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Volunteers

Wolf Creek Community Alliance owes everything to our dedicated volunteers, steering committee members, and program coordinators; to those from other organizations and the City of Grass Valley who give generously of their time; and to the citizens and organizations who help fund our efforts. We acknowledge and deeply appreciate these important contributions to WCCA and our community.

 
Water quality monitors

Our monitors sample and test water at 20 sites once a month. (list updated 8/07)

Gordon Baker
Sally Bartindale
Janice Bedayn
Rod Bedayn
Janelle Black
Shannon Bradley
Frank Brander
David Brownstein
Jennifer Carville
Josie Crawford
Kirk Davis
Bruce Early
Walt Fraser
Fred Hall
Kathy Giles
Gary Griffith
Judy Hamilton
Reed Hamilton
Sally Herring
Abbey Herring
Lissa James
Jonathan Keehn
Noel Kroeplin
Tor Larsen
Larry Markey
Eric Martin
Michael McDonald
Brenda McMillan
Paul Mellersh
David Merchant
Christine Nys
Brian O'Connor
Mike Pasner
Yara Pasner
Tony Pellegrino
Dale Peterson
BJ Schmitt
Jon Shilling
Leslie Shilling
Sallie Shilling
Ralph Silberstein
Deni Silberstein
Sue Sindt
Cecil and Kathlene Snow
Geri Stout
Cara Wazalewski
Linnae Wolting
Pat Wynne

 
Donors

Many thanks to those who help support our efforts with their donations. (Contributions to Wolf Creek Community Alliance are tax-deductible; WCCA is a 501c3 non-profit.) Learn how you can contribute.

Mike Pasner (veggies for booth)
Briarpatch Market Community Fund ($200)
Friday Night Market booth
Mary Furney ($25)
Fred Skeen ($25)
Marisha Finkler ($50)
Robert Joehnke ($75)
Ralph Miller ($100)
Anonymous ($1000)
Anonymous (adopt-a-site; $700)
Flour Garden Bakery ($200)
Anonymous ($100)
Anonymous ($100)
V'Tae (in-kind gifts for monitors)
Horizon Graphics (banner & T-shirts)
Herring family ($100)
Mike & Barbara Getz
Phil Carville
Ralph & Deni Silberstein
Geri Stout
Kerry MacCalden (native plants)
Janet Cohen (donated time)
Anonymous ($1000 for membership drive)
Anonymous ($500 for heavy metal testing)
ECorp Consulting (watershed map)
Patagonia (waders for monitoring program)
Frank Fish and Gail Headstrom ($100)
Sponsors of Heal Your Self Heal Your Earth
Automata (automated monitoring station)
B&C Hardware (supplies for January Stewardship Day)
Hansen Brothers (tractor rental for March Stewardship Day)
Rexel Norcal (conduit, etc. for monitoring station)

 
Help from other organizations

Our partner and sister organizations provide valuable technical and practical assistance.

South Yuba River Citizens League
(water monitoring technical assistance, capacity building)

Nevada Irrigation District
(meeting venue; equipment loans; office space)

Lesa Osterholm
Bear River Watershed Coordinator

Friends of Deer Creek
(technical assistance)

Sierra Nevada Deep Ecology Institute

 
Presenters

Many people have taken time out of their busy schedules to make presentations at our general meetings.

Gary Griffith
(teacher, NCSA)

Sara Denzler
(CA Dept of Water Resources, Urban Stream Restoration Program)

Jorgen Blomberg
(Phillip Williams & Associates)

Phil Carville
(Loma Rica)

Sandy Sanderson
(Northstar)

Liese Greensfelder &
Kurt Lorenz

Carrie McNeil
(Delta Keepers)

Dave Lawler
(BLM)

Joanne Hild
(Friends of Deer Creek)

Ron Munson
(CA State Parks)

Alexandria Keeble

Grayson Coney
(Tsi-Akim Maidu Tribe)

Steering Committee

Members of the Steering Committee plan general meetings, take care of administrative tasks, and strategize. They include the officers of the Board of Directors.

Gordon Baker (Board Member)
Sally Bartindale
David Brownstein (Board Member)
Josie Crawford
Jonanthan Keehn (President)
Noel Kroeplin
Lisa Lackey (Secretary)
Kim Osienski
Mike Pasner (Vice President)
Jane Pelton
Don Pelton
Dale Peterson (Treasurer)
Rick Sanger
BJ Schmitt
Deni Silberstein
Geri Stout (Board Member)
Chris White

 
Watchwolves

Watchwolves keep on eye on any current or proposed activities or projects that may impact the creek: development proposals, sewage treatment plant accidents, city projects, etc.

Deni Siberstein
Jon Shilling

 
Program coordinators, etc.

A number of people have responsibility for running programs, representing WCCA in committees, and doing the many other jobs that keep our organization going.

Kim Osienski
(AmeriCorps intern)

Sally Bartindale
(city trail plan committee member)

Geri Stout
(creek walks)

BJ Schmitt
(water monitoring program coordinator)

Eric Engles
(website)

Rick Sanger, Jonathan Keehn
(outreach and publicity)

 
Funding sources

Many thanks to the organizations that have provided us with grant funding.

Sierra Nevada Alliance
(grants in 2005 and 2007)

Rose Foundation
- grant for a mining toxins study
- Unified Stream Assessment grant 2005
- grant to educate the community about reducing the negative impacts of development on the creek ($3000 in 2006)

The Tides Foundation
(grant for monitoring program)

The Strong Foundation
(grant for monitoring program)

 
City of Grass Valley staff

Several city staff people are working hard on creek issues or helping to realize our goal of creating a trail system along Wolf Creek.

Sandy "Jake" Jacobson
Joe Heckel
Dan Chance
Richard Fitzhugh
Jeff Jewitt

 
County of Nevada staff

Nevada County GIS Division
for GIS data and support