen Training / Coord’n+ Volunteer Recruit- Ment/Orientation+ Webinars

#4: Volunteer Recruitment & Orientation+ ID Folks+ Intake Folks+ Coordinate with Mentors+ Transfer Folks to Subcommittees+ Follow-ups

GIS Mx & Database Mgmt+ Database Maintenance & Recommendations+ Front-end Data Evaluations+ Land-Stream Interface Assessments+ Database Data Assessments

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Database-2 (EPA)(no data entry)

Internal

Internal

CC “FCWS” GIS(with Data Entry)

Database-1 (USGS)(no Data Entry)

Steering CommitteeRoss ScottJim (Kelly)KirbyCharlotteAssistants:AllisonAdvisors:KirkChristineSteven

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Steering Cmte Coordination:

Major Functional Area: Specifically-Managed Tasks: All of the Different Databases: High Degree of Coordinations: Internal Coordinations: Functional Lead & Important Members: Names

Steering Committee(Team Coordination) + Team Coord’n & Grants + Short-term & Long- term Goal Setting + Total-team meeting schedule oversight + Financial Mgmt + Eqpt/T-Shirt Orders + High-level Ext. Coordination + Final Decision-Making

Team #1Tom (Interim) Lee Steve ScottJim 5 more test data collectors

Advisors:Christine (Gene)Kirk Ross(Becca)

Team #6Tom (Interim) Sarah Ed CourtneyAdvisors: Christine Kirk(Charlotte)

#6: Data Evaluations + FCWS Data Review+ Total Information Review/Assessment+ Data Evaluation & Summary Statements+ Recommendations to Steering Cmte

#5: Legal & Regulatory Coordination + Evaluation: - COS/PUB Utilities - Cnty/State Entities - Fed. Entities+ NOIs+ Filings+ Follow-up Work

Attachment B – FCWS Team Functions with Primary Interfaces

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