MIDDLETOWN – The Upper Putah Creek Stewardship invites community members to a hands-on community meeting designed to gather input to the ongoing Watershed Assessment on Saturday, June 28 at Calpine Geothermal Visitors Center in Middletown from noon to 3 p.m.

Join your neighbors for an informative afternoon of watershed assessment planning.

The stewardship has begun a three-year effort to do a comprehensive assessment of the watershed. To date, a Technical Advisory Committee has assessed a recent study to determine its overall coverage and have added some items that needed to be included the assessment.

The community's participation and input is needed to make sure that this study covers the concerns of all the people in the watershed.

Stewardship members will explain what a watershed assessment is and isn’t. They will tell community members what items they plan to include in the study. Participants also will learn why they are included.

Residents will be asked to voice opinions about the study and they will be given the opportunity to add their areas of concern to the assessment. If ideas are accepted they will become part of the assessment. This information will be compiled and published under the heading of ideas generated by the “Citizens Advisory Group.” Be assured all ideas will be given proper consideration.

Please attend this important meeting if you can, tell your neighbors, everyone is welcome. You can also get more information by calling Chris Simon at 707-987-1109 or Dwight Holford at 707-987-0663 or visit the group's new Web site at www.upperputahcreek.org.

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