Members
The Chehalis Basin Partnership consists of government and agency representatives, as well as citizens. Below is a list of the current membership.
Member Organization | Current Representative | Current Alternate |
Grays Harbor County | Commissioner Jill Warne | Suresh Bhagavan |
Lewis County | Commissioner Sean Swope | Lee Napier |
Mason County | David Windom | |
Thurston County | Commissioner Tye Menser | Kaitlynn Nelson |
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation | Colleen Parrott | |
Port of Centralia | Vacant | |
Port of Grays Harbor | Phil Papac | Alissa Shay |
City of Aberdeen | Kevin Eldred | Nick Bird |
City of Centralia | Kim Ashmore | Andy Olen |
City of Chehalis | Terry Harris | |
Hoquiam | Brian Shay | |
McCleary | Andrea Dahl | |
Montesano | Dan Wood | |
Napavine | Deborah Graham | Shawn O’Neill |
Ocean Shores | Marshall Reed | |
Thurston PUD | Commissioner Chris Stearns | |
Environment | Jan Robinson (Chehalis River Basin Land Trust) | |
Grays Harbor County Citizen | Terry Willis | |
Thurston County Citizen | Paula Holroyde | |
WA Dept. of Ecology | Angela Johnson | |
WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife | Megan Tuttle | |
WA Dept of Natural Resources | Bob Johnson | |
Business | Chris Lunde, Port Blakely | |
Agriculture Forestry |
Brian Thompson,Lewis County Farm Bureau |
The people living in the Chehalis Watershed are the ones who are going to be the most affected by water resource management decision-making. That’s why it’s important to have the widest diversity of voices participate in developing plans for the watershed. With this in mind, the voices brought to the table for watershed planning through the agreement written in 1998 included: cities, counties, public utility districts, port districts, the Chehalis Tribe, non-governmental interests (agriculture, fisheries, environmental, business) state agencies, and one citizen appointed for each county.