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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dear All:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Without removing the dams, restoring cold
water flows, recreating healthy wetlands, off channel habitat, estuaries,
riparian shade trees of Old Growth size, clean gravels and riffles for BMI and
spawning\rearing, etc. How does this help really? When all those salmonid
habitats where taken away from the public for some or another municipal or
business interest the Hatcheries were built as a substitute. So now we will
have neither?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I am supportive of wild only managed
watersheds and some rivers with hatchery runs for harvest. This just smells of
an agenda to put the Fishing Industry: commercial salmon, catch
and keep recreational salmon and steelhead angling, guiding, lodges, boat
builders and tackle shops out of business. Without an economic
contribution there will be less political, business or public interest in
preserving California's Fisheries, SF Bay species, the Delta, the San Joaquin,
the Sacramento, the Klamath, the Eel River. Or right here in my backyard the
Carmel River. Where, coincidently. the local Editor of the "Carmel Pine
Cone" is already claiming the expense to restore the unique (yes all wild)
strain we have here is not worth the money spent because (his words) technically
they are nothing more than trout. Which he frequently tells his reading
public are one of the most common species in the world. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>As a fisherman I work many volunteer hours to
restore the Carmel River. I also advocate for fisheries and public trust
rights. It looks hopeless with the Political Environment we have now in
California between Corp Ag, SoCal Water Agencies, the County and State Water
Agencies wanting the water for business and the preservationists
working to put these resources out of reach forever for the average
person.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Frank Emerson</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 11, 2010 3:10
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [env-trinity] SF Chronicle 2 11
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<H1><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Watchdog's suit says hatchery fish hurt
natives<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<P class=byline><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"><A
href="mailto:pfimrite@sfchronicle.com">Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff
Writer</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=date><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt">Thursday, February
11, 2010<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">An environmental watchdog group sued the
state Wednesday for what representatives called a wholesale failure to protect
native species from sickness, death and other harmful effects caused by
hatchery-raised fish.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: #015660; TEXT-DECORATION: none">Labor Dept approves new rules
on farm workers</SPAN></A> 02.11.10<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B> </LI></UL>
<P><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">The Center for Biological Diversity accused
the Department of Fish and Game of harming native trout, steelhead, salmon,
amphibians and other wildlife by planting millions of hatchery fish in streams
and waterways.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Studies have shown that hatchery-raised
steelhead trout pass on genetic defects that hamper survival of their
offspring and harm the natural balance. Nonnative hatchery fish also eat the
eggs and babies of native frogs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">"The California Department of Fish and Game
has utterly failed to mitigate for the devastating impacts of stocking
hatchery fish on native fish and wildlife such as chinook salmon, mountain
yellow-legged frogs and long-toed salamanders," said Noah Greenwald,
endangered species program director at the nonprofit center, which is based in
Arizona but has offices in San Francisco.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">The lawsuit challenges an environmental
report issued in January that analyzed the state's hatcheries and stocking
programs and recommended ways to improve operations. The report, which
Greenwald said favors stocking programs over maintenance of wild fish
populations, was a response to a previous lawsuit filed by the center.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">"We stand by our environmental impact
report," said Kirsten Macintyre, a Fish and Game spokeswoman. "Unless the
court instructs us to do otherwise, we will move forward with the stocking
program as it's outlined."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Environmentalists claim nonnative hatchery
trout have caused declines in mountain yellow-legged frogs, Cascades frogs and
long-toed salamanders in high mountain lakes. Unhealthy hatchery salmon have
also contributed to the collapse of salmon runs in California and Oregon over
the past two years, according to recent federal
studies.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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more: <A
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