California San Gabriel Mountain Regional Nature Conservancies and Land Trusts

San Gabriel Mountains Regional Conservancy
P.O. Box 963 • Glendora, CA 91740 • Ph/Fax 626.335.1771

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The San Gabriel Mountains Regional Conservancy is getting back into the swing of things for it's 2003-04 Environmental Roundtable Series! We have an exciting series of topics which we intend to cover between now and May 2004. All Roundtables will be held the second Monday of each month throughout the year, but will rotate to different locations each month--so be sure to watch for announcements!

Upcoming Events

April 3 from 9am-3pm
Santa Fe Dam Nature Center Grand Opening Celebration/Dedication

Registration and Continental Breakfast @ 9AM
Welcome: Spring Clean-up Volunteers Julie Riley, Site Director
Ramona Rubio, Site Manager

Calender of Events
Volunteerism

"Follow Your Heart" @ 9:30-11AM
(Note: lunch provided for participants @ 11:30)
Gathering and Instructions--West side of Garden
"Nature Knowledge" @ 9:30AM-3PM

Nature Walks
Family Entertainment
Rock Climbing Wall

"Marketplace" @ 9:30AM-3PM
Theme: Healthy Habits/Healthy Habitats

A Wellness Expo for People and Places
Dedication Ceremony @ Noon-12:30PM
Introductions--Ramona Rubio, Site Manager

Flag Salute by Explorer Post 496 Color Guard, Irwindale Police Dept.
Tim Gallagher, L.A. Co. Parks & Recreation Director
Ann Croissant, SGMRC President
Gloria Molina, L.A. Co. 1st District Supervisor

Dedication

Community Representative
Blessing by Tongva People
Ribbon Cutting, assisted by Irwindale Chamber of Commerce

Mon., April 12 from 7-9pm
Topic: Fisheries of the San Gabriels (Location TBA)

Wed., April 14 from 1-3pm: Watershed Workshop: San Gabriel River
Watershed Plan. @ CTAC, Irwindale

If you have questions about these Issue Forums or the SGMRC and its affiliates, please contact Ann Croissant (626-335-1771 / glcroissant@csupomona.edu) or Rick Thomas (909-662-7276 / rictho@earthlink.net).

Watershed Workshops
The San Gabriel Mountains Regional Conservancy (SGMRC) was awarded a Proposition 13 Watershed Protection Grant by the State Water Resources Control Board to prepare a watershed plan for the three sub-watersheds above Whittier Narrows: San Jose Creek, Walnut Creek, and the Upper San Gabriel River. Watershed workshops, Issue Forums, and a Technical Advisory Committee will meet the second Wednesday of each month from 1-3:00 P.M., at the SCE CTAC facility in Irwindale throughout the process to develop the Watershed Plan.

Funding for this project has been provided in full or in part through a contract with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) pursuant to the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000 (Proposition 13) and any amendments thereto for the implementation of California's Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the SWRCB, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.

Funding for the Think River! component of the project is provided by the Wetlands Recovery Project of Southern California, Rivers and Mountains Conservancy, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Azusa Pacific University, Fly Fishers Club of Orange County, and Vulcan Materials Company. Generous in-kind support of our partners: City of Azusa, Azusa Unified School District, County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, Project EAST (Gladstone High School), Regional Water Quality Control Board, U.S. Forest Service, and U.S. National Park Service have made this a possibility as well.

Additionally, Southern California Edison has generously offered the use of their Irwindale Customer Technology Assistance Center (CTAC) for stakeholder and other related meetings and/or events to be held on the second Wednesday of each month during the process to develop the Proposition 13 Watershed Management Plan for the San Gabriel River Above Whittier Narrows. * * * * *

The San Gabriel Mountains Regional Conservancy was established in 1997 as a private, nonprofit, collaborative organization that is building on the success of pioneering local, nonprofit conservancies and land trusts in the San Gabriel Valley. Over the past 15 years, more than two dozen local, nonprofit conservancies and land trusts have formed in Los Angeles County. Gifts and support to your local, nonprofit conservancy or land trust are needed and tax deductible. The Conservancy also offers free assistance free to communities wishing to explore conservancy advantages and assistance in balanced planning practices for the San Gabriel Valley.

For more information, send a return email, or call 626-335-1771. If you know of others who would like to be on the email listing, let us know - We're cleaning up and reorganizing our files. Thanks for your patience with us. ALSO, those of you interested in being on the email listing for the San Gabriel River Watershed Management Plan monthly, daytime meetings announcements, let us know by return email.

See you there!

Ann Croissant/SGMRC

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