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All - I alerted Mr Tokars first thing this morning to the fact that the
Central Valley (referred to below) embraces the Sacramento and San
Joaquin valleys and that he <u>meant</u> to refer to the 'westside <u>San
Joaquin</u> Valley'. He fixed the error immediately. Hope his
early-morning drafting error doesn't get spread too widely. Bill
Kier<br><br>
At 12:29 PM 8/23/2011, Tom Stokely wrote:<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><b>From: </b>Bruce Tokars
<<a href="mailto:btokars@salmonwaternow.org">
btokars@salmonwaternow.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>August 23, 2011 5:44:44 AM PDT<br>
<b>To: </b>Bruce Tokars
<<a href="mailto:btokars@salmonwaternow.org">
btokars@salmonwaternow.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: A True Fish Tale: Ft. Bragg Now -- New SWN Video</b><br><br>
Greetings --<br><br>
A couple of weeks ago we received a couple of phone calls from fishermen
in Fort Bragg. The salmon were big and biting. The river was
full of boats. The callers encouraged us to grab the SWN video
camera and get up there to document this happy scene. We apparently
missed the really intense scene by a week but there was still plenty of
activity happening on the water, in the harbor, and on the streets of the
town when we finally did get there. So we shot for a couple of days
and then went home to edit. <br><br>
Information about our new video is below. As always, sharing and
embedding is encouraged. We hope you enjoy the new video as it
really is a positive story! You can watch it here:<br><br>
<br>
<b><i>A True Fish Tale: Fort Bragg Now<br>
</i> <br>
Watch it on YouTube:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdTRinu5O9M&hd=1">
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdTRinu5O9M&hd=1</a><br>
<br>
Watch it on Vimeo:
<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/27981032">http://www.vimeo.com/27981032</a>
<br><br>
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A True Fish Tale: Fort Bragg Now (10:35)<br>
</b> <br>
Imagine being told by the government that you can no longer do the work
you’ve been doing because the government just made it an illegal
activity. Sorry, you’ll have to find something else to do.
<br>
<br>
That happened in 2008 when it became illegal to fish for salmon off the
coast of California and Oregon.<br>
<br>
Suddenly, families dependent on having healthy runs of wild salmon were
put out of business. The towns that relied on salmon fishing to
support local businesses were tragically on their way to economic
ruin. A grim reality. A reality caused by a sharp and
unexpected decline of wild salmon populations that came as a result of
excessive water diversions in salmon habitat. Because the salmon
water was now flowing to Westside Central Valley agribusiness and
Southern California. Water needed by salmon to thrive.<br>
<br>
Three years after the salmon fishing ban started, it was lifted.
Finally, the towns that depended on salmon fishing were back in
business.<br>
<br>
Fort Bragg, California is not that easy to get to. But when salmon
are fishable, people flock to the town. Salmon are an economic
magnet.<br>
<br>
Other then being in Fort Bragg yourself, there is no better way to see
just how much an impact that salmon have then by watching this Salmon
Water Now video. The town went through horrible economic misery
while salmon fishing was banned. Look at it now!<br>
<br>
<i>A True Fish Tale: Fort Bragg Now</i>, without a single word of
narration, makes a powerful counter-point to the silence on the subject
by Westlands Water District and other Central Valley water irrigators who
demand more and more water. <br>
<br>
There is enough water in California for both agriculture and
salmon. As you can see in this video, making sure water is fairly
allocated is critical. We hope our pictures, and the words of the
people in Fort Bragg, make a lasting impression on those who would
dismiss the cultural and economic importance of wild salmon.<br>
<br>
<i>A True Fish Tale: Fort Bragg Now<br>
</i> <br>
Watch it on YouTube:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdTRinu5O9M&hd=1">
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdTRinu5O9M&hd=1</a><br>
<br>
Watch it on Vimeo:
<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/27981032">http://www.vimeo.com/27981032</a>
<br><br>
<br><br>
<br><br>
<br>
Bruce Tokars<br>
<a href="http://www.salmonwaternow.org/">www.salmonwaternow.org</a><br>
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