Each WMC Board member serves for a two-year period, beginning January 1 of odd-numbered years. Candidates are nominated by the Nominations and Election Committee, with the President-Elect automatically becoming President. Since the By-laws were amended in 1997, the size expanded this election from 9 to 11 members. All paid members were sent ballots in August and the results were announced at the 7th Biennial Conference Banquet in Boise in October. The results were:
| Office |
Name |
Affiliation |
| President | Sari Sommarstrom | Sari Sommarstrom & Associates |
| President-Elect | Rick Kattelmann | U.C. Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab |
| Secretary | Jim Bergman | Tahoe National Forest |
| Treasurer | Terry Kaplan-Henry | Sequoia National Forest |
| At-Large | Robert Coats |
Stillwater Sciences, Berkeley |
| John Cobourn | Univ. of Nevada Coop. Extension | |
| Polly Hays | U.S. Forest Service, PSW Regional Office | |
| George Ice | National Council of the Paper Industry | |
|
Robert Nuzum |
East Bay Municipal Utility District | |
| Dennis Pendleton | Univ. of California, Davis | |
| Charles Slaughter | USDAARS, NW Watershed Research Center |
Our 7th Biennial Conference, but the first one to be held in Idaho, attracted 180 people from 11 states and the District of Columbia. Idaho was home for 110 of the participants. About 140 attended the entire conference, in addition to the 40 who attended only the Monday short course organized by the University of Idaho's Ecohydraulics the workshops) as good to excellent. Almost all agreed that the facilities were comfortable and that the topics were interesting and relevant. Both of the keynote speakers, Dr. Tom Dunne and Dr. Walt Megahan, were rated very highly. The biggest criticisms of the conference were inadequate time management of the speakers and the high cost of the event. Great suggestions were also offered about possible sites and topics for our next conference in 2000.
Celebration and socialization were enjoyed at the banquet held at the Basque Center, which included a delicious dinner and delightful Basque dancers. Conference Chair Chuck Slaughter, a WMC Board member and director of the USDA's Northwest Watershed Research Center in Boise, was congratulated with a plaque for coordinating all of the tremendous volunteer efforts that are essential to achieving such a successful conference. A special recognition plaquefor services above and beyond the call of dutywas also presented to Clay Brandow, Past-Past-Past President of WMC and also our official Historian.
Contributing co-sponsors for the event were the NW Watershed Research Center, Natural Resource Conservation Service (Idaho), Boise National Forest, CH2M-Hill, the Bureau of Land Management (Idaho State Office), and Boise State University. Conference Proceedings editor Chuck Slaughter expects publication in May 1999.
Cosmogenic nucleotides
"Stardust" that is deposited on the earth at the rate of about 1 in./50,000 years.
Geomythology
A body of myths that is supposedly based on the science of geology or geomorphology, but in reality has no such foundation.
Ghost roads
Uninventoried or unknown roads, often found on National Forests and other public lands, that become active roads from repeated use.
Hydromythology
Hyperfragmentation
Fragmentation of both the forest and the watershed.
Leveefication
The process of lining the sides of rivers with levees.
Orphan levees
Abandoned levees that are no longer officially maintained.
Shedheads
Yellow metal madness
Photos Needed for WMC Poster
Show us your talent! WMC is holding our first Photography Contest. We are looking for a photograph to use for our new WMC poster. Prints or slides should be accompanied by a brief description of the subject. Provide us with your name as you would like it referenced. You could be our featured photographer! Please submit your entries by May 1, 1999 to Terry Henry, c/o USDA Forest Service, 900 W. Grand Ave., Porterville, CA 93257. (Photographs will not be returned and will become the property of WMC.)
Truckee River Basin
Looks like our Fall 1999 biennial field trip is going to be in the Truckee River Basin. This 2-day event will headquarter in Reno, and will travel to view headwaters restoration work at Lake Tahoe, water quantity/endangered species issues at Pyramid Lake, and water quality and flood plain issues in the Reno area. Tentative dates are October 810 or 1517, with new WMC Board member John Cobourn, of the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, taking charge as Coordinator. Stay tuned for more information...
