2018 Board Meeting
On 12/11/2018, the 2018 Sonoma Mountain Institute Board Meeting was held with Brock Dolman, Mark Sindt, Jim Nelson, Jim Coleman, and Kate Sindt all present.
Mark Sindt reviewed the 2018 accomplishments within Sonoma Mountain Institute. Of those were the following topics:
– The work being done at Taylor Mountain and the infrastructures that have been put in place.
-The species count and Mark discussed how he is working with SMI’s IT guy to add this data to our website.
-Our new 3 year Healthy Soils Compost Spread project.
-How our grassland managers are happy with the new fencing they are using. It changes the dynamics of how they move the animals using interior fences rather than exterior fencing.
-Mark mentioned that he will be meeting with the folks from Resource Conservation District on the catchment system early January and is hoping to get that project started.
-Brock and Mark also wanted to mention that the Star Thistle hand pulling is going really well at SMI as SMI staff is pulling less hours each year but covering a larger area due to the success of the cattle grazing.
The 2018 budget was reviewed and a new budget for 2019 was proposed and approved. The meeting was then adjourned.