Planning Committee

The Planning Committee is the decision-making body of CABY. Members represent interests and watershed management responsibility within the four watersheds: Cosumnes, American, Bear, and Yuba (CABY).

Water Agencies

El Dorado County Water Agency, Bill Hetland, General Manager

El Dorado Irrigation District, Dave Witter, General Manager

Nevada Irrigation District, Ron Nelson, General Manager

Placer County Water Agency, Dave Breninger, General Manager

Conservation Groups

American Rivers, Steve Rothert, Associate Director of Dam Programs

American River Watershed Institute, Otis Wollan, President

El Dorado and Georgetown Divide Resource Conservation Districts, Mark Egbert, District Manager

The Nature Conservancy, Susan Tatayon

Natural Heritage Institute, Carrie Monohan

Protect American River Canyons, Gary Estes

Sierra Club (Sierra Nevada), Allan Eberhart, Chair

Sierra Nevada Alliance, Julie Leimbach

South Yuba River Citizens’ League, Jason Rainey, Executive Director

Counties

Placer County, Ed Sullivan, Senior Planner

El Dorado County, Pierre Rivas, Planner and Christine Mearse, Environmental Health

Nevada County, Nathan Beason

Regional

Mountain Counties, Jim Chatigny, President

Watershed Collaboratives

American River Watershed Group, Bill Templin, Watershed Coordinator

Bear River Watershed Group, Lesa Osterholm, Watershed Coordinator

Yuba-Bear Watershed Council, Lynn Campbell, Watershed Coordinator

Tribes

Tsi-Akim Maidu, Don Ryberg, Tribal Chairperson

Recreation

American River Recreation Association, Bill Center

California Outdoors, Nate Rangel

Northern Cal Council Federation of Fly Fishers, Gold Country Flycatchers (local entity of No. Cal), Frank Rinella, Representative

Agriculture  

El Dorado County, Bill Stephans, Agricultural Commissioner, and Steve Burton, Assistant Agricultural Commissioner

Kirk Taylor, Apple Hill Growers and EID Staff Person

Lesa Osterholm, Nevada County RCD