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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>State
gives delta smelt species new protections<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=byline1 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Associated Press
– 3/5/09<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>(03-05) 04:00 PST Fresno</span></strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>
-- <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>California
fish and wildlife managers gave new protections Wednesday to two fish species
that play a crucial ecological role in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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     href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/05/BAA6169CST.DTL&type=newsbayarea"><span
     style='color:#015660;text-decoration:none'>Oakland: Rough spots on East
     33rd Street</span></a> 03.05.09 <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The
Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously to list the longfin smelt as a
threatened species under the California Endangered Species Act.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Commissioners
also voted to classify the longfin's cousin, the tiny delta smelt, as an
endangered species.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>In
recent years, court decisions aimed at protecting the delta smelt have
restricted water deliveries from the delta, a freshwater estuary where both
fish live. Federal scientists say the delta smelt are on the brink of
extinction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>State
officials did not immediately return a call for comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Byron
Leydecker, JcT</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Chair, Friends
of Trinity River</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>PO Box 2327</span></i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Mill Valley, CA
94942-2327</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 383 4810
land</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 519 4810
cell</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'><a
href="mailto:bwl3@comcast.net"><span style='color:blue'>bwl3@comcast.net</span></a></span></i></b><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'><a
href="mailto:bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org"><span style='color:blue'>bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org</span></a>
</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>(secondary)</span></i><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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href="http://fotr.org/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.fotr.org</span></a>
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