Another benefit is sharing of databases. The Model Watershed has done a lot of research on the basin, and we have shared information with each other. Wood feels that the Board members work well together. The Board has been working together a long time, and is able to work through points of contention well. One thing that helps do so is site visits where the Board members have a chance to talk to the specialists on the site and resolve issues.
Funding comes and goes, but people and community are constant.
She works about half time for the program. Prior experience includes working as a data manager for the Fish Passage Center in Portland and with a consulting firm also working on fish-passage of dams. She collects and collates data on fish habitat restoration projects and prepares maps using a computer database and GIS system. Noyes brings competence and efficiency to the work she does in support of watershed projects. Most of her work is in the office and using a computer, but she may get a bit of variety by doing some monitoring in the field this summer.