Meeting Minutes - November 1, 2000
Poynette Elementary/Middle School

Attendees: Russell Bellman, Nancy Braker, Roxann Brue, Ira Kastenberg, Tom Kemp, Yvette Lokotz, Paul Lokotz, Steve Mueller, Theresa Plenty, Julie Schoeneberg, Bob Shaw, Gary Sorenson

Meeting called to order at 6:30 pm by Nancy Braker, president.

Nancy Braker announced that the Friends of Rowan Creek have received the DNR River Protection Grant for $10,000.

Speaker: Ken Potter, UW-Madison professor of civil and environmental engineering, gave a presentation about the Watershed Resource Management Program and how its graduate students could complete a comprehensive of the Rowan Creek watershed. If the graduate students select Rowan Creek for their thesis work the study timeframe would be from January 1, 2002 through the summer of 2002. (see handout for more detail)

The group still needs to find funding for the watershed study which may cost up to $10,000. Several ideas for funding were brought up including getting interest from county land organizations and other groups that share an interest in watershed protection.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm.

Upcoming meeting: December 6, 6:30 pm ­ Poynette Elementary/Middle School Library

Submitted by, Theresa Plenty, secretary