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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=dnesmith@ewccalifornia.org href="mailto:dnesmith@ewccalifornia.org">david
nesmith</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> undisclosed-recipients</DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:58 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Jennings/Jackson debate Birmingham at Fresno
State</DIV></DIV>
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style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: -1">Here's my blurb and the press release
about the event.</SPAN></DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
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<DIV><BR class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV>Panel will debate Central Valley
and Delta water issues Feb. 4 at Fresno State</SPAN>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(212,220,232)"><FONT
style="FONT: 11px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>by Dan Bacher�</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(212,220,232)"><FONT
style="FONT: 11px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3><I>Thursday Jan 22nd, 2009 3:34 PM</I></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>What promises to be an exciting debate on water policy in California
and the Central Valley will be moderated by U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger
at 7 p.m. Feb. 4, at California State University, Fresno. Agricultural and
environmental advocates will face off on the issues. Bill Jennings and Mike
Jackson from the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and Lloyd Carter
of the California Impact Network will represent the environmental and fishing
communities. This panel will debate a number of issues, including
Congressional efforts to restore the San Joaquin River, Westlands Water
District's toxic drainage problems and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's
peripheral canal proposal. This event should be great!�</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>This debate takes place as California fisheries are in their greatest
crisis ever, due to massive water exports from the California Delta and the
dramatic decline in water quality in recent years. The Central Valley chinook
salmon population has collapsed, spurring the closure of recreational and
commercial salmon fishing off California and Oregon for the first time in 150
years in 2008. The latest Department of Fish and Game midwater trawl survey on
the Delta documented the lowest ever abundance of delta smelt, Sacramento
splittail, threadfin shad and American shad and a continuing low abundance of
longfin smelt and juvenile striped bass.</FONT></DIV><BR><IMG
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>Press Release from California State University, Fresno�</FONT></DIV>
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style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>January 22, 2009�</FONT></DIV>
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style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>Panel will debate controversial water issues Feb. 4 at Fresno
State�</FONT></DIV>
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style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111 size=3>A
public debate on water policy in California and the Central Valley will be
moderated by U.S District Judge Oliver Wanger at 7 p.m. Feb. 4, at California
State University, Fresno. Agricultural and environmental advocates will face
off on the issues.�</FONT></DIV>
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style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>The debate, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the
Satellite Student Union (2485 E. San Ramon Ave. at Maple Avenue). It is
sponsored by Fresno State�s Political Science Student Association and the
Political Science Department.�</FONT></DIV>
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style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>As the presiding judge for the Eastern District of California, Wanger
has ruled over most of the major water cases recently in the Valley, including
the controversy over preserving Delta smelt in the Sacramento Delta. Wanger
will provide brief opening remarks, said Dr. Thomas Holyoke, a political
science professor who is coordinating the event.�</FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>Holyoke said the debate will focus on Valley East Side, West Side and
Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta issues.�</FONT></DIV>
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style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>�The single most important public policy problem confronting
California�s Central Valley today is the availability of water,� Holyoke said.
�The declining snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, the falling groundwater table
and decisions to restore Chinook salmon in the San Joaquin River and smelt in
the Delta will most likely mean considerably less water in the future for
Valley agriculture.��</FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>He said the issue also is forcing state and local policymakers to
develop a broad new policy to strike a balance between supporting the
agriculture economy and ensuring the quality of water and the environment that
depends on it.�</FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>The forum will also provide an opportunity for the public to express
its concerns, Holyoke said.�</FONT></DIV>
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style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>Valley agricultural community participants are:�</FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>Thomas Birmingham, general manager and general counsel of the Westlands
Water District,�</FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>Kole Upton, former chairman of Friant Water Users
Authority�</FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>Jim Beck, general manager of Kern County Water Agency�</FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>Representing environmental concerns are:�</FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>Lloyd Carter, board member of the California Water Impact Network and
Revive the San Joaquin and president of California Save Our Streams
Council�</FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>Michael Jackson, board member and counsel to the California
Sportfishing Protection Alliance and Regional Council of Rural
Counties.�</FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>Bill Jennings, chairman of the California Sportfishing Protection
Alliance�</FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>Free parking will be available in Lot P at Barstow and Maple avenues
and in Lot J off of Woodrow Avenue.�</FONT></DIV>
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style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>For more information, contact Holyoke at 559.278.7580 or by e-mail at
<A href="mailto:tholyoke@csufresno.edu"><FONT style="COLOR: #17345c"
color=#17345c><U>tholyoke [at] csufresno.edu</U></FONT></A>.�</FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>DEBATE ISSUES�</FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>Valley East Side -- Who is likely to win and lose in Congressional
efforts to restore the San Joaquin River? The return of salmon, groundwater
recharge, potential loss of water for agricultural irrigation, new
recreational opportunities, new freshwater for the Delta, groundwater banks,
county of origin and watershed of origin statutes, irrigation districts
selling water to Valley cities, and the possibility of a new dam at Temperance
Flat.�</FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>Valley West Side -- Potential damage to agriculture, loss of jobs,
dwindling water supplies, Westlands Water District's claim to San Joaquin
River water through a county of origin statute, drainage and selenium
problems, and a proposed settlement through federal legislation.�</FONT></DIV>
<DIV
style="MIN-HEIGHT: 15px; MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: rgb(17,17,17)"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Verdana; COLOR: #111111" face=Verdana color=#111111
size=3>Sacramento�San Joaquin River Delta -- Collapse of the smelt population,
fragile levees, Northern California users� concerns,<STRONG><FONT
color=#ff00ff> potential impact on Native American tribes and re-emergence of
the peripheral canal proposal to route water form the Delta to the Valley and
Southern California.</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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