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ROARING CREEK VALLEY CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION Minutes of January 15, 2009 Monthly Meeting
The meeting was called to order by President Wayne Petro.
Secretary’s report was approved with a correction. Wayne Petro’s term as President will end in December 2010, not 2009.
Vickie Zackowski provided the Treasurer’s report. Motion to accept this report was made by Wayne Kashner, seconded by Kristen Vitkauskas.
Cathy Haffner spoke on the recently completed draft of the Coldwater Conservation Plan (CCP). The CCP is a summary of what we know about the Roaring Creek watershed. The CCP can be used as a springboard into acting on identified conditions and can be used as leverage into acquiring funding to work on projects to improve said conditions. The Association also has grant money remaining from the RCVCA Support Grant that will end on June 30, 2009. The Association may choose to use the money to print more brochures.
The signage work is continuing. Wayne Petro noted that in addition to initially contacting the property owners, the property owners also have to be kept in the loop on other phases of the project that will include contacting the townships regarding local signage ordinances. Comments on the project included the fact that a ‘driving by’ sign is different than a sign that is read when a person is stationary. A professional quality sign may cost as much as $1000 [each]. Schools such as [Columbia Montour] VoTech may be able to fabricate the signs if the Association provides the material.
Dan Brassington showed the group the logbook box that will be placed along the state forest trail. Discussion followed on methods to identify the Association as the sponsor of the logbook box as well as placing the DCNR logo on the box. Cathy Haffner was going to follow up with a contact on this phase of the project.
The Association’s elected officers’ terms historical timeline was discussed. The consensus was to elect two officers each year. Therefore, the current Vice-President and Secretary’s terms will end in December 2009; the current President and Treasurer’s terms will end in December 2010.
Speakers and topics of interest for 2009 meetings were discussed. Topics included having a forester speak on managing woodlots. This would provide information to landowners who may consider logging their property. A No-Till field day to communicate the benefits of No-Till planting was discussed. Other topics discussed were a bird walk/hike in the spring, an ‘owl prowl’ on a winter night, animal tracking identification, tree identification as well as entomology and fish identification, habitat restoration, a local stream bank stabilization project (July) and a speaker to talk about the local area geology. Some of these topics may not be conducted in conjunction with a meeting but as a separate, somewhat spontaneous, event.
The Association is anticipating performing stream assessments (monitoring) in the spring.
A RCVCA spring newsletter will be published. Anyone wishing to contribute an article may do so.
The 4th Annual No-Till Conference will be held at Portabella’s Catering in Lightstreet on February 12, 2009.
The RCVCA website was discussed. Kristen Vitkauskas has agreed to update the website. The members can assist by reading the updates and notifying Kristen of errors or omissions. Respectfully submitted,
Wayne Kashner Secretary |
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