2020 The Oak Creek Watershed Council (OCWC), formerly the Oak Creek Canyon Task Force, was organized in 1994 by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) as an informal watershed group, and evolved into a community-driven non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization on September 11, 2003. The following comprise its 9-member Board of Directors for 2020. CHAIR:Lisa WintersResearch and Stewardship Volunteer…
Kalai Kollus Kalai grew up with a deep love for the Southwest, specifically the biodiverse mountain regions of Arizona where she regularly visited and the desert lands she grew up in. She believes that Arizona holds some of the most incredible and captivating geographical features ranging from mixed-conifer filled peaks, rare riparian habitats, and the famous saguaros. Therefore, she has…
Stewardship Engagement In partnership with the following groups: the United States Forest Service (USFS), the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), the City of Sedona, the Arizona Community Foundation, and the National Forest Foundation; several young people spent the last seven summers working on Oak Creek recreation sites, talking to visitors, picking up trash, human and dog waste, monitoring water…
OCWC BOARD OF DIRECTORS Lisa Winters, Chair Lisa is originally from Michigan where she grew up fishing, boating, and exploring the great lakes. That love and curiosity of all things water led her to pursue a Master’s degree in Aquatic Ecology from Utah State University. After Lisa finished her degree, she moved to Flagstaff in 2014 and spent two years…
Ambassadors 2016, 2017, 2018 From 2016-2018 our Ambassadors were busy working with USFS along Fossil Creek each summer. This agreement between Oak Creek Watershed Council and USFS Red Rock Ranger District allowed for our Ambassadors to be present during high-use times accomplishing necessary creekside contact, outreach and education, trash removal, erosion control projects, and water quality sampling. We found that…
There is a collective body of resources to be found among the member agencies of the Oak Creek Watershed Council. APS | website Arizona NEMO | website Arizona Department of Environmental Quality | website Arizona Department of Water Resources | website Arizona Game and Fish Department | website Arizona State Parks | website, Red Rock State Park, and Slide Rock State Park City of Sedona, Arizona | website Coconino County | website Coconino…
