NCCWP welcomes our friends and neighbors to discuss the future of the Jetty Creek Watershed on January 27th at 2:00 pm at St. Mary by the Sea Catholic Church.
The featured speaker at this event will be Chuck Willer, the director since the 1990s of the Coast Range Association, a grassroots organization. He said, "I'll be there to contribute whatever I know about watershed protection, purchasing forestland, and conservation easements." Chuck is committed to forest reform and forming community forest organizations. He has worked on a number of grassroots efforts regarding forest water issues at the Oregon Coast. Chuck will lead a discussion about safeguarding and protecting drinking water sources, as well as the importance of community ownership and management of drinking watersheds that is based on local, democratic control. The program will conclude with ideas about how people can get involved in protecting their drinking watershed.