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[Jemmy Bluestein]

Thx yeah let’s get Laura’s new handle into this little list thx for chiming Dollink. We congratulated ourselves on our illustrious saga and triumphal purchase of Musick outright… we fantasized about projects and directions a bit… nice little gathering. I think maybe Oyang took notes maybe, or James, in case there was actionable things to remember? I need to maybe add some contacts to our master list…

Coming up tomorrow I have a couple crew folks I seem to have a small crew of fresh AYPs (awesome youngish persons) to train for a big little planting push starting approx right away. A few thousand seedlings from the resiliency folks plus the nursery plants left over from last season (another few thou). Never know how the season will unfold in terms of moisture but earlier they get in better chance of survival. So we have the budget and I think we got a little crew. I know em, scoundrels all. I am guessing I can get us planted for +\- $20k but we need to do some tree maintenance (thinning around survivors), a little eradication of invasives, cutting downed trees out of roads, etc. 

Then in Oct NRCS is supposed to pay us another $30k.

And on Thursday Heather and maybe a few others will come on up and we will orientate ourselves. Creeks are raging very nicely. I’ll get some pics on fb. Thx all. Xo Jem

[Oyang Teng]

Hi all,

Notes from Thursday's Zoom meeting ~

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Membership meeting (online)

02/26/26 7:00PM 
Participants: Jemmy B., Jim M., Joel P., Oyang T.

Joel disappeared then reappeared.

Rumors of Jeremy overseas.

Chris Cambell, local water law enthusiast, may join along with Heather next Thurs. (3/5) for a walkabout onsite.

(Jem is sort of on the hook to figure out issues related to a possible lake on the property, seems it's Edison Co. jurisdiction so CA state not too helpful?)

To a question about whether we'd want irrigation for planting:

A water system is a really interesting and desirable project (though maybe more for an orchard and not necessarily for reforestation, also some natives don't take summer water well as they are prone to root rot in warm soil).

Would be nice to have some water tanks up in a few places though.

Also possibly a nursery, otherwise where are the trees coming from that are needed all over, not just at Musick?

Unfortunately, NRCS has a proscription against funding for nurseries.

In any case we got a few thousand more conifers for March/April plantings.

And a few thousand Edison understory goodies funded by the most recent grant; includes Elderberry, Hazelnet, Thimbleberries, all kinds of flowering and fruiting types.

5-6k total plantings in the next few months.

We want to start thinning areas where we intend to plant.

And before deciduous trees leaf out and conceal, now while the leaves are down we can find trees that need rescuing and prep for planting.

The upper part of the property is textbook thinned thanks to a Mexican crew from Oregon.

And of course we seem about ready to build some kind of structure.

Big ol' Tent pole platform and maybe sweat lodge too.

Meanwhile Hipcamp is still going, more or less keeping tidy but still camping too close to the creek; it's an ongoing effort to maintain the relationship but so far there's mutual aid to keep the property in shape.

There are probate proceedings for the adjacent parcel ongoing. Probably a good time to make contact w/ HOA.

On the admin side of the house, thinking it would be good to relieve Matthew T of any remaining bookkeeping duties while maybe Heather or maybe Julie takes over. 

Since nothing pressing in flight, no rush on final decisions.

Come Oct, and contingent on the existence of a functioning NRCS, another $30k incoming (P.S. more than our current annual operating budget).

TLA of the Day: BDA (Beaver Dam Analogues)

And other Nice to Haves:

- Trail cams for wildlife observation.

- Trail work: running trail, hiking trail.

- Paving stones from our quarry.

- Expanding our online presence on the socials.

- Adding new folks to the general announcement list.

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[Jemmy Bluestein]

Thx for the notes Oyang and thinking more about irrigating for tree plantation: could run gravity feed from higher sources, which is nice. Could involve miles of drip line, not necessarily prohibitive expense but requiring constant maintenance also from varmint munchout… still could be done in some places and could really help many trees get going… maybe bears more consideration… maybe someone would finance… maybe Srcd, maybe NRCS… I will inquire some…

Jem

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[Joel Pomerantz]

Laura’s addresses updated in both groups now.

Thank you for the notes, Oyang! You nicely left out the negative comments about certain neighbors.

Joel

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[Debby Jo Wagner]

Thanks so much for the info  & for all the work, thinking, planning, communicating, imagining, playing, planting, schmoozing, scrounging, tromping, tip-toeing, educating, listening.......❣️

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[Jemmy Bluestein]

Debjo: It’s a dirty gig but….

 Got small awesome planting crew presently. Should be real good solid week upcoming. Tomorrow a m party w Heather at Musick  and Ima bring Christopher see how that goes. Join us? Will report soon. Xox

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[Debby Jo Wagner]

Oh s#!+. Didn't read mail yesterday. Yes, I do want to get up there soon

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