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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img width=700 height=90 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.gif@01CBC940.69B87FA0" alt="Reclamation News Release Header"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mid-Pacific Region</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sacramento, CA</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MP-11-017<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Media Contact: Pete Lucero, 916-978-5100, <a href="mailto:plucero@usbr.gov">plucero@usbr.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For Release On: February 10, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Public Meeting Scheduled on the Trinity River Wheel Gulch Channel Rehabilitation Project</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Bureau of Reclamation, the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Water Board) and the Trinity County Resource Conservation District (TCRCD) will host a public meeting to present information and receive comments on the Wheel Gulch Channel Rehabilitation Project (Project). The Project is located on the mainstem Trinity River approximately 3 miles downstream of Junction City, California.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Project will work to increase salmon and steelhead habitat downstream of Lewiston Dam, as described in the December 19, 2000, Record of Decision for the Trinity River Mainstem Fishery Restoration Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The Project is planned to enhance aquatic habitat quality and complexity by building slow water refuge habitats, placing structures (e.g., large woody debris), and introducing gravel into the river’s floodplain.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> The meeting is scheduled for:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tuesday, February 15, 2011</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6-8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>North Fork Grange Hall<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dutch Creek Road, Junction City, California<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An Environmental Assessment/Initial Study (EA/IS) for the “Wheel Gulch Rehabilitation Site: Trinity River Mile 75.8 to 76.4,” which meets National Environmental Policy Act and California Environmental Quality Act requirements, will be available for a 30-day public review starting approximately February 14, 2011. The EA/IS will contain project specific information that was unavailable when the Regional Water Board finalized the Master Environmental Impact Report (Master EIR) for Trinity River Channel Rehabilitation and Sediment Management at Phase 1 and Phase 2 sites, which programmatically analyzes expected environmental impacts of Trinity River channel restoration activities.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The EA/IS, as well as the Master EIR, will be available on the Trinity River Restoration Program website <a href="http://www.trrp.net/">www.trrp.net</a> by February 14, 2011. If you encounter problems accessing the documents online, please call 916-978-5100 or e-mail <a href="mailto:mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov">mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For additional information or to receive a copy of the EA/IS, please contact Brandt Gutermuth, Bureau of Reclamation, at 530-623-1800. Comments should be sent to Mr. Gutermuth, Trinity River Restoration Program, P.O. Box 1300, Weaverville, CA 96093 or e-mail <a href="mailto:bgutermuth@usbr.gov">bgutermuth@usbr.gov</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> ###<o:p></o:p></span></p><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 mobile</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><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'><a 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><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'><a href="http://fotr.org/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.fotr.org</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><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>