CLEER’s mis­sion is to pro­mote a proac­tive envi­ron­men­tal pol­icy whereby the Lake Elkhorn water­shed is man­aged in a way that is envi­ron­men­tally sen­si­tive and respon­si­ble, pre­serv­ing the water­shed and min­i­miz­ing costly envi­ron­men­tal restoration.

CLEER advo­cates for the devel­op­ment, imple­men­ta­tion and main­te­nance of a water­shed man­age­ment plan for Lake Elkhorn.  As well as, a per­ma­nent pro­gram to edu­cate home­own­ers in the Lake water­shed on their role in main­tain­ing a healthy water­shed, and to pro­vide oppor­tu­ni­ties for them to engage in activ­i­ties to sus­tain the health of the habitat.

ACTIVITIES

• Con­tin­u­ing recruit­ment and main­te­nance of an email list of more than 170 Mem­bers, all the Colum­bia vil­lages, and some home­own­ers associations.
• Advo­cated by mem­bers, tes­ti­mony and emails to Colum­bia gov­er­nance orga­ni­za­tions, for a Colum­bia Water­shed Man­age­ment Plan and for a full­time Water­shed Manager.
• Sup­port and assist the Water­shed Man­ager in the accom­plish­ment of the mis­sion goals of the Water­shed Man­age­ment Plan.
• Other activ­i­ties as oppor­tu­ni­ties arise with the imple­men­ta­tion of the Plan.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
CLEER pub­li­cizes vol­un­teer recruit­ment and oppor­tu­ni­ties for other orga­ni­za­tions in email messages.

CONTACT INFO
Elaine Par­doe
em.pardoe@verizon.net

WEBSITE/LINK
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