2011 – NRWCA Board of Directors

Members at Large

Officers of the Board of Directors – 2011

NRWCA Non Board of Director Membership Organizational Contact List -2011

NRWCA

Board of Directors

Winter Meeting

9:00 am – 12:00 noon 

Wednesday – January 19, 2011 

Red Lion Colonial Inn

2301 Colonial Drive

Helena, MT

 Contact Person: Richard E. Grady

Executive Secretary – 406-368-2308

email: gradybunch@linctel.net

(Rooms are available for $89.00 plus tax – Just mention NRWCA Legislative Forum)

Draft Agenda

(Meeting will start promptly on time)

• Meeting called too Order: President – Ron White
• Minutes of the October 15, 2010 Board of Directors Meeting – Richard Grady
• Financial Report, Filing of 2010 tax report,  Outstanding Bills and 2011 Membership Dues – Susan Story

Old Business:

• WETA Legislative Evening Conference Booth Report
• NRWCA Co-sponsored Legislative Forum Update – Richard Grady
• Update on Confirmation of NRCG MOU for Training – Richard Grady
• 2011 Wildland Engine Academy Cadre Planning Process – Steve Gist

New Business:

• Membership Retention and Recruitment – Farmers Union Example – Dean Bouma
• Review of the NRWCA Board of Directors draft Organizational Chart for 2011- Richard Grady
• Annual Registration with the Secretary of State due April 2011 – Susan Story
• Review of Executive Secretary Plan of Work for 2011 and approval by Board of Directors – Ron White
• Election of Officers for the Board of Directors for 2011
• 2011 Legislative Issues for NRWCA to monitor – David Russell
• Spring and Fall dates for NRWCA Board of Directors Board Meeting
• Thoughts, dates and objectives for the Fall 2011 Conference in Missoula
• Other agendas items too be discussed
• Public Comments

FUELS IN OUR FORESTS:  IS THERE A REASON FOR CONCERN?

Wednesday - January 19, 2011

6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Red Lion Colonial Inn Helena

2301 Colonial Drive Helena, Montana

Phone: 406-443-2100

(6:00 pm to 7:00 pm Refreshments Provided with a No Host Bar)

Co-Sponsor: Northern Rockies Wildfire Contractors Association (www.nrwca.com): A professional association made up of privately owned small business contractors with fire suppression equipment contracted with State and Federal Agencies with the workforce to mitigate fuels in the Wildland Urban Interface.

Co-Sponsor: Montana Forest Owners Association (www.forestsmontana.com): A non-profit organization directed by a voluntary board of family forest landowners.  MFOA represents family forest landowners across Montana and actively involves itself in pending legislation. When managing multiple resources of the forest, we are sensitive to environmental concerns and implement our objectives accordingly.  Whether landowners own one, ten, a hundred or thousands of acres, family forest lands are often strategically placed and contribute significantly to Montana’s economic, wildlife, cultural, and recreational values.

Co-Sponsor: Montana Loggers Association (www.logging.com): The mission of the Montana Logging Association is to enhance the professional status of Montana timber harvesters, support their endeavors, and ensure that our state’s renewable forests provide opportunity for generations to come.

Co-Sponsor: Montana Wood Products Association (www.montanaforests.com): The mission statement is to promote healthy forests and healthy communities through management of Montana’s forests.

Co-Sponsor: The Montana Tree Farm System (www.mttreefarm.org): A non-profit organization of nonindustrial private woodland owners sponsored by the American Forest Foundation.  The mission of the Montana Tree Farm System is to promote the growing of renewable forest resources on private lands while protecting the environmental benefits and increasing public understanding of all benefits of productive forestry.

If you have any further questions, please RSVP too Richard E. Grady, Executive Secretary of NRWCA, Home Office – 406-368-2308, Cell – 406-202-3577 or email at gradybunch@linctel.net.

   Sincerely,              

                 /s/ Ron White.

                                   Ron White, NRWCA President

Co-Sponsored Legislative Forum

Wednesday - January 19, 2011

6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Red Lion Colonial Inn Helena

2301 Colonial Drive Helena, Montana

Phone: 406-443-2100

Fuels in our Forests:  Is there a reason for concern?

