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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yes, it would be good to remember that
when planting and irrigating crops that need more water than is naturally
available and adjust appropriately. Good reminder.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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color:navy'>Klamath</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">95548</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Stephanie
Carpenter [mailto:windhorse@jeffnet.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 10, 2006
5:58 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Seth Naman; 'FOTR List';
'Trinity List Server'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [env-trinity] Commerce
Declares State of Emergency Re: Salmon</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue'>The Upper
Klamath Basin Working Group was conviened 10 years ago by Senator Hatfield to
work on drought issues. We're still at it. It's good to remember
that much of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Upper</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Basin</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> catchment of
the river has it's origins in the high desert, with associated precipitation
levels.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue'>Jim</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=3 color=black face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Carpenter Design, Inc.<br>
Project Coordination</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Commercial, Residential & Environmental </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>CCB 93939</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><a href="http://www.carpenterdesign.com/">www.CarpenterDesign.com</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>541-885-5450</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us
[mailto:env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us]<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Seth Naman<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 10, 2006
3:05 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'FOTR List'; 'Trinity List
Server'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [env-trinity]
Commerce Declares State of Emergency Re: Salmon</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Is there anybody out there that can
comment on the </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>“lengthy 5-year drought in the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Klamath</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Basin</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> [that] has led to significantly
reduced precipitation and streamflows in the basin”? I’m uncertain
if this statement is technically correct or not.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Seth</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us
[mailto:env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Byron <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 10, 2006
2:54 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> FOTR List; Trinity List Server<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [env-trinity] Commerce
Declares State of Emergency Re: Salmon</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br>
Thursday, August 10, 2006<br>
<br>
</span></font></b><strong><b><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Commerce
Department Declares Commercial Fishery Failure for Coastal <st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State>
and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place></span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'><br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><strong><b><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:
Verdana'>WASHINGTON</span></font></b></strong></st1:City><strong><b><font
face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>, <st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State></span></font></b></strong></span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>
-Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez today declared a commercial fishery
failure has occurred for West Coast salmon fishermen this season from <st1:City
w:st="on">Cape Falcon</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State>, to <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Point Sur</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>,
due to low numbers of fish caused primarily by the drought. The Commerce
Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) oversees
the nation's oceans based fishing industry and fisheries resources.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>The commercial fishery failure is being declared as a
result of the information gathered by Commerce officials this season. The
findings showed a significant economic impact resulting from limited
opportunity to catch salmon due to the low number of fall Chinook salmon
projected to return to the Klamath River in northern <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place> to spawn. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>"The evidence is clear -- our fishing communities
have been significantly impacted," said Gutierrez. "We have moved
quickly to gather the necessary facts in order to make this declaration and we
will continue to work closely with the communities and their elected
leaders."</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Today's decision answers requests from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place> and California Governors, Members of
Congress and affected communities. Secretary Gutierrez led the Department's
efforts in expediting the declaration process which was originally expected to
take until February 2007. Gutierrez dispatched Commerce officials to the region
who consulted closely with state and local officials to collect the data
necessary for determining a fishery failure declaration.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Deputy Secretary David Sampson, who was in <st1:City
w:st="on">Portland</st1:City> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Coos
Bay</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>, to
personally deliver the announcement to affected communities added, "We
stand by the commercial fishing industry and will do what we can to help them
through this difficult time. We heard their calls and acted quickly."</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>A determination of whether a fishery failure occurred is
made on a case-by-case basis taking into account a number of economic factors
including overall revenue from caught fish, number of fishermen, degree of
dependence on alternative fishing opportunities, documented decline in the
fishery resource and other environmental data.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>A commercial fishery failure triggers authorities to
respond to the economic impact of the failure and to promote the recovery of
the resource. The fishery failure determination follows a decision last month
by Gutierrez to declare a fishery resource disaster, making Small Business
Administration (SBA) loans available. Since the Secretary's resource disaster
declaration on July 6, SBA has begun receiving applications and has already
approved nearly $200,000 in loans. Gutierrez also directed that the Commerce
Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) make fishery impacted
communities a funding priority for FY'07 Economic Adjustment grants.
Additionally, Gutierrez requested that the Governors of Oregon and California
closely review their pending 2006 Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Fund grant
applications and determine how to best channel existing resources and speedily
disburse monies to programs that can help effected fishermen.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Background/Historical Context:</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>A lengthy 5-year drought in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Klamath</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Basin</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
has led to significantly reduced precipitation and streamflows in the basin.
These conditions have degraded important spawning habitat, increased infestation
of harmful parasites, and thus have not provided the conditions necessary for
healthy salmon populations.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>The Magnuson-<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Steve</st1:PersonName>ns
Act (MSA) defines the criteria for determining a commercial fishery failure.
The Secretary may declare a commercial fishery failure due to a fishery
resource disaster as a result of natural causes; man-made causes beyond the
control of fishery managers to mitigate through conservation and management
measures; or undetermined causes.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
Department of Commerce, through the NOAA Fisheries Service, is responsible for
protecting and preserving our nation's living marine resources and their
habitats through scientific research, management and enforcement. NOAA
Fisheries Service provides effective stewardship of these resources for the
benefit of the nation, supporting coastal communities that depend upon them,
and helping to provide safe and healthy seafood to consumers and recreational
opportunities for the American public.</span></font><font color=blue><span
style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Andrea Purse</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Press Secretary</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Radio Booker, Democratic Policy Committee</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Office of Representative George Miller</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>2205 Rayburn HOB</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>202-225-7387 (direct)</span></font><o:p></o:p></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>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Advisor, California Trout, Inc</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">94942-2327</st1:PostalCode></span></font></i></em></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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