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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear Friends, Colleagues, and <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity
River</st1:place> Enthusiasts, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It is with both great sadness and excitement that I inform
you that my last day working for the <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Trinity</st1:PlaceName> under <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Tom Stokely</st1:PersonName> on <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity River</st1:place>
restoration will be July 11<sup>th</sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have been offered, and accepted, a position as an
Environmental Analyst with EDAW Inc. in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:City></st1:place>.
(<a href="http://www.edaw.com/" title="blocked::http://www.edaw.com/">http://www.edaw.com/</a>)
I will be working on implementing a variety of large projects as a member or
their Ecosystem Restoration Practice Group preparing CEQA documents, assisting
with regulatory permitting issues, performing project coordination and
assistant project management duties, and participating in other natural
resources tasks on a wide variety of projects, including flood management,
water supply, land management, and ecosystem restoration projects. This is an
excellent opportunity for me that I can’t pass up.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>My time here working on Trinity River restoration has
allowed for growth and experience within my career field that would not been
available had I began it in a much larger area. In October 2004 my career began
here after graduating <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Humboldt</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
with a B.S in Natural Resources Planning with the replacement of the Poker Bar,
Salt Flat, and Bigger’s bridges. Since that time I have been involved in
many of the rehabilitation projects, most recently with the Indian Creek
Rehabilitation Project in which I wrote grants bringing in $700k for that
project from DFG’s Fishery Restoration Grant Program and EPA’s
Targeted Watershed Grant program (coordinated with the Yuroks & TCRCD). Also
noteworthy is my management of the Potable Water & Sewage Assistance
Program working with the Trinity River restoration Program to replace
landowners wells & septic systems affected by Fishery Flows, which I am
buttoning down to ensure its completion after my departure. But the project I
think I will have the fondest memories of working on is the Lewiston Hatchery Interpretative
Kiosk with a panel of multi-agency representatives. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I shall miss working on the <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity
River</st1:place> and with the great agency staff working on the same
objective. But this is a step in the right direction for my career and I can
only look at the last 3.5 years as a dream job working on a subject matter that
I studied while in college. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Though I shall be up here in the spring to make use of the
Fishery Flow for whitewater rafting - so if you see a 10’ SOTAR on the water
at 4,000cfs; it’s probably me. I hope to keep in touch with many of you
that I have met and worked with here in Trinity over the years. Who knows, I
may be back here marketing my firm’s services to the area and bidding on
projects. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>And for those of you living in the Bay-Delta area I hope to
meet you, talk about <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>’s
water problems, and do some fishing out on the Delta! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Therefore, I bid you adieu’, and take my exit stage left…
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=5 face="Brush Script MT"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT"'>Joshua Allen</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Associate Planner, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Trinity</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Department of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Long</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Range</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Planning &
Natural Resources</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 1445</span></font></st1:address><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>60 Glen Road</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Weaverville</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">96093</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Phone:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> (530)623-1458</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Fax:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> (530)623-1646</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>E-mail:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><a
href="mailto:jallen@trinitycounty.org"><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>jallen@trinitycounty.org</span></font></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Website:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><a
href="http://www.trinitycounty.org/Departments/Planning/natresources3.htm"><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.trinitycounty.org/Departments/Planning/natresources3.htm</span></font></a><strong><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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