About the Whittier Watershed Council

The mission of the Whittier Watershed Council is to protect water quality and the life it sustains in the Whittier watershed ecosystem.

We are a community based, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that wants to work together with community members to monitor and protect through active stewardship of Whittier’s Watershed.

Whittier Watershed Councils’ Vision is to identify problems that affect the water quality of Whittier and advocate for the public’s right to protect a healthy environment, which sustains our ways of life, both physically and spiritually.

The WWC was established in 2005, is made up of concerned citizens from Whittier, Alaska and throughout South-Central Alaska.

Power from Whittier Creek? AK Energy Authority Recommends Project Funding

There has been some interesting recent news for followers of the goings on in Whittier. On January 22, 2009, the Alaska Energy Authority recommended that the Whittier Creek Hydroelectric Reconnaissance project be funded at the requested matching level as a part of the Alaska Renewable Energy Fund. The City of Whittier is spearheading the project, and now awaits a final decision regarding the funding following the recommendation from the AEA.

The entire list of projects that are part of the first round of funding from the AREF program is available here.

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January 2009 WWC Meeting and Proposed Agenda

Whittier Watershed Council Meeting
January 30, 2009 10:00 am — 12:00 noon
BTI Homeowner’s Lounge, Whittier

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. APPROVAL OF THE MEETING AGENDA

3. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES DECEMBER 05, 2008

4. PRESENTATION

A. BRUCE SEXAUER USACE ARMY (PLANNIG COMMUNITY MEETING)
B. NEW ARWA NEW WATER SPECIALIST
C. SUZANNE FISLER ALASKA DISTRICT, NRCDB AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT THE ALASKA DISTRICT POSSIBLE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

5. NEW BUSINESS
A. ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT - ZACHARY ZALETEL
B. WWC LOGO - COUNCIL
C. TREASURER’S REPORT - MIKE

6. BUSINESS

A. WATERSHED PLAN
B. CONTAMINANT SOURCE INVENTORY
C. CONTRACT HELP FOR ADMINISTRATOR
D. LEVEE UP-DATE MARK, CHARLENE

7. VISITOR’S DISCUSSION

8. MEMBER DISCUSSION

9. DETERMINE DATE AND TIME FOR NEXT MEETING

10. ADJOURNMENT

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