Please join us for our next Watershed Group Stakeholder Meeting on Tuesday, March 13th at 5:30pm at the Woodfords Indian Education Center. Norman Harry from the Washoe Environmental Protection Department (WEPD) will be presenting about the current status of the WEPD's Climate Change Grant and The Meeks Meadow Restoration Projects.

Our first monitoring opportunity for 2018 is coming up in about two weeks. Our ambient  monitoring program trains volunteers to collect vital signs of stream and ecosystem health four times per year throughout eastern Alpine County. If you might be interested in becoming a volunteer, you can join an existing volunteer monitor to see what it is all about! We will be meeting in Woodfords at our office on Saturday March 10th 8:30 am-11 am. If you have any questions or interest, please contact Marina, awg.snap.rm@gmail.com.  

As mentioned in our last bulletin, Sarah Green is stepping down as Executive Director of Alpine Watershed Group. Please help us spread the word about the position opening by passing this job announcement along to all of your networks. Thank you! 

The proposed federal budget cuts funding to the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) which would eliminate AmeriCorps. National service programs like AmeriCorps serve many important needs in our country. For more information, please check out the Voices for National Service statement. You can also submit a simple on-line message to your political representatives here. 

John and Patty Brissenden won the Sierra Business Council’s Sierra Vision Lifetime Achievement Award for their exemplary service to the Sierra Nevada region. Both have been strong supporters of watershed conservation, holding key leadership positions over the years on the Boards of the Sierra Nevada Alliance, Friends of Hope Valley, Sierra Fund, Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, and Alpine County Supervisors. Congratulations John and Patty!

The Carson River Coalition Weed Working Group is hosting an early season noxious weed training for professionals at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension on March 20th from 9am-2:30pm at UNCE-Carson City. For more information and to RSVP, click the button below.