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<p class=MsoNormal>What I have to add is that there is an enormous body of scientific
evidence and studies concluding that hatchery fish ultimately destroy wild fish
populations if not the entire fishery. This is an issue on which we
are working on the Trinity. More later and in Newsletters…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Byron Leydecker<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'>Putting fish from hatcheries in streams on hold</span><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=byline1><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><a
href="mailto:jkay@sfchronicle.com"><span style='color:#015660;text-decoration:
none'>Jane Kay, Chronicle Environment Writer</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=date1><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Friday, November 21, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='line-height:21.0pt'><b>State wildlife officials will stop <strong>stocking</strong>
some <strong>streams</strong> with hatchery-raised fish while resource managers
figure out if the practice harms native fish, amphibians and insects, under an
agreement signed Thursday.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;display:none'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
display:none'><a
href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/21/BA8U1483VL.DTL&type=newsbayarea"><span
style='color:#015660;text-decoration:none'>Peter Camejo memorial services
Sunday</span></a> 11.21.08 <o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p style='line-height:21.0pt'><b>The state Fish and Game Department agreed to
interim restrictions on introducing fish into habitat of about two dozen
imperiled species, including the California golden trout in the Sierra, McCloud
River redband trout, the Sacramento's winter run chinook salmon and the
California red-legged frog.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='line-height:21.0pt'><b>Two environmental groups, the Pacific Rivers
Council and the Center for Biological Diversity, sued the department, alleging
that its <strong>stocking</strong> program has harmed endangered and threatened
species. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='line-height:21.0pt'><b>Sacramento Superior Court Judge Patrick
Marlette ruled in May 2007 that fish <strong>stocking</strong> has significant
environmental impacts on aquatic ecosystems, particularly on native fish,
amphibians and insects. He ordered the department to conduct an environmental
review on the possibility of harm under the California Environmental Policy Act
by the end of 2008.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Because the department will miss the deadline, the
environmental groups asked the state to stop fish <strong>stocking</strong> in
the sensitive areas.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:gray;font-weight:normal'>Byron
Leydecker, JCT</span></i><span style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:gray;font-weight:normal'>Chair,
Friends of Trinity River</span></i><span style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:gray;font-weight:normal'>PO Box 2327</span></i><span
style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:gray;font-weight:normal'>Mill Valley,
CA 94942-2327</span></i><span style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:gray;font-weight:normal'>415 383 4810</span></i><span
style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:gray;font-weight:normal'>415 519 4810
cell</span></i><span style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:gray;font-weight:normal'><a
href="mailto:bwl3@comcast.net"><span style='color:blue'>bwl3@comcast.net</span></a></span></i><span
style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:gray;font-weight:normal'><a
href="mailto:bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org"><span style='color:blue'>bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org</span></a>
(secondary)</span></i><span style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:gray;font-weight:normal'><a
href="http://fotr.org"><span style='color:blue'>http://fotr.org</span></a> </span></i><span
style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-weight:normal'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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