Busy, Busy January!

Meetings, Meetings, Meetings

We conducted our first Long Range planning meeting a week ago. A total of 18 participants (including Board and staff) attended. We completed a draft update to the five year plan. We will continue to refine that draft until the plan is completed in February. If you have comments or questions, please contact us. We'd love to hear from you.

On January 27th, we will be co-hosting a workshop for farmers and ranchers. It is an opportunity to learn more about conservation easements, Kittitas County's transfer of development rights (TDR) program, and the various technical and financial assistance programs available to landowners. We are pleased to announce that Roylene Rides at the Door is scheduled to attend this meeting. Roylene is the State Conservationist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). She and members of her staff will be talking about their programs. I will present the KCCD's available programs and Jill Arango (Cascade Land Conservancy) will talk about conservation easements and the TDR. The meeting is scheduled for 10AM to 2PM at the Teanaway Hall, Kittitas County Events Center (aka the fairgrounds). Our co-hosts are the Cascade Land Conservancy and the NRCS. Click here to view the flier advertisting the workshop: http://kccd.net/Announcements/Workshop.JPG

Project Construction

The first really large pour took place at the MWDA/Consolidated diversion on Manastash Creek last Friday. The contractor poured the slab for the entire structure- it took more than 80 yards of concrete! This project is currently behind schedule, so this was great step. The next pour is the large wall on the creek side of the structure. It is scheduled for next Tuesday.

During the pour last Friday- this is looking upstream toward the headgate.

This is the slab on Monday morning. The screens will go in the frames in the center of the photo.

At Barnes Road, the work is now focused on backfilling around the structure and adding rock to the fish way. There is one small pour remaining, which is the foundation for the mechanical building. WDFW's Screen Shop will begin installing the fish screens next week.

The major pours are all done and Barnes Road.

AL