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Upcoming
Events
June 3-June 30:
B-WET Exhibit at Toby's Gallery
June 21st:
TBWC Meeting to present the Chicken Ranch Beach Restoration Feasibility and Conceptual Design Report
June 22:
Aquatic Invasive Species Workshop
June 24:
EAC Potluck and Annual Meeting
July 18th-July 22nd:
SPAWN's Summer Salmon Institute
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 | | Barn at Pierce Point Ranch on Tomales Point, Point Reyes National Seashore. Photo courtesy of Rob Carson |
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Welcome from the Council!
Tomales Bay Watershed Council (TBWC) News is published monthly and includes announcements of Council meetings and other happenings in the watershed.
We welcome your comments on our newsletter or on any of the Council's Activities. We also welcome contributed articles, links to relevant websites, and photographs. Contact us at info@tomalesbaywatershed.org.
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Chicken Ranch Beach Project Update
June 21, 2011
3:30-5:30pm
Red Barn Classroom
Come and learn about new opportunities for an expanded and improved project at Chicken Ranch Beach and adjacent lands. We will review the work to date, and look at a draft project concept for private and public lands, including Chicken Ranch Beach and adjacent parcels. In June 2010, the Tomales Bay Watershed Council released the "Draft Restoration Feasibility and Conceptual Design Report for Chicken Ranch Beach" prepared by the Kamman Hydrology & Engineering, Inc. (KHE) team. Many of you read and commented on this report, and we have integrated your comments and will present the revised project report later this summer. |
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Tomales Bay Watershed Council Meeting
June 21th, 2011 3:30-5:30
Red Barn Classroom, Point Reyes NS
I. Announcements 3:30-3:45
II. Chicken Ranch Beach Restoration 3:45-4:45
Project Update
III. Committee Reports 4:45-5:30
A. Chicken Ranch Beach Committee: Neysa King
B. Water Quality Committee: Rob Carson
C. Habitat Committee/ SOLI: Tom Gardali
D. Outreach Committee: Carlos Porrata
E. Science Committee: David Lewis
F. Executive Committee: Jerry Abbott |
Water, Water Everywhere!
B-WET Exhibit at Toby's Gallery
June 3rd-June 30th, 2011
Gallery Route One's Artists in the Schools program is now in it's 18th year! This year's program culminates in the exhibition "Water, Water Everywhere (WWE)-Creeks, Bogs, Bays and Beaches of our Tomales Bay Watershed"
Gallery Route One Artists in the Schools (GRO-AIS) program staff are committed to art practice, art history and the applied arts. Environmental education is a guiding principle of our arts program. This past year, the GRO-AIS program offered an environmental arts education program that focused on the Tomales Bay Watershed through a partnership with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Bay Watershed Education and Training program (B-WET).
The West Marin B-WET, Outdoor Ed in the Watershed program works to build understanding of watershed processes, land use and the environmental impacts of our activities on our creeks, the Tomales Bay estuary and the greater marine environment. Classroom lessons and activities are used to build understanding and experience, which inform experiential field trips.
Participation by our program partners, in classroom activities and outdoor field trips help to deepen the students' experience and their relationship to the watershed. The Tomales Bay Watershed Council has contributed to a successful WMB-WET program by providing field instruction and guidance for students studying the creeks and wetlands in our 'backyard'.
The B-Wet program significantly increased the students' understanding of the water cycle, the Tomales Bay watershed as an ecosystem and its' resources and history. Finally, students contributed their data and findings to the body of scientific knowledge of the Tomales Bay shared by WMB-WET partnership organizations.
Please come out and see the work of this extraordinary program and
of our local students! Click here for exibit poster. |
TBWC Hosts Local Beach
The Tomales Bay Watershed Council has created a new page on our website with current advisory conditions for local water recreation spots. We will update the page weekly as lab results are reported, please let your friends know how to see the current conditions:
www.tomalesbaywatershed.org/BeachWQ.shtml
 From April 1-October 31st each year, the County of Marin Environmental Health Services conducts weekly monitoring at selected sites where water-contact recreation is common. This "beach" monitoring program provides advisories to the public when the results of bacteria testing indicates levels do not meet contact recreation standards. There are signs posted at sampling locations, and advisory signs are posted when warranted.
