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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Paul Tebbel<br>
Executive Director, Friends of the River<br>
tel. (916) 442-3155 x212<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>cell (916) 215-6172<br>
<u><span style='color:blue'><a href="mailto:paul@friendsoftheriver.org">paul@friendsoftheriver.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Amy Peake<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Press Secretary, Rep. George Miller<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tel: (202) 225-2095<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-variant:
small-caps;letter-spacing:2.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-variant:
small-caps;letter-spacing:2.5pt'>Rep. George Miller And photographer Tim Palmer
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-variant:
small-caps;letter-spacing:2.5pt'>to receive prestigious river awards<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-variant:
small-caps;letter-spacing:2.5pt'>from environmental organization<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.25in'><b><i><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Sacramento, CA </span></i></b><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>(October 8,
2010) - Congressman George Miller (7<sup>th</sup> District, East Bay of San
Francisco) will receive the 2010 Peter H. Behr Award from Friends of the River
(FOR), a statewide river conservation organization at their<span
style='color:#1F497D'> </span>annual California River Awards, October 8 in San
Francisco. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Serving
California since 1975, Congressman Miller is one of the U.S. Congress's most
effective and consistent advocates for the nation's water, wildlife, and wild
lands. An expert on California water issues, his accomplishments include
providing key leadership in protecting the Endangered Species Act, co-authoring
the California Desert Protection Act and, in 1992, passing the historic
California water reform law -- the Central Valley Project Improvement Act --
that mandated a doubling of California's salmon populations and the protection
of other fish and wildlife. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“For
the past 35 years, Congressman Miller has been a true friend of California's
rivers,” said Paul Tebbel, Friends of the River’s Executive
Director.<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"'>The
Peter H. Behr Award is presented by Friends of the River to an elected official
who has taken significant and noteworthy action to preserve and protect
California rivers. The award is named after Peter H. Behr (1917-1997), esteemed
California State Senator, Conservationist, and father of the 1972 California
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Previous
honorees include State Treasurer Bill Lockyer, Senator Barbara Boxer and State
Senator Lois Wolk. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Also
receiving an award at the California River Awards is author & photographer
Tim Palmer, who has written about rivers and the California landscape for over
30 years. His just-published book, <i><u>Rivers of California</u></i>,
captures the variety, vitality and majesty of California’s rivers.
Palmer will receive the Mark Dubois Award given to those extraordinary
individuals whose efforts echo the spirit shown by Mark Dubois, the first
director of Friends of the River, whose campaign to protect the Stanislaus
River captured the nation's attention. <o:p></o:p></span></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>
<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>
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