Meetings, Tours, and Presentations

WSNWCB OFFICE REPORT

August 2017

Alison Halpern & Wendy DesCamp

Meetings, tours, and presentations:

·  Noxious Weed Committee Meeting August 7 (Alison and Wendy)

·  Visited Walla Walla common crupina sites with Dave Maiden, Russian knapweed site with Jennifer Andreas August 28-29 (Alison and Wendy)

Outreach/Education:

·  General correspondence, answering questions (Wendy and Alison)

·  Facebook posts (Alison)

·  Filled publication requests (Alison and Wendy)

·  Filled seed packet requests (Susie Allen)

·  Continued work on written finding drafts for 2018 noxious weed proposals (Wendy)

·  Successful contacted Washington Chapter of the Aggregates and Concrete Association (Alison)

County Weed Board support:

·  Answered questions (Wendy and Alison)

·  Sent publications to County Boards (Alison and Wendy, with so much help from Greg, Tim, and Jennifer)

·  Looked into ROW/easement responsibility to control noxious weeds (Alison)

Administrative

·  Submitted FY17-19 allotments to fiscal (Alison)

·  Travel reimbursement for Board members (Alison and Susie Allen)

·  Worked with HR on online training for WSNWCB members (Alison)

·  Updated directory (Alison)

·  Drafted meeting minutes (Wendy and Alison)

·  Created online surveys for SBEIS (Alison)

Leave time:

Alison: Aug 24 (4.5 hours), Aug 25 (1.5 hours), Aug 31 (4 hours)