<html><head><base href="x-msg://2/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Who speaks for the river? Byron.<div><br></div><div>Jim Powell<br><div><div>On Aug 30, 2009, at 10:24 PM, Spreck Rosekrans wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div lang="EN-US" vlink="purple" link="blue"><br><br><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="328062105-31082009"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#000080">Congratulations to Tom and FOTR for making an obvious and great partnership official.</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="328062105-31082009"></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="328062105-31082009"><font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#000080">And, by the way all you folks out there in cyberspace, do we all appreciate what a champion for the river Byron has been?</font> </span></div><br><div class="OutlookMessageHeader" lang="en-us" dir="ltr" align="left"><hr tabindex="-1"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>fotr-bounces+spreck_rosekrans=environmentaldefense.org@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us [mailto:fotr-bounces+spreck_rosekrans=environmentaldefense.org@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Byron Leydecker<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, August 30, 2009 8:03 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>FOTR List; Trinity List<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[FOTR] Tom Stokely - Friends of Trinity River<br></font><br></div><div></div><div class="Section1"><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">It's a genuine pleasure to let you know that Tom Stokely has become a member of the board of directors of Friends of Trinity River. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Tom's knowledge of the Trinity, of all of the facts about the river and related issues from pre-dam to present day, and its various restoration programs and efforts for more than two decades is unparalleled. He also has played a significant role in many of the various restoration programs' activities and of the activities leading up to significant decisions affecting the river's restoration including the Interior Secretary's December 2000 Record of Decision that returned 47 percent of the river's water to it.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Tom's service on FOTR's board enhances our resources and will benefit our efforts to achieve a restored Trinity River basin ecosystem, its fisheries, its wildlife and its economy for you, for me and for all future generations. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: gray; ">Byron Leydecker, JcT</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: gray; ">Chair, Friends of Trinity River</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="font-size: 11pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; 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