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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Hundreds
of millions of dollars, if not billions with no progress, this assess where we
are. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Byron<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Delta
fix a must, speaker warns<span style='color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=by><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>The Stockton Record – 4/30/09<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=by><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>By The Record Staff<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class=articlegraf style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>STOCKTON -
Someone must make a hard decision about how to fix the Delta, a decision that
will likely involve trade-offs, a Stanford University professor of civil
engineering told alumni and community leaders on Wednesday.</span><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=articlegraf style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Delta smelt are
"definitely on the way out," Stephen G. Monismith said during a
luncheon address, while other species such as striped bass and salmon also have
declined.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=articlegraf style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Changes to the
state's water delivery system - such as a peripheral canal, the "$10
billion experiment" - may not be enough, he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=articlegraf style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>"We seem to
be getting more and more questions," Monismith said. "I wish it was
as simple as re-plumbing the Delta."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=articlegraf style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A key issue, he
said, is how much fresh water flows through the Delta and out into San
Francisco Bay.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=articlegraf style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=articlegraf style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>When flows are
high, saltwater is pushed back to the west; during low flows, salt creeps into
the Delta and potentially affects the amount of food available for fish, not to
mention water quality for farmers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=articlegraf style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>He said a
holistic approach to the Delta is needed, rather than considering its many
parts piece by piece.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=articlegraf style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=articlegraf style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>"At least
people are starting to think about what we want the Delta to be," he
said.#<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>
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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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