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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Important for fishers who want to know what’s happening in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place> rivers they
want to fish.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>WATERSHED RESEARCH</span></font></b></strong><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>State Enhances Web Site, Creates Central Location
For California Waterways Data</span></font></b></strong><font size=4><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>News release, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>
Department of Water Resources - 10/13/04</span></font></b></strong><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'>SACRAMENTO</span></font></st1:City><font size=4><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'> </span></font><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>–</span></font><font size=4><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'> A comprehensive access point for data related to the
health of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>’s
waterways has been created at </span></font><a
href="outbind://77/www.baydelta.ca.gov" title="outbind://77/www.baydelta.ca.gov"><font
size=4 title="outbind://77/www.baydelta.ca.gov"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>www.baydelta.ca.gov</span></font></a><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>. Thanks to a joint effort by four state
agencies and the Moss Landing Marine Laboratory the Web site has been enhanced
to allow state waterways information to be available to users on an ongoing
basis.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>"Scientists,
engineers, stakeholders, decision makers and the general public will all now
have a place to gain information on the health of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>’s waterways," said
Resources Agency Secretary Mike Chrisman. "This is a great step in
allowing scientists and engineers access to the data they need to inform
decision makers and the public about the health of our state’s water
system." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>The California
Resources Agency in partnership with the California Environmental Protection
Agency (Cal/EPA), the Department of Water Resources (DWR), the State water
Resources Control Board and the Moss Landing Marine Laboratory have created a
central location where waterways data may be retrieved. Previously, factual
information had been located among various agencies making the data difficult
to locate and retrieve. Inconsistent formats also required even more time to
merge the data before analyses could be done.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Working
together, the five entities implemented a data management and sharing system
that consolidated environmental data from many different sources into a
consistent format in one location. More than 50 other organizations currently
contribute data voluntarily to the Web site. In addition, the state agencies
and Moss Landing Marine Laboratories are using their combined resources to
include information from more groups throughout the state in an ongoing
expansion of their data sharing process.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Each of
the five entities contributes to the Web site in different ways:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>The
Resources Agency’s CERES system (</span></font><a
href="http://ceres.ca.gov/" title="http://ceres.ca.gov/"><font size=4
title="http://ceres.ca.gov/"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>http://ceres.ca.gov/</span></font></a><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>) facilitates the overall process by
cataloging the various environmental monitoring programs throughout the state.
Cal/EPA is working with the U.S. EPA to integrate the state’s
environmental regulatory data. DWR manages data sharing for the network and
provides distribution services to support the system.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>The SWRCB
created the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) that along with
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories is gathering and combining data about surface
water quality. SWAMP has developed standards required for water boards, or any
group collecting environmental monitoring data, using funds from Propositions
13, 40 and 50. More information on the SWAMP Program is available at: </span></font><a
href="http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/swamp" title="http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/swamp"><font
size=4 title="http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/swamp"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/swamp</span></font></a><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'>This
effort will expand the information currently available through the California
Data Exchange Center (CDEC). CDEC makes available river flow, snow survey,
weather, and Delta water quality and related information at: </span></font><a
href="http://cdec.water.ca.gov/" title="http://cdec.water.ca.gov/"><font
size=4 title="http://cdec.water.ca.gov/"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>http://cdec.water.ca.gov</span></font></a><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> .<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.publicaffairs.water.ca.gov/newsreleases/2004/10-13-04swamp.cfm"
title="http://www.publicaffairs.water.ca.gov/newsreleases/2004/10-13-04swamp.cfm"><font
size=4
title="http://www.publicaffairs.water.ca.gov/newsreleases/2004/10-13-04swamp.cfm"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'>http://www.publicaffairs.water.ca.gov/newsreleases/2004/10-13-04swamp.cfm</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><em><i><font size=3 color=gray
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Byron
Leydecker</span></font></i></em></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Chair, Friends of <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity
River</st1:place></span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Consultant, California Trout, Inc.</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><em><i><font
size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:gray'>PO Box</span></font></i></em></st1:Street><em><i><font
color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:gray'> 2327</span></font></i></em></st1:address><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><em><i><font
size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:gray'>Mill Valley</span></font></i></em></st1:City><em><i><font
color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:gray'>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">94942-2327</st1:PostalCode></span></font></i></em></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 383 4810 ph</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 519 4810 ce</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'><a href="mailto:bwl3@comcast.net">bwl3@comcast.net</a></span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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