This arrived too late for our March 13th members meeting; so for those interested, here are some topics of common interest from the Laurel WID* meeting:

• We invited WID members to our March 13 meeting for the FFA presentation, and the April 10 meeting for the NRCS-NWQI presentation.
• Constructive group discussion about: disappointing autumn water quality results; challenges in assessing specific ‘problem’ observations; and how to best engage landowners on such issues.
• Dept of Ecology staff: 113 Tenmile-area landowners will be receiving reminder post cards to encourage attention to good stewardship practices.
• Update: collaboration continues on a landowner ditch-clearing project, near Tenmile Creek & Chasteen road.
• Update: County staff will plan a meeting for us all to discuss considerations in transitioning residences on septic systems to a municipal sewage system.
• Reminder: NSEA Earth Day planting event, part of another collaboration project: County road repair & Ten Mile Creek channel relocation at East Hemmi road.

* The Laurel Watershed Improvement District (WID) is one of six taxing entities in the lower Nooksack watershed, established to “participate in cooperative watershed management actions… for purposes of water supply, water quality, and water resource and habitat protection and management.” WID boundaries are set to include participating landowners. The Laurel WID covers a large part of the Ten Mile Creek watershed, but not all. We consider the WID to be an important partner; ‘we achieve more working together‘.
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