FOTSCH Milestones

July 25, 2006	Contract award from the 2007 Citizen-based Monitoring Partnership Program for pesticide monitoring on St. Croix River near Gordon.for pesticide monitoring on St. Croix River near Gordon.
April 21, 2006	Grant award from the Wisconsin Environmental Education Board for the development of a Water Quality Index based-approach to summarizing water-quality data into a more easily understood format.
February 28, 2006	Grant award from the Natural Resources Foundation C.D. Besadny Conservation Grant Program for a Purple Loosestrife Control Project on Upper St. Croix Lake and the upper St. Croix River
February 2, 2006	FOTSCH selected for participation in the 2006 Citizen Monitoring (Level-2) Pilot Project
December 27, 2005	Contract award from the 2006 Citizen-based Monitoring Partnership Program for water-quality monitoring on Upper St. Croix Lake
August 18, 2005	"Conserve Wisconsin" agenda by Governor Doyle proposing official Wild River designation for the St. Croix River headwaters segment
July 26, 2005	River Protection Planning Grant award from Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for St. Croix River headwaters segment.
June 28, 2005	Mutual agreement among FOTSCH, West Wisconsin Land Trust (WWLT) and Northland Cranberries, Inc. to have a conservation buyer acquire and restore the commercial cranberry bog at Gordon
May 3, 2005	501(c)(3) tax-exempt status granted by IRS
March 14, 2005	Contract award from the 2005 Citizen-based Monitoring Partnership Program for water-quality monitoring on the St. Croix River headwaters segment.
February 24, 2005	Grant award from the Natural Resources Foundation’s C.D. Besadny Conservation Grant Program for WAV monitoring equipment.
February 23, 2005	Designated by WDNR as Qualified River Management Organization
February 19, 2005	Bylaws approved
February 16, 2005	Participation at Wisconsin St. Croix Basin Partner Team meeting
February 4, 2005	Partnership with University of Wisconsin Stevens Point (UWSP) Center for Watershed Science and Education (CWSE) for advanced water monitoring
December 27, 2004	Member/Volunteer/Donor initiative started
December 27, 2004	First meeting of Board of Directors
December 27, 2004	Articles of Incorporation filed
December 14, 2004	Web site created
December 2, 2004	Partnership with UW-Extension Water Action Volunteers (WAV) for citizen-based  water-quality monitoring program
December 2, 2004	Second St. Croix headwaters stakeholder information meeting
September 9, 2004	Endorsement by Douglas County Association of Lakes and Streams (DCALS)
August 23, 2004	First St. Croix River headwaters stakeholder information meeting