March 2002, Volume 2, Issue 3

PLEASE JOIN IN AN INFORMATION SHARING SESSION…

with other Lewis and Clark Bicentennial planners and project stakeholders. The session will be held in Clarkston, just prior to the national bicentennial conference. If you would like to share information with others across the state about the progress of your project or any events you are planning for the bicentennial, this session will give you that opportunity.

The meeting will occur from 3:00 to 5:00 pm at the Quality Inn in Clarkston. Be prepared to give a brief presentation on your project and/or event, and provide a one page handout summarizing your plans. If you would like more information, contact George Sharp at the State Tourism Office, 360.775.5064.

SHARING THE VISION - 7TH ANNUAL PLANNING CONFERENCE

The National Council of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial will hold its annual conference in Lewiston, Idaho from April 12-14, 2002. Partner meetings of the Circle of Tribal Advisors, Circle of State Advisors and others will be held in advance of the conference on April 10th and 11th. (See below for an announcement on the statewide networking and information-sharing session planned for Washington's bicentennial coordinators.)

This year's national conference will feature an opening session hosted by the Nez Perce Tribe, as well as mobile workshops to significant Idaho and Washington sites. Sessions on tips for various grant resources and how to apply also will be part of the program. There will also be dialogues about cultural resource protection. An evening tent reception is planned featuring exhibitors and vendors. For more information and to register for the conference, contact Gail at Premier Planning, 406.442.4141.

SPECIAL WASHINGTON ACTIVITIES AT THE CONFERENCE

Washington's Agency Assistance Team will be hosting a booth at the national conference and local communities are invited to provide brochures and information to be placed at the state's booth. If you are interested, please contact Jean Peterson at the Heritage Resource Center, 360.586.0219.

Washington is also planning a hospitality event in association with the National Park Service Corps II Program demonstration, a mobile workshop that will take conference attendees to Chief Timothy State Park, west of Clarkston. If you would like to participate in the hospitality event or provide information and/or "goodies" for the "knapsack" being prepared for attendees to this mobile workshop, please contact George Sharp, State Tourism Office representative to the Agency Assistance Team at 360.725.5064.

SOUTHWEST COLUMBIA RIVER FISH PASSAGE PROJECT

An exciting project directed at improving salmonid fish passage under the State Route 401 highway and State Route 101 highway is underway. All of the existing streams in this area discharge through culverts of various ages, construction, sizes, lengths, elevations, slopes, and conditions. The project will upgrade these discharge points in two phases. Phase I will improve fish access to streams by:

1. Evaluating the access constraints
2. Design and engineering of improvements
3. Implementing those improvements

Phase II will be working cooperatively with land owners to improve fish habitat above the streams. It is important to note that members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition fished for salmon in some of these streams, including one in the vicinity of Megler, where Clark said he caught "2 Salmon trout." Some funding has already been assembled for the project, but more is needed and project proponents are actively looking for partners. For more information, contact Jim Sayce at 360.642.4421 or jimsayce@centurytel.net.

DESTINATION 2005: THE PACIFIC

Refer to the article later in this enewsletter that lists all the national signature events planned for the bicentennial.

FOURTH ANNUAL LEWIS AND CLARK SYMPOSIUM

The fourth annual Lewis and Clark Symposium will be held at Lewis and Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho on June 20-22, 2002. The Symposium will provide an opportunity to reflect on the intermingling of the two cultures (Nez Perce Tribe and the Lewis and Clark Expedition) and how history was made, viewed, and recorded. On June 22, the Symposium will include a guided bus tour retracing part of The Lewis and Clark Trail. For more information visit the Following website: www.lcsc.edu/extendedprograms/LewisClark/2002 Or call: 208.792.2282 or 800.879.0458 or email Libby Rawls at earawls@lcsc.edu.

PADDLING THROUGH THE BLACKFEET HOMELAND

University of Montana will hold a special event on June 24-28, 2002 that will involve a canoe tour guided by Sally Thompson, Ph.D., and Narcisse Blood, educator, native speaker, and member of the Kainah (Blood) Nation of the Blackfoot Confederacy. The fully outfitted canoe trip on the Missouri River will take participants through Blackfeet homeland. For more information visit www.umt.edu/ccesp/13/anth395.htm or you can register for the trip through Missouri River Outfitters at 406.622.3295.

