Greater Gallatin Watershed Council Annual Meeting 2014

Happy 10th Anniversary GGWC!

Lower Gallatin River Watershed

Who We Are Board Members Recent Board Members Marcia Youngman, Chair Heidi Giem, Treasurer Tammy Crone Susan Duncan Barbara Vaughn Rose Vallor Chris Mahony Christopher Boyer Sierra Harris - Watershed Coordinator 2014 Big Sky Watershed Corps Member-Katherine Boyk And the many dedicated volunteers who make it all happen! Pat Costello Mark Story Brian Heaston Recent Board Members Marye Virginia Sanctuary Sharon Brodie Sally Schrank Pat Byorth

2013 AmeriCorps Member Morgan Bessaw Social Media Guru Newsletter Expert Community Education and Outreach Master Internships with Gallatin Valley Land Trust and the City of Bozeman Collaborative work with MTWC and school groups

Water Monitoring Stream Teams E. coli sampling on Bozeman Creek Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring with funding from the Gallatin Local Water Quality District under their EPA Urban Waters Grant Additional funding from Montana Import Group and DEQ Water Quality Assistance Collaborative Partners: Trust for Public Lands and MSU Water Quality Extension E. coli sampling on Bozeman Creek Purchased new flow meter

Stream Team 2013 Field Season Monitoring Locations Bozeman Creek – Bogert Park and City Hall Mandeville Creek – Two sites on MSU Campus Bozeman and Mandeville Creeks– Near Goldenstein and Red Wing Drive E. Gallatin River – Two locations at Story Mill Site 8

Water Quality Monitoring Tasks Pebble Counts Measuring Stream Flow

Using our new flow meter on the E. Gallatin River

Collecting Chlorophyll –a Samples on Mandeville Creek

Recording data at Mandeville Creek on MSU campus

Mandevillle Creek Volunteers

GGWC Outreach and Education Matthew Bird Creek Education and Outreach events Big Sky Annual Weed Pull Watershed Festival Sustainability Fair City of Bozeman Water Fest

Storm Drain Stenciling Partnered with Big Sky Youth Empowerment and the City of Bozeman

GVLT Trail Kiosk Watershed Map Project Received DEQ funding to place four new maps along GVLT’s Main Street to Mountains trail system

2013 Fall Tour “Restoring the Gallatin Valley’s Wetland Landscape” Story Mill wetland

Baxter Creek Wetlands Complex

Water Resource Plan 2014-2017 Planning community-based stream improvements for the Lower Gallatin Watershed EPA 319 grant funding

Additional 2014 Projects Partnership with Trust for Public Lands on Story Mill Regional Park Project Partnering on Bridger Creek bank cleanup Placement of additional trail kiosk watershed maps Designing a stream health report card for Bozeman Creek

2013 GGWC Financial Statement

Major Donors Willow Springs

Community Partners and Supporters

Thank you to everyone who has supported the Greater Gallatin Watershed Council over the past 10 years! We are looking forward to another decade of work, collaboration and watershed education!