December 02

December 31, 2002

Karen Brown

Program Liaison

CALFED Watershed Program

Department of Water Resources

3374 E. Shields, Room B19

Fresno, CA 93726

Dear Karen,

Please find attached the requisite Monthly Program Report for the Millerton Area Watershed Coalition Program – Contract Number: 4600001799. The report is for the period of December 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002 – and includes the following:

	Report Summary – Highlights and Major Accomplishments
	Report of Work Completed by Tasks and Subtasks
	Attachments of collateral materials developed for the MAWC Program

Additionally, we have included the Quarterly Reporting information consisting of the following:

	Important Upcoming Events
	In-Kind and Cash Match

Due to the holidays, there was only one Assessment work session held on December 10th – as well as the November/December Steering Committee meeting on December 12^th.

Over the next quarter, assessment activities will be concentrated on data collection. Additionally, the first educational event which will cover noxious weeds will occur as a part of the General meeting being held on January 8^th.

Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns regarding this submittal.

Sincerely,

_________ __________

Jim Carl	Steve Haze
Program Manager	Program Coordinator

The following are the Highlights and Major Accomplishments for this reporting period –

Program Planning, Administration and Organization

Scheduling and coordinating of Steering Committee and Assessment activities

Watershed Assessment

	8^th Watershed Assessment meeting conducted – 12/10
	Development of individual status reporting form (draft)
	Establishment of Sources and Data Collection

	Meeting with Pam Buford, RWQCB and Dawn Carlton, Water Quality Assessment Lead – 12/18
	Meeting with Don Nielsen, NRCS Madera County and request for information to Dave Durham for soils maps by Joe Middleton, lead for Erosion, Sediment and Soils Assessment Lead
	Meeting with Craig Poole, Fresno City College, Geological history – 12/27
	Request for Information – Mario Santoyo, Friant Water Users Authority – Water appropriations and water quality testing
	Request for meeting – Neil McDougald, UCD Cooperative Extension, Water quality studies at San Joaquin Experimental Range
	Request for meeting – Michael Morrato, CSUF – Tree Ring climate studies (Dendrochronology)
	Request for Information – Clark Londquist, USGS Ground water Hydrologist

	Fresno Water Advisory Committee meeting – 12/5
	Sierra Nevada Alliance and Sierra Los Tulares Land Trust – 12/5
	San Joaquin-Sierra Noxious Weeds Alliance Steering Committee – 12/10
	Central Sierra Watershed Committee meeting – 12/11
	Madera County Water Oversight Committee – 12/16
	Sierra Resource Conservation District Board meeting – 12/23

	On-going Steering Committee Sessions (focus on assessment & watershed education) – January 8^th, February 12^th and March 12^th.
	On-going Assessment Committee sessions with participation from Steering committee and Technical Advisory Committee (focus on data collection). Meetings to be scheduled at least twice a month in January, February and March.
	3rd General Session – January 8^th.
	Educational Presentation on Noxious Weeds – January 8^th.

Activity	Amount	Source
October and December Steering Committee meetings	$920	23 attendees x 2hrs x $20/hr
Assessment Planning Sessions (5) – 10/8,10/22,11/6, 11/26 & 12/10	$960	24 attendees x 2hrs x $20/hr
Total	$1,880

	Assessment work session 12/10 agenda – (Word format)
	Steering Committee December meeting package (Word format)
	October Steering Committee meeting minutes as approved on 12/12 (Word format)
	Copy of proposed assessment activities – individual status report (Word format)
	Calendar of Program Coordinator’s Monthly Activities (Excel format)

	Attended San Joaquin River Restoration panel discussion of Friant Water Users Authority and Natural Resources Defense Council sponsored by San Joaquin River Parkway – 12/5
	Arranged for presentation January 8^th on noxious weeds by Joanna Clines, Chairperson for Noxious Weeds Alliance – and out press releases to local newspapers as public notification – 12/23

	Attended 2002 Farm Bill presentation by USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Services and Local Work Group session regarding EQIP and other programs as possible sources for funding watershed projects – 12/2 & 12/4
	Investigating possible grant from Sierra Nevada Alliance to update Arc View GIS software for watershed mapping

	Complete majority of data collection for watershed assessment
	Begin initial analysis of data collected
	Plan for next educational event