Crook County Natural Resource District

Crook County Natural Resource District (CCNRD)

June 6th Regular Board Meeting Minutes

CALL MEETING TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 12:12 pm by Vice Chairman Lily Altaffer at the Sundance USDA Service Center.

ATTENDANCE

Board: Lily Altaffer, Kim Fundaun, Casey Devish, Wanda Burget

Employees: Sarah Anderson, Bridget Helms, Jessica Halverson, Carmen Horne-McIntyre

Guests: Danielle Roth, SEO

MONTHLY UPDATES

Forestry Program Update Sarah has been attending 4 meetings a month for the USFS Forest Plan Revision. Grant Updates: The Northeast Wyoming Habitat Improvement Project currently has 55 projects in Crook County, totaling 1253 acres. The BLM Pine Ridge Rd area grant has been closed out; it totaled 82 acres and 11 hazardous fuel reduction projects. The CAFA grant for the Miller Creek/Lytle Creek area is still taking applications for projects.

Office Manager Update Bridget has started the NRCS pollinator training. Convention hotels for Dubois have been reserved. The proposed budget has been submitted to the County Clerk and Department of Audit. Bridget assisted with the tree sale. She will attend the NEWORC (outdoor recreation) meeting tonight.

Water Quality Program Updates by Carmen & Jessica Grant updates Carmen will be attending the non-point source task force meeting in Cody this week. The WDA grant (2023-2025) will start this fall, the work plan says September. She will be working with NRCS to purchase a tablet to collect sampling data. We are still waiting to hear back on the UAC grant application. Today we received confirmation that we were not awarded cover crops funding through Plank Stewardship Initiative. Jessie will follow-up to find out why. NACD TA grant RFP has not been released yet, however, there is gap funding that we can request if needed between agreements. Water sampling will begin at the end of this month. Monitoring supplies have been purchased and sites were discussed. Jessie will continue with the BMP reviews.

Financials A motion to pay the bills was made by Wanda and seconded by Kim. Motion carried. All checks were signed, and the reconciliation reports prepared by Bridget were reviewed and signed.

Approve May 2nd Minutes A motion to approve the minutes as presented was made by Wanda and seconded by Kim. Motion carried.

NEW BUSINESS

E-cycling Planning has begun for a September 9th event in Sundance and Hulett. Bridget has started sending funding requests to prior sponsors and is seeking additional sponsors for this year’s events with hopes to increase the amount of waste people can bring free of charge.

Logo Wanda made a motion to use the logo designed by Nora; Kim seconded. Motion carried.

Fair booth Ideas for the fair booth were discussed. The fair booth will be set up from July 26-29.

End of Fiscal Year Special Meeting to approve June financials has been set for June 29th at 9:00 am. Wanda will be unable to attend.

July Regular Meeting & Budget Hearing has been set for July 11th at 1:00 pm.

Time off requests were approved.

Motion to adjourn was made by Kim at 1:30 pm.

Office Manager Signature:

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Chairman Signature:

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