Policy Advisory Group

The Policy Advisory Group (PAG) is a committee to the Walla Walla Watershed Management Partnership. The PAG's primary functions are:

  • Provide a forum for discussion of issues relevant to the Partnership Board.
  • In conjunction with the Water Resource Panel, provide assistance and advice to the Partnership Board in the implementation of HB 1580 (Chapter 183, 2009 Session Laws).
  • Develop suggestions for updates to the Partnership Board’s strategic actions. Assist the Partnership Board in making policy related decisions.

The Policy Advisory Group is composed as follows, effective February 2012:


Members
Hedia Adelsman (WA Department of Ecology)
Diane Driscoll (NOAA/NMFS)
Roland Schirman (Citizen / PU Member / Snake River Salmon Board)
Mike Bireley (Tri State Steelheaders)
Stuart Durfee (Gardena Farms Irr District / PU Member / Snake River Salmon Board)
Ron Dunning (Port of Walla Walla)
Fred Bennett (Citizen / PU Member)
Ernie Schrader (Citizen)
Rebecca Kalamasz (US Army Corps of Engineers)
Mark Grandstaff (WA Dpt of Fish & Wildlife)
Gene Warren (Citizen / PU Member)
Phil Brick (Whitman College)
Paul Hartwig (City of College Place / PU Member)
Paul Wemhoener (Citizen)
Jon Hooper (Citizen)
Teresa Kilmer (WW River Irrigation District [OR])
Kay Mead (WW County Conservation District)
Sheryl Cox (Citizen)
Andrea Burkhart (Blue Mtn Land Trust)
Tom Page (Citizen / PU Member / Native Creek Society)
Brian Wolcott (WW Basin Watershed Council)
Bob Carson (Whitman College / PU Member)
Chris Marks (Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation)
Amanda Cronin (WA Water Trust)
Melissa Holecek (WWCC Water & Environmental Center)
Jerri Lyn Westphal (Citizen)
Yancey Reser (Citizen / PU Member / Snake River Salmon Board)

Policy Advisory Group Charter