Cascade Volcanoes • Entered by Laurie Kerr on April 16, 2020
chapter meeting
April 16, 2020
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 1 |
| Post Admin hours | 1 |
| Activity Hours | 2 |
| Participants | 22 |
| Total Hours | 46 |
Key Issue: Multiple apply
Activity Type: Broadband Meeting (prep, implementation & follow up)
Short Description of Activity
We hosted our first Zoom chapter meeting.
CASCADE VOLCANOES BROADBAND ZOOM MEETING
April 16, 2020 6:30pm
Agenda
I. Welcome and Toast Laurie
Victoria talked about bio-char
Introduction of new members and guests- (List of people on the call:
Shelley Morrison
Cloudy- Victoria Sears
Judy Todd
Lorena Herron
Nancy Siegel
Linda Buckley
Jane Wilcox
Susan Saul
Jane Heisler
Laurie Kerr
Doran
Sarah Madsen
Darlene Chirman
Shirley Stageberg
Dolores Kueffler
Jennie Holmes
Felice Kelly
Avis
Micky Ryan
Becky Maloney
Barb Fox Kilgore
Kathleen Worley
II. ADVOCACY
a. Salmon/Snake River Dams Micky
Monday was deadline on DEIS comments- we had a great commenting workshop with a couple dozen people, and heard from a dozen people who commented.
Micky asked that people contact her if they would like to help revise the National office website regarding breaching of Snake River dams
Comparative Survival Study Annual Meeting on GoToMeeting on Friday April 17
Let Micky know if you would like to help contact congresspeople in both Oregon and Washington about protecting the salmon. Also send copies of your comments to your senators and representatives.
b. Pumice Plain Susan
Last week, the forest service issued environmental assessment, eight broads did comment so gives them standing to object. The assessment gives permission to build a road across pumice plain.
Susan will be in zoom meeting next week to get comments together and then we will get that info to those eligible to object.
c. Jordan Cove Felice
We had webinar and it is recorded for use. First hour is great for intro. See it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RHbI3Oh3pQ
Bad FERC decision that same day. But FERC said that Pembina has to have all permits. Brown, Merkley, Wyden all came out against.
Next is eminent domain litigation and we will hear more soon.
d. Elliott State Forest Micky
Tomorrow’s event- Jane, Judy will listen in
e. Gorge Commission Nutter Mine Judy
There is a quarry in the scenic area and Judy listened into Gorge Commission meeting. No decision- they are avoiding litigation. Judy will keep up on it.
f. Chehalis River Dam Laurie mentioned that there is a terrible dam proposal for flood control at the headwaters of the Chehalis River which is the longest undammed salmon river in Washington. It is also a food source for SRKW and would destroy spawning habitat, wilderness values, and tribal cultural sites. The Wash Dept of Ecology has issued a DEIS. Written comments can be submitted through May 27. April 21 DOE is hosting a public meeting from 5pm – 8:30pm which is initially educational and will allow time for comments and discussion following. The Corps will do a federal review in the fall.
April 21 online meeting by Department of Ecology – can comment
meeting link is-
https://watech.webex.com/watech/onstage/g.php?MTID=e81fc6bc187a9f8a9741da19fe432fce3
Written comments by May 27
III. STEWARDSHIP
a. Leach Botanical Gardens postponed Darlene
b. Solitude Monitoring Laurie
Grant is in – seventy sessions- May to October- trying to do it in socially distanced way. Contact Laurie for more information. No date yet for June training. Will collect baseline data on number of people, dogs, and low flying aircraft in Mark O Hatfield wilderness.
c. Backyard/Public Lands Stewardship Laurie
What can we do now? Some ideas include: pick up litter and get rid of invasive plants. If you are lucky enough to find some green spaces that are not crowded you can help the state out and report them on https://invasivespecies.wa.gov/report-a-sighting
IV. FUN
a. June Campout Pumice Plain Barb reported that chances are the campground might not be open and we would be social distancing.
b. September Campout Sept 10-13 Barb
Annual campout- near Mt. Adams- Attkinson campground have a spot- Barb will schedule a meeting in June.
c. Mosier Campout Aug 8-9 Micky
This will be in lieu of a summer picnic. You can come for the day, or overnight. There are six acres so room for social distancing. We will make more plans later, as we see how the virus situation is by then.
d. August Broadwalk in Washington – going ahead as planned.
e. Fun live cameras from wildlife to landscapes: https://explore.org.
V. EDUCATION
a. Monthly Zoom Chapter/Advocacy Meetings Laurie
b. Zoom Book Group? Kathleen would do book group – The Story of More- contact her at worleyK@reed.edu or 503-246-7576
c. Zoom Movie Group? Judy
VI. MEMBERSHIP MANAGER Linda
Linda will call on us if she needs us. She is keeping our membership records up to date.
Meeting minutes submitted by Micky Ryan
Reflection/Evaluation
It did not go well. Laurie was set to facilitate the meeting; however, her internet was unstable and she couldn’t get good audio and they could not hear her either. Luckly, Judy stepped up and facilitated the meeting. The zoom meeting number was an incorrect number and folks could not get on the call. So Felice sent out another number which was the correct one. The members were great but I wanted them to talk with one another and this was never set up. As I only had access to the chat bar I could not communicate this to the facilitator. I will try again next time and see if connection to a ethernet cable will give me better audio. This has never been the case before, so I assume it is because of the overuse of the internet.