<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Byron Leydecker
[mailto:bwl3@comcast.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 01, 2004 9:18
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Douglas Schleusner; Edward Solbos; Daryl Peterson; Troy
Fletcher; Tim Ramirez; Ralph Modine; Mike Ryan; Mike Orcutt; Mary Ellen Mueller;
Kirk Rodgers; Irma Lagomarsino; Bill Brock; Russell Smith; Bill Mendenhall;
Steve Turek; Tom Stokely; Danny Jordan; George Kautsky; Dave Hillemeier; Sharon
Heywood; Zeke Grader; William Huber; Tom Weseloh; Tim Colvin; Serge Birk;
Richard Lorenz; Pat Frost; Kevin Lewis; Jimmy Smith; Jim Spear; Jim Feider; Jeff
Bryant; Elizabeth Soderstrom; Edgar Duggan; David Steinhauser; Dan Haycox;
Bwl3@Comcast. Net; Bernice Sullivan; Arnold Whitridge<BR><B>Subject:</B> Trinity
River Water<BR><B>Importance:</B> High<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171210517-01032004>Since the Bureau recently increased
releases to 2,000 cfs for dam safety reasons into Trinity River, it
apparently has used the lowest release point from the dam. This has
resulted in sediment from behind the dam choking the river. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171210517-01032004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171210517-01032004>Unless clean water flows of up to 6,000 cfs
or whatever are released later this year, this sediment will remain stuck in the
upper river for the coming year, or until higher clean water releases are
provided.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171210517-01032004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171210517-01032004>In the meantime, is it not possible to
change the release point from the dam to a height at which sediment will not
pour into the river?</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171210517-01032004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171210517-01032004>This current release arrangement seriously
undercuts efforts to restore sediment reductions in the river, if not the
Restoration Program itself.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171210517-01032004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=171210517-01032004>I ask that those in the Bureau in a position
to do so make every effort to change the current release method to eliminate
these highly damaging sediment introductions into the river. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#808080></FONT></EM> </DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#808080>Byron Leydecker</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#808080>Chairman, Friends of Trinity
River</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#808080>Consultant, California Trout,
Inc,</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#808080>PO Box 2327</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#808080>Mill Valley, CA 94942-2327</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#808080>415 383 4810 ph</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#808080>415 519 4810 cell</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#808080>415 383 9562 fx</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><A href="mailto:bwl3@comcast.net"><FONT
color=#0000ff>bwl3@comcast.net</FONT></A></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><A href="mailto:bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org"><FONT
color=#0000ff>bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org</FONT></A><FONT color=#0000ff>
(secondary)</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><A href="http://www.fotr.org/"><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://www.fotr.org</FONT></A></EM></DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.caltrout.org/"><EM>http://www.caltrout.org</EM></A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>