FOBHL
Board meeting minutes
Bighorn Federal meeting room
September 18, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Lovell
Call to order and Welcome – Bob C
Excuse: Jim Liner, Bob Nemitz
Approval of Aug 14 email minutes - Motion by Margaret and second by HD
Personal thanks to Keith Grant for his dedicated service on the FOBHL board!
Directors items
Bob discussed Lovell BICA mtg 8/15 and reported on USBR Group mtg -Billings 8/23
Bob and Keith met with Darrell Cook and Rick Lasko on 8/15 to review items from the document attached.
All meetings were productive in their own way. We always get some new insights on things to check out and verify. Wyoming had a large group attend in Billings on 8/23.
Promo DVD: HD - passed out DVDs (Bear Lodge, Shell, Greybull, Ft Smith)
Bob N – Contacted Powell and Cody Bresnan Cable TV about showing it at various times.
Ken - TV ads for Billings area using our new dvd are going very well. Money well spent. Could FOBHL and the Pryor Mtn Mustang group pool advertising? We will consider this.
HD and Margaret will put together some ideas on a promo/educational packet for us to discuss.
The kiosk at NPS could be used in many other ways and locations. We will discuss this idea with the Lovell Chamber of Commerce soon.
MORE show 2008
Boy Scouts cleaned up weeds in a large section of the HSBend beach last week, looks nice.
Projects that need grant money? Jim Ck floating restroom $80,000?
Trees and bushes for HSB Cpgrd - amount unknown presently
Mustang Days 2008 follow up meeting was held the end of August with more ideas presented.
There will be a lot of activities at HSBend that week.
Bob N - DU will be visiting the lake soon and then able to give a presentation at the Oct USBR Grp meeting to be held in Lovell?
Migratory Bird Act (Exec order 13186-Jan 2001) and Protection of Wetlands (Exec Order 11990 May 1977) 42 FR 26961 are not being followed.
Present and future relationship between FOBHL, USBR and BICA was briefly discussed.
USBR fall/winter operation plan for BHLake will be discussed in a Billings meeting this Thur at 7pm. Who can go? Ken & Bob, plus several members.
Tourism booklets promoting Bighorn Canyon Nat Rec Area will be updated for the 2008 issues. We have contacted the publishers and the various communities involved. Wyoming Travel and Tourism will post our DVD on their web site and allow us to have a descriptive listing there too.
The Town of Lovell would like opportunity for VIP work with us at BICA. There will be several projects forth coming where they can help.
Walleyes Unlimited of Montana Tournament Sept 22-23 at HSBend and Barry’s Landing
South end BHLake maps are done and available to our members and other interested persons
Wyoming Travel and Tourism video footage from June 23 not yet received
Hwy 37, bentonite on the road and railroad crossing concerns near Am Colloid plant - Jim Thomas WDOT and Bob reviewed the progress to date.
HD and Margaret journeyed to Ft Smith, Montana recently at the invitation of Bob Krumm of Sheridan to tour the Bighorn River below Yellowtail Dam. They had opportunity to float the river plus visit with fishing guides and others. They reported that there were over 100 rigs on the river that day. They felt a meeting between FOBHL and FOBHR would be time well spent!
Copies of our new promo dvd were given out too.
Labor Day weekend was very active at south BHLake. The counts taken by FOBHL and BICA were very close.
HSB 145 trailer rigs 16 other vehicles 23 in cpgrd 102 used swim beach
BLdg 75 “ 6 “ 13 “
(FOBHL have kept weekend visitor counts all season)
FOBHL – BICA Meeting
August 15 & Sept 12, 2007 at 1:30pm
Lovell Visitor Center
BICA okey with = Y
The “It’s A New Day At Bighorn Lake” celebration for 2008 will be June 21.
FOBHL VIP projects for the winter months
1. Driftwood gathering in same areas as last spring including the bays in HSBend - use piles not windrows for more complete burning (Y)
2. Removal of brush, weeds and trees north of Causeway after freeze up using bush shredder (in south east portion) (Y) Rick Lasko & Bob will check out the area soon
3. General PM of boat docks, signs, tables, etc(Y&N)
4. New day boards for the south end (FOBHL buy the signs, BICA get posts and cement, coordinate placement on the shore line) (Y)
BICA will hire a person to attend to lawn, beach, etc at HSBend for next year. (Y)
Need a qualified VIP weed sprayer to work with Rick Lasko and group at the ramp areas in the south end (Y) This will keep the weeds under control over the season.
PROJECTS:
IMPROVE EXISTING STRUCTURES FIRST, BUILDINGS, DOCKS, GRASS, RAMPS ETC.
BEGIN AT HORSESHOE BEND THEN MOVE OUT FROM THERE AS PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED.
- WATER WELL – status ? (Being pulled from present group bid and will be rebid after Oct 1) (Y)
- RENOVATION OF HSBEND CAMPGROUND WITH RV HOOK UPS, GRASS, TREES, ETC. (Do a prototype campsite soon then rehab the whole cmpgrd – pending approval of a 2008 budget) (Y)
- OVERFLOW PARKING AREA – HSBEND (BICA will post signs marking these areas)(Y)
- PURCHASE A BEACH GROOMER MACHINE (JENNIFER SCHNIEDER REQUESTED?)(Y)
- SIMPLE TENT CAMPING AREA NEAR PLAYGROUND OR GRASS AREA. (Discuss further and incorporate into a plan for development)
- NPS WEB SITE WITH MORE LAKE INFO (Jeff and Kristy working on this )Add FOBHL web site to NPS site but not as a live link (Y)
MAINTANANCE:
- BETTER BUMPER PROTECTORS ON ALL DOCKS (N)
- RESURFACE HSBEND MAIN DOCK TO REDUCE SURFACE SLICKNESS (Y)
- ADJUST BOLTS AT JOINTS ON MAIN DOCK, THEY STICK OUT TOO FAR. (FOBHL ) (Y)
- WEEDS ON SWIM BEACH AND TRIM TREES (FOBHL) (Y)
5. LIGHTS AT PLAY GROUND/PICNIC AREA (Talk to Don F about the problem) (Y)