(Legislative Forum will be held in the State Room of the Red Lion Colonial Hotel)

6:00 – 7:00      Registration Mixer, networking and hors d’oeuvres

7:00    Conference Welcome and Introduction – NRWCA – recognition of co-sponsors and

            forum planners: Ron White, President NRWCA

7:05    Current forest conditions, trends and future:  bark beetles, wildfires and climate.  Peter Kolb, State Extension Forester – MSU

7:35     Fire protection on a changing landscape – Bob Harrington, State Forester, Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC)

7:50     Forest products markets – Researcher perspective of industry conditions and trends – Todd Morgan,

            Director of Forest Industry Research, UM Bureau of Business and Economic Research

8:05     Proactive and reactive costs:  perspective from the Northern Rockies Wildfire Contractors Association –

            David Russell, Legislative Committee Chairperson, NRWCA

8: 20    Panel – moderator makes certain each panel member gets five minutes to answer and then calls on audience for questions. Richard E. Grady, Moderator, NRWCA

Invited Panel Members

Bob Harrington – DNRC

Leslie Weldon – U.S. Forest Service (Invited)

Patrick Connell – Representative House District 87

Chas Vincent – Senator District One

Jason Todhunter – Montana Loggers Association

Patrick Heffernan – Montana Wood Products Association

Questions to consider for the panel members:

1. What can we do about all of the dead wood in our forests?
2. How do we support our natural resource work force, infrastructure, and conserve our forests?
3. Who does the work, who pays and who gains?

The following is a listing of the local PTAC offices that are available to assist vendors regarding contracting questions for water handling equipment within Region One.

Montana PTAC
http://www.bigskyeda.org
Statewide PTAC

Big Sky EDA
http://www.bigskyeda.org
222 North 32nd Street, Suite 200
Billings, MT 59101
Program Headquarters

Jason Porch – Subcenter Director
Phone: 406-256-6871
Email: porch@bigskyeda.org

Maureen Jewell – Program Manager
Phone: 406-256-6871
Email: jewell@bigskyeda.org

Kathy Moody – Administrative Staff
Phone: 406-256-6871
Email: moody@bigskyeda.org

Kalispell Area Chamber of Commerce
http://www.kalispellchamber.com
15 Depot Park
Kalispell, MT 59901

Doug Bolender – Subcenter Director
Phone: 406-755-4221
Email: ptac@kalispellchamber.com

Missoula Area Economic Development Corp.
http://www.maedc.org/
1121 E. Broadway, Suite 135
Missoula, MT 59802

Paulette Drozda – Subcenter Director
Phone: 406-532-3207
Email: ptac@maedc.org

Prospera Business Network
http://www.bozeman.org/
222 East Main Street, Suite 102
Bozeman, MT 59715
Phone: 406-587-3113

Patti Renevier – Subcenter Director
Phone: 406-587-3113
Email: PRenevier@prosperabusinessnetwork.org

Native American Development Corporation PTAC
American Indian PTAC

221 North Broadway
Billings, MT 59101
Phone: 406-259-3804
Program Headquarters

Leonard Smith – Program Manager
Phone: 406-259-3804
Email: lsmith@wtp.net

Mary Walks Over Ice – Supervisory Procurement Specialist
Phone: 406-259-3804
Email: mwalks@wtp.net

Prairie Bighorn – Account Manager
Phone: 406-294-7994
Email: pbighorn@wtp.net

Butte Local Development Corporation

Jim Smitham

jsmitham@bldc.net

(406) 723-4349

 

Great Falls Development Authority

Lillian Sunwall

lsunwall@gfdevelopment.org

(406) 771-9024

 

Lake County Community Development Corporation (Ronan)

Carol Cunningham

Cunningham1carol@yahoo.com

(406) 261-3200

 

Snowy Mountain Development Corporation (Lewistown)

Kathie Bailey

Smdcdist6@hotmail.com

(406) 535-2591

 

The objectives of the NRWCA Mission Statement are to:

• Support and assist it’s members in order that they operate successfully in their contracting speciality.
• Create public awareness of wildfire contractors and their vital link to governmental agencies.
• Work toward solutions to common problems within the industry
• Share Technology
• Raise the standards and practices of the industry by requiring members comply with government standards
• Generate Business opportunities
• Honor federal and state procurement and dispatch procedures
• To be recognized by the federal and state agencies as the representatives of the wildfire contractor’s community
• To promote communication between federal, state, local agencies and our members