Committee Information

Quick Links: Info & Education Watershed Plan Technical Budget         Click Here to view the 2007 Meeting Schedule           All meetings are open to the public to attend. People make things happen! Committee members provide valuable time and expertise to help the BMW Association meet its goals. Four committees meet monthly to plan watershed activities, provide technical oversight, develop watershed management strategies, and review the budget: Information/Education Committee, Technical Committee, Watershed Plan Committee and Budget Committee.   Please read on to find out more about each of these groups. These committees benefit from the perspectives and skill sets unique to each stakeholder—we encourage you to drop in at our next meeting to see how you can become involved! (Check the Meetings or Calendar pages for specific details on upcoming meeting dates and times.)  Information & Education Committee The Information/Education (I/E) Committee members work together to promote awareness of the BMW Association activities and water quality issues in the Barr/Milton watershed. Some of their recent achievements include: creating and distributing The Barrimeter newsletter, planning river cleanups and Lake Appreciation events, organizing guest speakers and MUCH MORE!  You can download the action list below to learn more about what the Information and Education committee has accomplished and what they are planning. I/E 2007 Action List (Back to top of page)  Watershed Plan Committee The purpose of the Watershed Plan Committee is to incorporate available technical information and selected management practices into a comprehensive document that will guide the activities of the Barr Milton Watershed Association, as requested by, and at the direction of, the Association Board of Directors.  In addition, the Watershed Plan Committee will oversee the annual updates to the Watershed Plan.  To avoid major watershed management and planning conflicts with other members of the Association, it is encouraged that all other watershed management and planning matters handled by other members of the Association be brought to the attention and addressed via the Watershed Plan Committee.    We hope you will share these presentations with interested parties  (Feel free to tailor them to your specific audience, but remember you can't change the facts!) NEW! State of the Watershed 2008 Presentation - 5 minutes (6.5MB) Watershed Plan 2007 Presentation - 5 minutes (5MB) Watershed Plan 2007 Presentation - 20 minutes (12MB)   Here's some of the presentations we've given to local groups: Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) 5-14-07 (12 MB) Denver Regional Council of Governments - 2-23-07 (22MB) (Back to top of page)  Technical Committee The purpose of the Technical Committee is to provide guidance and recommendations on all technical aspects of the Barr Milton stakeholder process based on good science, quality data, and unbiased, professional opinions as requested by, and at the direction of, the Association Board of Directors.  To avoid major technical conflicts with other members of the Association, it is encouraged that all other technical matters handled by other members of the Association be brought to the attention and addressed via the Technical Committee.   BMW Water Quality Database Update The BMW Association database was developed to provide a credible and defensible water quality database for use in watershed management and water quality/quantity modeling. The BMW Association, with technical support from Hydrosphere Resource Consultants, compiled the first BMW database in 2006. This first dataset included over 330,000 water quality and flow records from 360 stations within the Barr/Milton watershed boundary. In July 2007 the BMW database was updated to include additional stations and recent data collected through December 2006. To access the updated BMW database, contact Watershed Coordinator Darcie Garland-Renn at dgrenn@integral-corp.com or (303) 404-2944 ext. 22.   The following documents provide an overview of the ENSR modeling work: NEW! Modeling Special Edition Newsletter - August 2008 NEW! ENSR Workshop #3 Modeling Summary - August 2008 NEW! ENSR Presentation (Workshop #3) ENSR In-lake model recommendation letter - March 2008 ENSR Modeling summary sheet - February 2008 ENSR Presentation (Workshop #2) - February 26, 2008 ENSR Presentation (Workshop #1) - June 21, 2007 ENSR Presentation - December 12, 2006 ENSR Scope of Work   For additional technical information, please see the Reports and Newsletters Page (Back to top of page)  Budget Committee The purpose of the Budget Committee is to provide oversight and recommendations on all financial aspects of the Barr Milton Watershed Association.  The Budget Committee reviews expenditures and income, and is in the process of developing a sustainable financial plan for the organization.   The following documents will be discussed at upcoming meetings: EPA Watershed Funding FACT EPA Factsheet Sustainable Funding - River Network Plan 2 Fund (Back to top of page)

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