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<div style="font-family:garamond, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div>I loved Byron and will miss him very much. I can relate to what Greg has written, I had a similar experience, in 1997, when I began working on the documentary, Waters of These Mountains. </div><div>Thank you for letting us know, Tom. </div><div><br></div><div>Byron's daughter Lama Palden (Caroline Alioto) is an old friend of mine, and she used to visit me with her son when I lived on a farm on the South Fork Trinity. The river is a hard place for kids to learn to swim ...as it turned out, my daughter Paloma took her first swimming strokes in Byron's swimming pool in Tiburon! This was 20 years before I came to know Byron as the director of FOTR.</div><div><br></div><div>He was a great man who gave of himself tirelessly for the river he loved so dearly. </div><div><br></div><div>Emelia Berol</div><div>TAMWG Rep for the NEC</div><div>P.O. 300</div><div>Willow
Creek, California</div><div>95573 </div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="
font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Greg King <gking@asis.com><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Tom Stokely <tstokely@att.net><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Cc:</span></b> env-trinity@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri, May 13, 2011 1:57:10 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [env-trinity] Byron Leydecker has passed away<br></font><br>
Truly sad. A major passing. When I took over at NEC I met with Byron in Mill Valley, at his favorite Italian restaurant. He had a regular table (back against the wall), and he ordered for us. Then in one hour he provided the best possible download on the Trinity River, its environment, its people and its politics. Afterward, whenever we spoke he was always kind, informative and rather difficult to keep up with. He will be missed.<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Tom, thanks for sending this along.</div><div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div>Greg King</div><div>President/Executive Director</div><div>Siskiyou Land Conservancy</div><div>P.O. Box 4209</div><div>Arcata, CA 95518</div><div>707-498-4900</div><div><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:gking@asis.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:gking@asis.com">gking@asis.com</a></div><div><span><a target="_blank"
href="http://siskiyouland.wordpress.com/">http://siskiyouland.wordpress.com/</a></span></div></div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br><div><div>On May 13, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Tom Stokely wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;">All,</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px;"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;">It is with great sadness that I report to you that Byron Leydecker passed away this morning.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He died in comfort with his family.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px;"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;">He was a giant of a man and
certainly left his mark on the Trinity River Restoration Program as well as several of us personally.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px;"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;">Byron led life to the fullest and had no regrets.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px;"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;">More will be forthcoming from Byron's family.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px;"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;">Tom Stokely</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;">Water Policy Analyst/Media Contact</div><div
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