<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Bruce Tokars <<a href="mailto:btokars@salmonwaternow.org">btokars@salmonwaternow.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">May 17, 2011 12:38:38 PM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Bruce Tokars <<a href="mailto:btokars@pacbell.net">btokars@pacbell.net</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>A New SWN Video: A Strange Season</b><br></span></div><br><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Greetings --<div><br></div><div>Once again we have taken a look at the current state of affairs concerning salmon and shake our head in disbelief. If you have been following the news then you already know about the two main subjects of our new video, a lawsuit filed to stop the salmon season and the continuing saga of the BDCP. Here is the information brief about the video. Please share and embed if you agree with us that this really is a strange season.</div><div><br></div><div>Watch it on YouTube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1B6I43vMag&hd=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1B6I43vMag&hd=1</a> or Watch it on Vimeo: <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/23662404">http://www.vimeo.com/23662404</a></div><div><br></div><div><!--StartFragment-->
<div class="MsoNormal"><b>A Strange Season (14:46)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">We seem to be in the middle of a very a strange season.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">There has been a glimmer of hope that the numbers of wild
salmon are finally showing signs that they are starting to rebound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Enough so that the Federal agencies who
determine if there are enough fish in the system to allow a full fishing season
told both recreational and commercial salmon fishermen to go fishing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Finally some good news!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>But wait, there’s suddenly more to this
story.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">A group of Central Valley irrigators, who supply water to
agriculture and industrial customers, has filed suit in Federal court to
reverse the government’s go fishing decision. They seek to ban anyone from
catching salmon this year.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">This video explores this strange turn of events and also
takes a look at the latest twists and turns impacting efforts to fix the
Delta.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">As part of the National Academy of Science’s review of the
Bay Delta Conservation Plan’s (BDCP) work and recommendations, the NAS has
pointed out a significant flaw in the BDCP blueprint.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">This Salmon Water Now video looks at the continuing BDCP
controversy and the stop-the-fishing lawsuit.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Once again we point to the Westlands Water District as a
player in both stories (even though they are not listed on the lawsuit). We
feature a portion of Westland’s General Manager Tom Birmingham’s comments made
at a recent Congressional field hearing in Fresno.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">We’re doing our part to keep information flowing about the
seemingly never-ending struggle over water, wild salmon, and California’s
fragile ecosystem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We think it
matters and we encourage the sharing of this and other Salmon Water Now videos
to help people understand the changing and challenging dynamics that are in
play.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">Watch it on YouTube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1B6I43vMag&hd=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1B6I43vMag&hd=1</a></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">Watch it on Vimeo: <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/23662404">http://www.vimeo.com/23662404</a></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF2C2B">This Salmon Water Now production is dedicated to the memory
of Byron Leydecker. </font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF2C2B"> <o:p></o:p></font></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF2C2B">Mr. Leydecker founded Friends of the Trinity River and was a
tireless advocate to protect the river and </font><span style="font-family:ArialMT"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF2C2B">restore
the river's struggling salmon stocks.<o:p></o:p></font></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:ArialMT"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF2C2B">Salmon Water Now was
honored to have had his enthusiastic support of our production efforts. But more importantly, the Trinity river
and the salmon that run through it, are better off because he was here when
they needed him the most.</font><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</div><div><br></div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Bruce Tokars</div><div><a href="http://www.salmonwaternow.org/">www.salmonwaternow.org</a></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div><br></body></html>