2023 General Meetings

Agendas, minutes, supplemental materials and schedule
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General meeting, Wed., January 18, 2023, 9am-12pm

Location: Hybrid via Zoom and in person at the Amador County Building 2nd floor Conference room C

Guest Speaker(s)/Topic(s):

  • Jason Smith (TSS Consultants) — Good Neighbor Authority Agreements between USFS & Calaveras, Alpine and Amador Counties.
  •  Jesse Plummer and Chuck Loffland (USFS, Amador RD) — Panther Fuels Reduction & Forest Health Project EA Supplemental Information Report (SIR)
  • Consensus Item: 2023 general meeting format, including debrief on results of poll & Admin work group recommendation.

Meeting Materials

General meeting, Wed., February 15, 2023, 9am-11:10am

Location: Hybrid via Zoom and in person at Calaveras Ranger District Office (conference room, 1st floor), 5519 CA-4, Murphys, CA 95247

Meeting topic(s):

  • Forest Projects Plan (FPP) Phase 1 and Phase 2 Update
  • Panther Fuels Reduction & Forest Health Project EA – Proposed project changes, Supplemental Information Report (SIR)
  • Consensus Item: 2023 ACCG Priorities List
  • Roundtable and work group updates

Meeting Materials

General meeting, Wed., March 15, 2023, 9am-11:20am

Location: Hybrid via Zoom (see agenda for link) and Calaveras Ranger District Office

Guest Speaker(s)/Topic(s): 

  • Consensus item: New ACCG Member, Bryon Krempl with Krempl Consulting
  • Consensus item: ACCG LOS for CAL FIRE grant application for Market Analysis of Fuels Reduction Treatments in Sierra Nevada (see supplemental materials 04-06). Note: this item is being fast tracked and did not go before the Planning work group first.
  • ACCG 5-Year Strategic Plan Update, Discussion
  • Forest Projects Plan (FPP) Phase 1 and Phase 2 Update
  • Roundtable and work group updates

Meeting Materials

General meeting, Wed., April 19, 2023, 9am-11:15am

Location: Hybrid via Microsoft Teams (see agenda for link) and Calaveras Ranger District Office

Guest Speaker(s)/Topic(s):

  • Introductions to new Eldorado NF Forest Supervisor, Joe Stout, and new Amador RD District Ranger, Linda Helm.
  • Introductions to:
    • Michelle Wolfgang – Eldorado NF’s new Partnership Coordinator
    • Zach Browning – Sierra Institute’s new Central Sierra Shared Stewardship Coordinator
    • Aaron James – Stanislaus NF’s new Partnership Coordinator
  • Consensus item: proposed new ACCG Administrator

Meeting Materials

General meeting, Wed., May 17, 2023, 9am-12pm

Location: Hybrid via Zoom and in person at the Amador County Building Department, Conference Room C, 810 Court St, Jackson. Conference Room C is  on the 2nd floor, at the top of the stairs turn left and will be the first door on the left.

Guest Speaker(s)/Topic(s):

  • Golden State Natural Resources’ Biomass Projects
  • Consensus item: New ACCG Member – Chris Trott
  • Large-landscape decision support tool: Vibrant Planet’s Land Tender
  • Roundtable
  • Work group updates

Meeting Materials

General meeting, Wed., June 21, 2023, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Location: Hybrid via Zoom (see agenda for link) and Calaveras Ranger District Office

Guest Speaker(s)/Topic(s): 

  • Becky Estes: 2021 Caldor Fire Post-fire Restoration Framework & Post-fire Opportunities for CA Spotted Owl
  • Becky Estes, Helen Loffland, Regine Miller, Megan Layhee: UMRWA’s WCB Aspen Restoration Project
  • SCALE Mtg – ACCG rep discussion
  • Megan Layhee (for Rosie Gonzales): USFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program

Meeting Materials

General meeting, Wed., July 19, 2023, 9am-12pm

Location: Hybrid via Zoom and in person at the Calaveras Ranger District office

Guest Speaker(s)/Topic(s):

  • Guest Presentation: Curtis Kvamme, Forest Soil Scientist, Stanislaus NF, Forest Applications of Biochar – Stanislaus Demonstration Site
  • Consensus item: ACCG 2023 SWOT Analysis (supporting documentation for 2023 Strategic Plan)
  • Discussion: July 17-18 SCALE Meeting debrief, discussion on ACCG’s future participation at SCALE meetings
  • Round table and work group updates

Meeting Materials

General meeting, Wed., August 16, 2023, 9am-12pm

Location: Hybrid via Zoom and in person at the Calaveras Ranger District Office (Conference Room), 5519 CA-4, Hathaway Pines

Guest Speaker(s)/Topic(s): 

  • Planscape: A New Wildfire Resilience Decision Support Tool & Sierra Nevada RRK
  • Consensus item: ACCG revised SWOT Analysis

Meeting Materials

General meeting, Wed., September 20, 2023, 9am-12pm

Location: Hybrid via Zoom and in person at the Amador Ranger District Office, 26820 Silver Dr, Pioneer

Guest Speaker(s)/Topic(s): 

  • Dr. Robert York, Interactions of the Mosquito Fire with Forest Management and Reforestation Demonstration at Blodgett Forest Research Station​
  • Ben Banerjee, Dryad Wildfire Detection System, Mesh-Networked for Early Detection, Forest Health & Monitoring

Meeting Materials

General meeting, Wed., October 18, 2023, 9am-12pm

Location: Hybrid via Zoom and in person at the Calaveras RD office in Hathaway Pines

Guest Speaker(s)/Topic(s): 

  • Nina Gordon-Kirsch: “Walking the Length of the Mokelumne”

Meeting Materials

General meeting, Wed., November 15, 2023, 9am-12pm

Location: Hybrid via Zoom and in person at the Amador Ranger District Office, 26820 Silver Dr, Pioneer

Guest Speaker(s)/Topic(s): 

  • Jason Smith, TSS Consultants/”Central Sierra Woody Biomass Pilot Program”

Meeting Materials

No December 2023 General meeting

 

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