Greater Gallatin Watershed Council

Annual Meeting 2014

Happy 10th Anniversary

GGWC!

Lower Gallatin River Watershed

• 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!

Who We Are o Pat Costelloo Mark Storyo Brian Heaston

• Recent Board Memberso Marye Virginia Sanctuaryo Sharon Brodieo Sally Schranko Pat Byorth

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

2013 AmeriCorps MemberMorgan Bessaw

•Stream Teams •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

Water Monitoring

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 Site8

Stream Team 2013 Field Season

Monitoring Locations

Pebble Counts

Water Quality Monitoring Tasks

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

Matthew Bird Creek Education and Outreach events

Big Sky Annual Weed Pull Watershed Festival Sustainability Fair City of Bozeman Water

Fest

GGWC Outreach and Education

Partnered with Big Sky Youth Empowerment and the City of Bozeman

Storm Drain Stenciling

Received DEQ funding to place four new maps along GVLT’s Main Street to Mountains trail system

GVLT Trail Kiosk Watershed Map Project

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

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

Additional 2014 Projects

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!