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<P class=headlinedetail>Please note that the flows in August 2004 in the Klamath
are projected to be as low as August 2002, just prior to the massive adult
salmon (and other species) fish kill on the lower Klamath River.</P>
<P class=headlinedetail>It was disclosed by Mike Ryan of BOR at a recent Trinity
Management Council Meeting that Reclamation has found 13,000 af carried
over from the 50,000 af of water ordered released by Judge Wanger in 2003, and
an additional amount of water will be purchased from Sacramento Valley Water
Right Contractors to "back up" into Trinity for release when needed to help the
Lower Klamath later this summer and fall. Thus it proves again that water
does flow uphill towards money. I do appreciate Mike Ryan getting the
additional water from last year to help prevent a fish kill this year.
There's probably a good chance that another massive fish kill can be prevented
this year, despite the record low flows on the Klamath River.</P>
<P class=headlinedetail>I will refrain from comment here on what I think
of "renting" water for protection of public trust and tribal trust assets,
but what happens if/when the money runs out?</P>
<P class=headlinedetail>Yours truly,</P>
<P class=headlinedetail>Tom Stokely Principal Planner</P>
<P class=headlinedetail>Trinity Co. Natural Resources</P>
<P class=headlinedetail>530-628-5949</P>
<P class=headlinedetail><A
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<P class=headlinedetail>Klamath Herald and News</P>
<P class=headlinedetail>Bureau: No water to spare for fish </P>
<P class=byline-detail>Tuesday, July 6, 2004 2:15 PM PDT</P>
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<P class=story-detail>Published July 4, 2004<BR><BR>By DYLAN DARLING
<P class=story-detail><SPAN class=storydetail>The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has
nixed a proposal to send a big glug of water down the Klamath River to flush
salmon out to sea.<BR><BR>Too little water is flowing into Upper Klamath Lake,
and most of the fish are already down the river, officials said.</SPAN>
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class=storydetail>"We just don't have enough water to make it effective," said
Cecil Lesley, chief of land and water operations for the Klamath Reclamation
Project.<BR><BR>In early June, downstream tribes and other groups at a science
conference in Arcata asked for a one- or two-day "pulse" of water from Iron Gate
Dam in Siskiyou County.</SPAN> <BR><BR>
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class=storydetail>They wanted to send lingering smolts down the river, out to
sea and beyond danger from a parasitic disease. Concern about a fish die-off
among the groups has been high because of the disease found in many young salmon
caught in traps.<BR><BR>The pulse would have used up 8,200 acre-feet of water in
a day, said Christine Karas, deputy Project manager.</SPAN>
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class=storydetail>"It's very unfortunate that we weren't able to do it," Karas
said.<BR><BR>Many questions remain about the parasite and how many fish might
have been affected. Although high percentages of the sampled fish showed signs
the disease, officials said there's no base-line data on how many fish usually
get the parasite and it could be the disease is getting more notice because more
attention is being paid to the fish.</SPAN>
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class=storydetail>Although there is still concern about the parasite, Lesley
said, an estimated 80 percent of the young salmon have made it out to the
Pacific Ocean.<BR><BR>"The bulk of the fish have moved downstream," Lesley
said.</SPAN>
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class=storydetail>During July, few fish will be in the river, so the Bureau
plans to lower flows to their lowest levels of the year, with 700 cubic feet per
second set for the first half and 600 cfs for the second half of the
month.<BR><BR><STRONG><U><EM><FONT size=5>The flows will be the lowest since
August 2002.</FONT></EM></U></STRONG></SPAN>
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class=storydetail>Meanwhile, the Bureau has activated a contingency plan to fill
the vault of its water bank, the water saved that allows more water to go down
the river.<BR><BR>Starting last Friday, the Bureau started an additional 450 cfs
of ground water pumping from three wells around the Basin. Pumped ground water
is used to supplement irrigation water or add to the flows in irrigation
canals.</SPAN>
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class=storydetail>With the addition, ground water will now make up half of the
75,000 acre-feet projected for the 2004 water bank. The rest of the water bank
is made up by idling farmland, with water users paid to let fields lie
fallow.<BR><BR>So far, water managers have deposited 45,000 acre-feet in the
bank, leaving 30,000 for the rest of the year.</SPAN>
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class=storydetail>Lesley said it's easier for the the Bureau to use ground water
because it can be turned on and off and the amount of water can be easily
calculated.<BR><BR>"It's a lot easier to control pumping than to control
idling," Lesley said.</SPAN>
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