South Santiam Watershed Council

“Diane kaldahl norm kaldahl director director family relationship”

“Members of the organization include anyone who lives, works, or recreates in the south santiam watershed. At this point in time there are about 150 members.”

“The members of the organization elect the members of the board.”

“In the past, a copy of the form 990 was reviewed by the sswc treasurer and coordinator before it was filed. As the sswc has expanded as an organization, it has become clear that a more robust review process is necessary. As such, the operations/executive committee will review a draft of the fy 2013 form 990 brought to them by the treasurer and coordinator and address any questions, comments, or concerns to the cpa who will be preparing the return. After which, the form 990 will be brought to the full board of directors for a vote affirming /denying the submittal of the final form 990. Every effort will be made to insure that the form 990 decision will be made by consensus, but in the unlikely event that consensus cannot be achieved, a simple majority will suffice.”

“1. No employee, officer, director, volunteer or agent of the sswc shall participate in the selection, award or administration of a bid or contract supported by federal funds if a conflict of interest is real or apparent to a reasonable person. 2. Conflicts of interest may arise when any employee, officer, director, volunteer or agent of the sswc has a financial, family or any other beneficial interest in the vendor firm selected or considered for an award. 3. No employee, officer, director, volunteer or agent of the sswc shall do business with, award contracts to, or show favoritism toward a member of his/her immediate family, spouses family or to any company, vendor or concern who either employs or has any relationship to a family member; or award a contract or bid which violates the spirit or intent of federal, state and local procurement laws and policies established to maximize free and open competition among qualified vendors. 4. The sswcs employees, officers, directors, volunteers or agents shall neither solicit nor accept gratuities, gifts, consulting fees, trips, favors or anything having a monetary value in excess of 20 dollars (20) from a vendor, potential vendor, or from the family or employees of a vendor, potential vendor or bidder; or from any party to a sub-agreement or ancillary contract. 5. As permitted by law, rule, policy or regulation, the sswc shall pursue appropriate legal, administrative or disciplinary action against an employee, officer, director, volunteer, vendor or vendors agent who is alleged to have committed, has been convicted of or pled no contest to a procurement related infraction. If said person has been convicted, disciplined or pled no contest to a procurement violation, said person shall be removed from any further responsibility or involvement with grants management, procurement actions or bids, consistent with state or federal policy.”

“The coordinator's length of service, job performance, available budget, and data for comparable positions at outside organizations is gathered by the operations/executive committee and recommendations are made to the full board for approval.”

“The sswc treasurer is paid to conduct bookkeeping activities for the organization. Bookkeeping activities generally take less than five hours per month for the sswc. Hourly rates were sought of local bookkeepers and our treasurer is able to accomplish similar tasks for a lower hourly rate.”

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“The mission of the south santiam watershed council (sswc) is to involve local people in the enhancement and protection of the south santiam watershed for the social and economic benefit of its landowners, managers, and users. The sswc is active in stream restoration, education and outreach, and monitoring throughout the watershed.”

“Steelhead. On canyon creek, designed log jams were built to provide rearing habitat for steelhead. An important component of watershed restoration is work in the riparian area. Over the past five years, the sswc has planted over 200,000 native trees and shrubs in the watershed. In fy 2013, the sswc was busy with maintenance activities on these plantings. This involved visiting over 25 properties multiple times to treat invasive weeds that may threaten the previous plantings. With education, the sswc is continuing to work with the u.s. Forest service, sweet home ranger district and local schools to bring this coordinated watershed education program to watershed students. The program has two main components; the annual outdoor school and the youth watershed council (ywc). The outdoor school program that involves a series of in-class watershed education activities and field trips to sweet home 5th and 6th grade classes that culminates in a three day outdoor school attended by over 90 students. The activities and field trips consist of topics important to watershed health including riparian and forest ecology, wildlife biology, and fisheries. The ywc is a program for sweet home high school and lebanon high school students to participate in an organization that follows the principles of effective watershed councils. The ywcs have 20 members and meets weekly during the school year. At the meetings, the members listen to presentations of watershed issues and restoration opportunities, and discuss ways to address issues. The ywc has featured field trips to sites and work days at locations the students select for restoration. During this fiscal year, much work was conducted in sweet home along the south santiam river and on hamilton creek near lebanon. In monitoring, there are two priority areas in the south santiam river watershed for effectiveness monitoring, hamilton creek and mcdowell creek basins. On hamilton creek, 3.5 miles was surveyed in fy 2013 to gauge the effectiveness of current and future restoration action in that watershed. On mcdowell creek, 1.75 stream miles were surveyed. During 2014 and future years the sites will be surveyed again to measure environmental change as a result of the projects that have taken place. Monitoring services were also used throughout the willamette basin, with other watershed councils utilizing the services of the sswc to conduct monitoring in their respective watersheds. Water quality monitoring continued, with sampling occurring at 40 sites. These data help provide water resource managers the information they need in assessing water quality and prioritizing restoration and conservation actions.”