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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><strong><b><font
size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>TRINITY</span></font></b></strong></st1:PlaceName><strong><b><font
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w:st="on">RIVER</st1:PlaceType></span></font></b></strong></st1:place><strong><b><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><strong><b><font size=4
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Healdsburg</span></font></b></strong></st1:PlaceName><strong><b><font
size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType> Council decides to drop out of <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity
River</st1:place> litigation</span></font></b></strong><font size=4><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>News release, City of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Healdsburg</st1:place></st1:City> - 10/5/04</span></font></b></strong><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>HEALDSBURG
- At their Oct. 4 meeting here the Healdsburg City Council unanimously agreed
to send a resolution to the Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) asking the
agency to stop legal actions blocking the restoration of the Trinity River in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Humboldt</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>The
council’s vote follows a pattern of other political entities that have
voted to pay a little more for their energy instead of ruining the
river’s fishery. Healdsburg joins <st1:City w:st="on">Palo Alto</st1:City>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Alameda</st1:City> and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Port</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Oakland</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
in withdrawing their NCPA member support from the lawsuit. The Sacramento
Metropolitan Utility District (SMUD) also voted to pull out of the lawsuit last
year after the Hoopa Valley Tribe asked them to not block restoration of the
river. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>On July
13, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court ruled in favor of the federal Department of
Interior (DOI) and the Hoopa Valley Tribe (HVT) by granting more water for the <st1:place
w:st="on">Trinity River</st1:place> fishery. The NCPA and the Westlands
Irrigation District have litigated for four years to continue taking water from
the river for agricultural and hydropower uses. After the ruling NCPA and
Westlands asked for a rehearing of the issue by a complete panel of Ninth
Circuit Court judges. Hoping to avoid delays in restoration work, the Hoopa
Valley Tribe asked Healdsburg city councilpersons to withdraw their support of
the rehearing strategy. The Healdsburg action is significant because Vice-Mayor
Jason Liles is Chairman of the NCPA Legislative Committee. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>"It’s
time to get out of this," Liles told his fellow councilpersons during the
meeting. Mayor Lisa Wittke Schaffer agreed, "I was touched by the fact
that this river is literally part of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Hoopa</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
people." The council heard testimony from local environmentalist Brian
Gegan and a representative of the tribe. A letter from Hoopa Valley Chairman <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Clifford Lyle Marshall</st1:PersonName> noted, "I know that
Healdsburg residents have often advocated to protect the beautiful rivers in
your area. For this reason I am confident many of them would thank your for a
vote to protect the <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity River</st1:place>." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>The NCPA,
a consortium of northern <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State> political
entities, benefits from relatively cheap hydropower from the flows of the <st1:place
w:st="on">Trinity River</st1:place> diversions. Mike Orcutt, Director of the
HVT Fishery Department, said NCPA would continue to receive hydroelectric
benefits when the river restoration plan goes forth. "The restoration plan
still exports the majority of the water out of the river; but it leaves enough
water for a healthy fishery."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'>Marshall</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> said education was the key to getting
NCPA members to drop the lawsuit. "We are grateful to all of the elected
officials who have been fair-minded enough to recognize the Trinity River can
be saved with little impact on power rates," said <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Marshall</st1:place></st1:City>. He said some decisions were a blend
of environmental ethics and energy pragmatics. "Communities are converting
to other forms of energy so they don’t have to ruin the Trinity River,"
said <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Marshall</st1:place></st1:City>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>The NCPA
is a primary litigant blocking a Record of Decision (ROD) signed in 2000 by
then Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt after 20 years of study and
negotiations with the Hoopa Valley Tribe. The NCPA, Westlands Irrigation
District and SMUD immediately filed a lawsuit against the Department of
Interior (DOI) preventing the ROD restoration work. The Hoopa Valley Tribe
joined the DOI in defense of the ROD in 2001. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Since
l964 the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has diverted most of the river’s
water, in some years up to 90%, to the Central Valley Project for agricultural
and energy uses. Because fish populations in the river were devastated by dams
and low stream flows, Congress began studying how to restore the river in the
l980’s. The ROD allows 53% of the river’s water to be exported,
while leaving 47% in the river for fishery rehabilitation. "Energy and
agriculture will continue to benefit from the waters of the Trinity
River," said <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Marshall</st1:place></st1:City>.
"The difference will be that the river and the fish won’t die."
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