LEWIS AND CLARK INSTITUTE OFFERS THREE ACTIVITIES

Great Falls, Montana - The Lewis and Clark Institute announces three interactive day-long activities for those wanting to gain 19th century skills or travel a piece of the Lewis and Clark Trail. All activities are held, or begin at the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center in Great Falls, Montana. The three sessions are:

• Quillworking Basics
• Dressing and Tailoring Hides
• Lewis and Clark Pass

Inquiries and registrations should be directed to 406.452.5661, lcia@montana.com, or Lewis and Clark Institute, PO Box 2848, Great Falls, MT 59403

"OCIAN IN VIEW" PROGRAM PLANNED

The "Ocian in View" program coordinated by the Pacific County Friends of Lewis and Clark is becoming an annual event that many Lewis and Clark history enthusiasts from throughout the Pacific Northwest look forward to. The program is a cultural and historic enrichment weekend focusing on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

This year, "Ocian in View" will be held November 8 -10, Veterans Day Weekend at the Ilwaco Heritage Museum. Lectures will be offered on Friday and Saturday nights. Bus tours of Station Camp and other Lewis and Clark sites around the Long Beach Peninsula will be offered on Saturday and Sunday. For more information, visit the website: www.lewisandclarkwa.org or email oceanic@centurytel.net.

RESOURCES AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

It's not too late to find funding for your project. Here are some places to look:

Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation (IAC) and
Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account (ALEA) Grants Available

A variety of the grants are available through these programs. To learn more about application procedures and requirements and to obtain manuals and application materials, please call Jennice Kelly at 360.902.3000 or email her at JenniceK@iac.wa.gov. You can also download information at the following website: www.wa.gov/iac/.

NEH Challenge Grants Special Initiative for Local History, for more information visit www.neh.gov or call the NEH Office of Challenge Grants at 202.606.8309.

Bicentennial Funding Sourcebook - now online at the National Bicentennial Council website: lewisandclark200.org.

Funding Resources Table compiled by the US Army Corps of Engineers - this can be obtained by contacting Kristin Hoffman at Otak, Inc. at kristin.hoffman@otak.com.

National Endowment for the Arts - www.arts.endow.gov

Challenge America: Community Cultural Assistance Initiative www.arts.endow.gov/guide/Challenge02/ChallengeIndex.html.

NEA - Forest Service Arts and Rural Community Assistance Initiative at www.arts.endow.gov/partner/Rural.html.

WEBSITE OF THE MONTH The Pacific County Friends of Lewis and Clark has developed a website that highlights projects and events planned for the bicentennial in the Lower Columbia area. Visit this great site to find out more about what is happening in the area members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition called: "The End of Our Voyage:" www.lewisandclarkwa.org

National Bicentennial Council Announces Signature Events

Fourteen American communities from Monticello to the Pacific Ocean have been selected as sites for national Lewis and Clark heritage events during the bicentennial commemoration of the Expedition in 2003-2006:

January 18, 2003
Bicentennial Kick-Off
Monticello, Charlottesville, VA

October 24-26, 2003
Falls of the Ohio
Louisville Kentucky/Clarksville, Indiana Historical Homeland of the Shawnee Nation

Spring 2004
Three Flags Ceremony/Expedition Departure
St. Louis, Missouri and Hartford/Wood River, Illinois Historical Homelands of the Sac and Fox and Illinois Nations

July 3-4, 2004
A Journey Fourth
Atchison and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri Historical Homelands of the Osage, Kansa, and Missouri Nations

July 30 - August 3, 2004
Tribal Council
Omaha, Nebraska, Historical Homelands of the Otoe- Missouria, Omaha, and Pawnee Nations

Late Fall 2004
Circle of Cultures, Time of Renewal & Exchange
Bismarck, North Dakota, Historical Homelands of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations

July 2-4, 2005
Discovering the Big Sky
Great Falls, Montana, Historical Homelands of the Blackfeet, Little Shell Band of the Chippewa, Gros Ventre, Salish, and Kootenai Nations

Thanksgiving Weekend 2005
Destination 2005 - The Pacific
Lower Columbia, Washington and Oregon, Historical Homelands of the Chinook, Clatsop, Cathlamet, Wahkiakum, Cathlapotle, Clackamas, Multnomah, Clatskanie, Skilloot, Tillamook, Cowlitz, Quinault, and Chehalis Nations

July 25, 2006
Clark on the Yellowstone
Pompey's Pillar, Billings, Montana, Historical Homelands Of the Crow, Northern Cheyenne, and Assiniboine Nations

August 17-20, 2006
Home of Skakakawea
New Town, North Dakota, Historical Homelands of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations

In addition to those listed above, the following signature events are being planned:

• Summer 2004, Dakota/Lakota/Nakota Tribes and the State of South Dakota
• Spring 2006, Nez Perce Tribe and the State of Idaho
• Early Fall 2006, City of St. Louis
• Late Fall 2006, City of Philadelphia

For more information, visit the National Bicentennial Council's website at www.lewisandclark200.org.

UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS

April 8 and May 13, 2002
Agency Assistance Team (for the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial)
Monthly Meeting
10:00 am to 1:00 pm (approx.)
Coach House at the State Capital Museum
128 10th Avenue SW, Olympia

April 9, 2002
Lewis and Clark Water Trail Meeting
City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services,
Water Pollution Control Lab
6543 N. Burlington Ave. Portland OR
For more information contact Chris Hathaway at 503.226.1565 or hathaway.chris@lcrep.org.

April 9, 2002
Lewis and Clark 2005 Rivers Commemoration Project
Committee Meeting
3:00 to 5:00 pm, Location to be announced
Contact: Michele Neary at 503.222.0146 or Michele@barneyandworth.com./p>

April 12, 2002
Statewide Bicentennial Networking and Information Sharing Session
2:00 to 5:00 pm, Quality Inn, Clarkston, WA
(see article and contact information in e-newsletter)

April 13 - 14, 2002
National Bicentennial Conference
Lewiston, Idaho Tentatively will include mobile workshops/tours in southeastern Washington.
Look for more information in upcoming newsletters.

April 30, 2002
Washington Lewis and Clark Advisory Committee
(statutory committee)
Meeting in Dayton, Washington at 1:30 pm
Delaney Building, S. 3rd Street (just off Main)

November 8-11, 2002
"Ocian in View" Program
Pacific County Friends of Lewis and Clark
Most events held at the Ilwaco Heritage Museum
Ilwaco, WA
Contact: www.lewisandclarkwa.org or email Oceanic@centurytel.net

November 14-16, 2002
"Lewis and Clark, the Unheard Voices"
Conference coordinated by Penn State University, for more information.
Contact Chris Dufour, 814-863-5100 or Cpd1@outreach.psu.edu

Thanksgiving Weekend 2005
Destination Pacific 2005 - Bicentennial Signature Event
Pacific County, Washington and Clatsop County, Oregon
Look for more information in the future.

JOURNAL REFLECTIONS

Monthly reflections on the time the Lewis and Clark Expedition spent in this region 196 years ago:

Wildlife All Around:

"These were all of the common fallow deer with the long tail. I measured the tail of one of these bucks which was upwards of 17 Inches long..."
- Meriwether Lewis, March 28, 1806 (in reference to a sighting of the Columbia white-tailed deer near Deer Island, a species that is now endangered.

"the female of the duck...is of a uniform dark brown with some yellowish brown intermixed in small specks on the back neck and breast. The garter snakes are innumerable, & are seen entwined arround each other in large bundles of forty or fifty lying about in different directions through the praries. The frogs are croaking in the smams and marshes...heared a large hooting owl hollowing this evening. saw several of the crested fishers and some of the large and small black-birds."
- Meriwether Lewis, March 29, 1806 (while traveling through the vicinity of present-day Ridgefield)

"Great numbers of the whistling Swan, gees and Ducks in the Ponds."
- William Clark, March 29, 1806 (while traveling through the vicinity of present-day Ridgefield)

PLEASE LOOK for additional information and updates on Bicentennial planning activities and projects in next month's e-newsletter.

ALSO - if you have articles or news-worthy information that you would like to contribute to this e-newsletter or to Washington's quarterly bicentennial newsletter, please Contact Mandi Roberts at Otak 206-442-1369 or mandi.roberts@otak.com.

The Washington State Historical Society, lead agency of the state's Agency Assistance Team (AAT) for bicentennial planning, will send this newsletter via e-mail on a monthly basis to provide updates on events, projects, and activities going on around the state in preparation for the commemoration.

Your name is in the state's Lewis and Clark Trail database as someone who has expressed interest in the bicentennial and/or who has attended public meetings during the past three years. If you do not want to continue to receive this newsletter and/or other bicentennial communications, reply to this e-mail or contact Jean Peterson at the Heritage Resource Center 360-586-0219.

The AAT will continue to publish and mail out the quarterly "hard copy" newsletters in addition to this electronic communication.