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Greater Gallatin Watershed Council Annual Meeting 2014

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

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Greater Gallatin Watershed Council Annual Meeting 2014

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  1. Greater Gallatin Watershed CouncilAnnual Meeting 2014

  2. Happy 10th Anniversary GGWC!

  3. Lower Gallatin River Watershed

  4. Who We Are • Pat Costello • Mark Story • Brian Heaston • Recent Board Members • Marye Virginia Sanctuary • Sharon Brodie • Sally Schrank • Pat Byorth • 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!

  5. 2013 AmeriCorps MemberMorgan Bessaw • 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

  6. Water Monitoring • 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

  7. Stream Team 2013 Field Season Monitoring Locations • 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 Site 8

  8. Water Quality Monitoring Tasks Measuring Stream Flow Pebble Counts

  9. Using our new flow meter on the E. Gallatin River

  10. Collecting Chlorophyll –a Samples on Mandeville Creek

  11. Recording data at Mandeville Creek on MSU campus

  12. Mandevillle Creek Volunteers

  13. GGWC Outreach and Education • Matthew Bird Creek Education and Outreach events • Big Sky Annual Weed Pull • Watershed Festival • Sustainability Fair • City of Bozeman Water Fest

  14. Storm Drain Stenciling Partnered with Big Sky Youth Empowerment and the City of Bozeman

  15. GVLT Trail Kiosk Watershed Map Project • Received DEQ funding to place four new maps along GVLT’sMain Street to Mountainstrail system

  16. 2013 Fall Tour“Restoring the Gallatin Valley’s Wetland Landscape” Story Mill wetland

  17. Baxter Creek Wetlands Complex

  18. Water Resource Plan 2014-2017 • Planning community-based stream improvements for the Lower Gallatin Watershed • EPA 319 grant funding

  19. Additional 2014 Projects • 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

  20. 2013 GGWC Financial Statement

  21. Major Donors Willow Springs

  22. Community Partners and Supporters

  23. 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!

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