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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Department of Fish and
Game<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>NEWS
RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 07:045 May 31, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Contact: Greg Hurner,
Senior Adviser to the Director (916)653-6719<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Ceasing
Operation of State Water Project, Other Actions Requested <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:place></st1:City></span></font></b> *<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Department of Fish
and Game (DFG) today asked the Department of Water Resources to stop pumping
at State Water Project Delta facilities to protect threatened smelt. This
request, which will be extended to other south Delta water diverters, was made
after substantial reductions from the State Water Project failed to prevent the
salvage of Delta smelt due to high tidal influences expected through June 3.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> "Recent surveys
indicate that Delta smelt abundance is at an all time low," said DFG
Director L. Ryan Broddrick. "These further extraordinary actions are
necessary to protect Delta smelt that are currently extremely vulnerable to
diversions in the south Delta."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>DFG will contact other
water diverters in the south Delta to request their cooperation in reducing or
eliminating water diversions during this critical period. Up to 1,800 large
and small diversions in the south Delta could be impacted.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Broddrick also announced
that DFG will suspend all non-essential scientific collections of Delta smelt
and work with scientists and other state and federal agencies to expand the use
of brood stock to provide Delta smelt for scientific research purposes. This
measure will not affect monitoring of the abundance or location of Delta smelt
as this data allows the fishery agencies and independent scientists to be
informed of potential actions to protect Delta smelt, such as those requested
today.<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'>Friends of <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity
River</st1:place>, Chair</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'>California Trout, Inc., Advisor</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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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>
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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>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 383 4810 </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 cell</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:bwl3@comcast.net">bwl3@comcast.net</a></span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org">bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org</a></span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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