Wintu Audubon Society

Officers and Board of Directors 2009 - 2010

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Directors-at-Large:

Ken Bachman, John Coon, Mike Damoth, Alicia Young and Connie Ward

Ad-hoc Committees:

Shasta County Checklist...Bob Yutzy (chair), et al, when called


Hatchet Ridge Windfarm DEIR/EIR...Claudia Yerion (chair), Bill Oliver, Red Modeen and Rob Santry

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WINTU AUDUBON SOCIETY MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Wintu Audubon Society is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity. We promote enjoyment of the natural environment through education and interactive programs. The Wintu Audubon Society, founded in 1975, is a chapter of the National Audubon Society serving the Redding and the Shasta County area. The Wintu Audubon Society's mailing address is P.O. Box 994533, Redding, CA 96099-4533.

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WINTU AUDUBON SOCIETY STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2009 - 2010

The purpose of this plan is to establish goals and objectives that may be achieved in the coming years. Nevertheless, it is a plan and subject to change and revision as circumstances dictate. This plan should be used as a road map for activities as the chapter functions and participates within the community.

Annual Plan
1. To provide ten membership meetings with programs on conservation, birding, science, and natural history subjects.
2. To provide one full day and one half-day field trip for members per month, excluding July and August.
3. To provide a “Beginning Bird Walk” on the second Saturday of each month, excluding July and August. These walks to be publicized locality and open to the public.
4. To provide a Chapter Newsletter on a bi-monthly basis, excluding July and August.
5. To maintain and improve on our mutually beneficial relationship with Turtle Bay..
6. To review, comment on and provide guidance on EIR’s, Forest/BLM management plans, and other activities which affect bird habitat or a safe environment in our area.
7. To support and participate in Christmas Bird Counts for Redding and Fall River Valley, and participate in other counts in the surrounding area.
8. To maintain liaison with and actively support the following: Shasta Land Trust; California Native Plant Society, Shasta Chapter; Local Watershed Projects; Horsetown Clear Creek Preserve; City Parks development; California Department of Fish and Game; the National Park Service and the Nature Conservancy at Dye Creek Preserve.
9. To continue tracking progress on the division of PG&E lands through the PG&E Land Stewardship Council.
10. To participate in the following events as fund-raising and outreach activities:
    a. Provide a booth at the annual Redding Earth Day Festival.
    b. “Return of the Salmon Festival” with a booth at the Coleman National Fish Hatchery.
    c. Co-host “Garden & Birding Tours” with the Shasta Chapter California Native Plant Society in May.
11. Develop a “Shasta County Bird Trails” brochure.
12. Provide an active Website with links to the world of birding, plus special features such as backyard birding, care of hummingbird feeders, green activities, alerts on avian botulism and other bird diseases, where to bird within the county, a free county birding checklist, and a myriad of other information subjects.
13. Continue fund raising activities through book and coffee sales, and search for other sources of income.
14. Continue and expand youth training and support through classroom slide presentations and funding support for youth participation in birding festivals such as the “Winter Wings Festival” in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
15. Expand chapter outreach through greater public visibility and working with local media facilities.
16. Improve membership by ten percent.
17. To review the Strategic Plan at least quarterly to ensure progress toward stated goals.
18. Monitor and protect local Important Bird Areas.
19. Work with local watershed groups, providing bird surveys and other support.

Five Year Plan
1. Improve membership by twenty five (25) percent.
2. Conduct a five year review of by-laws.
3. Review and revise Shasta County Bird Checklist.
4. Review and revise Shasta County Bird Trails brochure.
5. Improve recognition of personal achievement within the chapter by members and officers.
6. Develop a “Green Team” in the chapter to identify appropriate Green activities and achievable goals.
7. Conduct a property inventory.
8. Research, find and develop an area to be habitat friendly for birds. Work with the local Native Plant Society for appropriate plants.
9. Provide 3 years of monitoring at the Hatchet Ridge Wind Farm.

Ten Year Plan
1. Survive and grow providing service to the community and its critters, especially birds.

Adopted August 10, 2009