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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Isn't Feinstein the Left Coast
Lieberman and should be removed like Lieberman?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us
[mailto:env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Byron
Leydecker<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 26, 2010 11:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> FOTR List; Trinity List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [env-trinity] Congressman George Miller's OpEd SF Chron 2 26 10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>Feinstein amendment is a water grab</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b>George Miller<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><b>Friday, February 26, 2010<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><b>Beware of the latest attempt at an old-fashioned water grab - the last
gasp of an outdated approach to California's complex water problems.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><b>Faced with a changing climate and an increasing number of competing
demands on our water, most Californians now recognize that we cannot
unilaterally change allocations of our scarce freshwater resources for one
group or another without knowing first what the science says about the effects
on the rest of the state. But the Westlands Water District of Fresno is old school.
It crafted a backroom plan with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-San Francisco, and
Rep. Jim Costa, D-Hanford (Kings County), and Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Atwater
(Merced County), to accelerate water withdrawals from the Sacramento River and
San Francisco Bay-Delta ecosystem to guarantee themselves an increased water
supply.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><b>Its plan is overreaching, unjustified and unfair. It could wipe out the
remaining Sacramento River salmon runs, permanently eliminating the Pacific
Coast fishing industry jobs that were already under assault from drought and
the mismanagement of our river systems during the Bush administration. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><b>Its plan would harm Northern California water supplies and water rights.
And it would undercut and paralyze recent significant statewide collaborative water
efforts.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><b>Members of Congress from across California, Oregon and Washington oppose
this plan, as do California state legislators and county supervisors.
Newspapers from Los Angeles to Sacramento to Oregon oppose it.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><b>What we all understand is that times have changed. There has been a
gradual but important shift toward the understanding that without a healthier
bay-delta system, neither fisheries, cities nor farmers will ever see their
water-supply situation improve.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><b>That's why the Governor's Delta Vision Task Force argued that state
policy must restore the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta ecosystem and create
a more reliable water supply for California.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><b>That's why state lawmakers wrote a package of water bills last year, and
that's why water agencies, environmental groups and others have worked together
on a comprehensive Bay-Delta Conservation Plan. That's why I have pushed
through bills in Congress for Republicans and Democrats across our state to
establish innovative water-recycling programs that free up freshwater and help
industry, agriculture and municipalities.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><b>That's also why I convened a series of meetings last summer with Sen.
Feinstein and Reps. Costa and Cardoza, the Obama administration and others to
work together to accomplish our shared goals of an improved Bay-Delta estuary
and an improved California economy. Out of those meetings, we collaborated on
several efforts, including getting $100 million into the House jobs bill in
December to fund the Obama administration's action plan for California water
needs, including significant ecosystem restoration, drought relief, water
quality improvements, and enhancements to the federal-state partnership. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><b>It is regrettable that some of the people who had joined in this
collaborative, fresh thinking have now turned against the state's better
interests. The Westlands Water District plan is a major step backward. And so
is the fact that Westlands resigned this month from the Association of
California Water Agencies to focus instead on lawsuits to get what they want.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><b>We know that fixing the bay-delta estuary's problems will not be easy.
The heart of our state's water system suffers from many ailments and requires a
wide-ranging cure. One approach that will not fly, however, is the outdated
idea of unilaterally changing water policy without the basis of sound
scientific analysis.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><b>Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, is the former chairman of the House
Natural Resources Committee.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><b><a
href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/26/EDVM1C78C3.DTL">http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/26/EDVM1C78C3.DTL</a><o:p></o:p></b></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>
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