The Steering Committee is composed of Western North Carolina Alliance members as follows:
Chair
Linda Tatsapaugh, Buncombe County At-Large
Black Mountain
Vice–Chair
Edward Pritchett, Buncombe County At-Large
Asheville
Second Vice–Chair
Peter Krull, Buncombe County At-Large
Asheville
Secretary
Greg Kidd, Buncombe County At-Large
Waynesville
Treasurer
Matt Raker, Buncombe County At-Large
Asheville
Randall Boggs, Henderson County At-Large
Mills River
Teresa Buckwalter, Watauga River Conservation Partners
Boone
Rob Cabelli, Buncombe County At-Large
Asheville
Bill Crawford, Macon Chapter
Franklin
Mike Jackson, Macon County At-Large
Franklin
Julie Lehman, Buncombe County At-Large
Asheville
Alan O’Connor, Haywood County At-Large
Canton
Mary Osmar, B.E.A.R. Task Force
Highlands
Stan Schnitzer, Buncombe County At-Large
Asheville
Neva Duncan Tabb, Haywood Community Alliance
Waynesville
Julie White, Forest Service Task Force
Black Mountain
Erick Zenteno, Buncombe County At-Large
Asheville
WNCA BYLAWS
The WNCA Steering Committee voted on April 12, 2012 to amend the organization’s bylaws in response to changes in WNCA’s program work. As required by our bylaws, we are posting this change for our members’ consideration and feedback. If you have comments or questions, please email Julie Mayfield at julie@wnca.org.
The primary program change is the addition of Josh Kelly, the field biologist we added in 2011. Prior to coming to WNCA, Josh worked on national forest issues in the Cherokee National Forest, which is just over the border in Tennessee. The Cherokee National Forest is ecologically connected to the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests in North Carolina, and Josh and our forest partner organizations believe that work in Tennessee is important in maintaining the ecological integrity of the entire forest system. So, as with our French Broad Riverkeeper program whose jurisdiction includes the French Broad basin in Tennessee, we think it makes sense for the Alliance to continue to use Josh’s expertise to work on the entire natural system, uninterrupted by the state boundary.
The other proposed change reflects work we might have done on I-3 and might still do on Corridor K, both large, inter-state transportation projects. In these instances, effective work on the North Carolina segments requires advocacy around the entire project, including those segments in other states. This simply reflects the political, structural, and funding realities of inter-state transportation projects.
Click here to see the proposed change.