Organization
Executive Commitee
- Mary Roderick, Land of Sky Regional Council, Chair
- Andrea Leslie, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Vice Chair
- Preston Jacobsen, Haywood Waterways, Secretary
Steering Committee Member
- Ann Marie Traylor, EQI
- Brett Laverty, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
- Fritz Johnson, Blue Heron Whitewater
- Gray Jernigan, MountainTrue
- Jay Hawthorne, Trout Unlimited
- Jane Margaret Bell, Land of Sky Regional Council
- Jonathan Hartsell, Blue Ridge RC&D
- Maria Wise, Mills River Partnership
- Mark Shelley, National Forest Foundation
- Michael Huffman, City of Hendersonville
- Lisa Raleigh, RiverLink
- Sarah Newton, Equinox
Business and Recreation Work Group
Jay Hawthorne – johnjhawthorne@gmail.com
Sarah Fraser – sfraser@newbelgium.com
- The Business and Recreation Work Group focuses on developing positive connections and enhancing understanding of the monetary and aesthetic values of the French Broad River and its tributaries. By working with the business community stakeholders in the eight WNC counties that form the watershed, we believe the basin can support both values in ways that are river-friendly and sustainable for future generations to enjoy.
Outreach and Education Work Group
Jane Margaret Bell – janemargaret@landofsky.org
- The outreach and education working group works to support and develop outreach and education efforts to maintain and improve stream health within the French Broad River watershed. The group’s present objectives are to develop a web presence, design a watershed education strategy, develop digital newsletters, and draw up a “Top Ten Things to Do for Water Quality” list.
Water Quality Work Group
Tracy Davids – tdavids@defenders.org
Mike Huffman – mhuffman@hvlnc.gov
- The Water Quality Workgroup exists to better understand stressors in the watershed, develop projects and approaches that reduce impacts and improve water quality, and seek funding to enable this work on a scale arger than our partners organizations can do alone.
Technical Resources Work Group
Sarah Newton – sarah@equinoxenvironmental.com
- The Technical Resources Working Group was established to provide partners within the French Broad River Watershed technical information and contacts to assist with project-based needs and to provide a repository of aggregate knowledge for the benefit of the watershed.