In an effort to provide this information to the public in a convenient and timely manner, the Tomales Bay Watershed Council will be maintaining this web-page to provide weekly notification of advisory conditions at local beaches throughout the 2011 season. The Advisory Table on the page shows the weekly advisory condition of each site.
Conditions will be updated weekly when lab results become available.
Please check the site for the most current advisory conditions, or call the County of Marin Beach WQ Hotline at 415-473-2335. |
Lagunitas Creek Stewardship
Plan Finalized
The Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) has finalized their stewardship plan for Lagunitas Creek and staff will be presenting this to the MMWD Board, as an informational item, at their regularly scheduled meeting next week (agenda available here):
MMWD Board Meeting
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 7:30 p.m.
220 Nellen Avenue
Corte Madera
The Staff report provides a summary of the comments received on the Draft Plan and revisions made to the plan in response to the comments. The staff report describes the approach we will be taking for environmental review and project approval, which is that it is a planning document we will utilize as a guide and the plan itself will not go through review under CEQA; as each action is developed further, the details will emerge and it will be appropriate to evaluate impacts at that time.
The final Stewardship Plan is available on the MMWD website at:
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Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Workshop
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
9:00 am-3:00 pm
Marin County Health and Wellness Center
3240 Kerner Blvd, San Rafael
The North Bay Watershed Association (NBWA) is collaborating with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) in hosting a workshop for water management agencies and other interested stakeholders on the threats of AIS and protocols to reduce the potential for infections into regional water bodies.
Zebra and quagga mussels, New Zealand mud snails, and Chinese mitten crabs can infest water bodies in massive population booms, overwhelming native populations and destroying water management facilities. Once introduced, these species are virtually impossible to eradicate.
This workshop will include:
- A review of threats and costs from AIS infestations.
- Protocols for quagga/zebra mussel early detection and monitoring.
- Protocols for prevention of AIS introductions.
- Risk assessment and planning to reduce the risk of spreading AIS.
The workshop is intended to establish a program for all North Bay water resource management agencies and organizations to operate under consistent and uniform protocols for detection, prevention, response, and reporting of AIS. Managers, supervisors, and on-the-ground staff are encouraged to attend; your participation is vital.
Lunch will be Provided - Space is Limited
Please RSVP by June 15, 2011
to: Harry S Seraydarian harryser@comcast.net
For more information, see the event flyer. |
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Environmental Action Committee Potluck and Annual Meeting
Friday June 24th, 2011
Calling all EAC members! The 40th Annual EAC Members Potluck and Annual Meeting will be held Friday, June 24th. 6th District Assemblyman Jared Huffman will deliver the keynote address, special awards will be presented, and EAC's new logo will be revealed.
Come celebrate forty years of protecting West Marin! Reserve your spot today!
For more information, please visit: http://www.eacmarin.org/events.php
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SPAWN will host 2nd Annual
Salmon Institute
July 18th-July 22nd
Red Barn Classroom,
Bear Valley Rd., PRNS
SPAWN will host the 2nd annual Salmon Institute, a professional development workshop designed for educators. The Salmon Institute is a series of workshops, lectures, and field exercises that aims to help teachers incorporate watershed, salmon ecology, and meaningful watershed experiences with their students. Teachers will return with support, resources, curriculum, and knowledge to help activate their students to make a difference in their watershed and for the salmon!
Morning sessions will take place at the Red Barn on Bear Valley Road with guest lecturers and discussion groups. Afternoon sessions will be hands-on experiences throughout the Lagunitas Creek Watershed.
See http://spawnusa.org/pages/page-284 for details or to register!"
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Rainfall in Tomales Bay Watershed
The graph below shows the long term average rainfall per water year (in red) and cumulative rainfall for the previous two water years (blue and purple lines).
The green line shows the rainfall for the current water year (October 1, 2010-September 30, 2011).
This graph will be updated each month during the rainy season. |
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Past Issues
Would you like to see past issues of our newsletter? Click here to go to our website where past issues of our newsletter (starting with December, 2009) and other information and reports are available.
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We appreciate your ongoing interest and support and look forward to hearing from you. Please let us know if this is a meaningful and effective way to provide you with updates on our activities each month.
Sincerely,
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