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<DIV>Gentlemen please do not exhale yet. The fish are not in the
river..yet.</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pcatanese@dhscott.com
href="mailto:pcatanese@dhscott.com">Paul Catanese</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 18, 2012 5:47 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=trinityjosh@gmail.com
href="mailto:trinityjosh@gmail.com">Joshua Allen</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=env-trinity@mailman.dcn.org
href="mailto:env-trinity@mailman.dcn.org">Trinity List</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [env-trinity] Trinity Journal- River dwellers share
views at Lewiston meeting</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Whoever Joshua is I have to say you have hit the nail on the head and
confirmed everyone's fears. That fear that man himself rather than nature would
dictate what transpires on this river. Moreover, a few select men who by and
large do not live here or own property here would decide what's good for others
based on the little knowledge they actually have about restoring a river. This
year we will have close to a record return return of salmon having little to do
with any restoration effort other than water. Seems to me that plenty of
spawning has taken place in spite of man made efforts. </DIV>
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<DIV>Whatever caused this should be duplicated over and over because it worked.
Bulldozers and gravel or man did not create the huge run we are predicting
mother nature did along with restricting commercial fishing.i will bet you
curtailing tribal fishing will also lead too more fish. There is not enough time
in the day to address what should or shouldn't be done on this river and frankly
the less that's done the more success will be achieved. Keep in mind we are
going to have a record return of fish with no connection to bulldozers and
gravel, just water. Peace love I am going fishing. <BR><BR>On Apr 17, 2012, at
11:35 AM, "Joshua Allen" <<A
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<DIV>Ok, just for discussion related purposes; I'm going to play devil's
advocate for a moment. A lot of people keep complaining about the gravel and
holes being filled in between Lewiston and Douglas City. This has a lot to do,
as I see it, with a lack of fishing areas, and the river drastically
changing from what it was in the past. Like it was reported, "...need to stop
man-ipulating the river" and "what time period is the program trying to
capture".
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<DIV>Though as I see it, it is not possible to not stop manipulating the
river, because there is no period in the river's history that is trying to be
captured. Instead a brand new section is being created that never existed
before. The river has already manipulated to death since the dams were put up
in the first place. </DIV>
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<DIV>~ Is not the whole point of the program is to create a stretch of river
between Lewiston and Douglas City that mimics upstream spawning conditions
lost by the dams? </DIV>
<DIV>~ If so, isn't it then required that the holes and areas between those
two communities be filled in flat with smaller pools behind them to provide
spawning habitat so redds can be laid and juveniles have shallows to be raised
in? </DIV>
<DIV>~ If the area in question does not have uniform flat areas for natural
spawning of salmonids, instead has huge holes like it did in the past, then
spawning can not occur, areas to raise juveniles is limited, and what is left
is a dependence upon the hatchery for production? </DIV>
<DIV>~ Since this area is meant for spawning and raising of juveniles, does it
also not make sense to provide shade cover, like the upper reaches, for said
juveniles? </DIV>
<DIV>~ Would it also not make sense to limit access to that stretch of river
for sport fishing/recreation and instead move such areas out of redds and
habitat areas to more appropriate places downstream where there are holes for
holding? (i.e potential for Douglas City and Junction City to become the "new"
fishing and financial resource areas of the county, while Lewiston focuses on
dam related recreation activities.)</DIV>
<DIV>~ Should not people be the ones that must adapt to these changes since
the fish have already had to adapt to huge changes in their environment with
the installation of the dams which provides positive benefits to humans that
are negative to natural salmonid production? </DIV>
<DIV>~ Isn't the whole point of the program to increase natural production
while reducing man-ipulated hatchery production? </DIV>
<DIV>~ Can't anyone associated with the program just come out with this
"secret" to the public through the participatory process in a way they can
understand? </DIV>
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<DIV>I know, blasphemy! But to me, it seems like no one will be happy, because
humans are unwilling to adapt to necessary changes, and instead are more
focused on the human concepts of recreational use and money. Just my two
cents. Though I would be interested in hearing from someone more knowledgeable
about the needs of fish, who can answer these questions, and how humans can
adapt to these requirements of a changing environment. <BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>2012/4/12 Tom Stokely <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
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dwellers share views at Lewiston meeting</H1>
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Amy Gittelsohn The Trinity Journal | Posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 8:15
am</STRONG></P>
<P
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of the Trinity River and its wildlife was a common theme last week at the
second in a series of outreach meetings, this one held in Lewiston, to get
public input on the Trinity River Restoration Program.</P>
<P
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small group of about a dozen people attended the meeting April 4 at One
Maple Winery put on by the Trinity County Resource Conservation District,
under contract with the restoration program. The meeting was run by RCD
employees Alex Cousins and Donna Rupp, and contractor Jeff Morris, who made
clear they were not representatives of the restoration program but were
there to bring concerns and questions back to agencies involved in the
program.</P>
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Napa, Al Lilleberg said he has been visiting Lewiston four to five days a
month since he was a teenager, and the river was basically his biology lab
in college majoring in biology. The river has declined since construction of
Trinity and Lewiston dams in the early 1960s, according to Lilleberg.</P>
<P
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quit fishing because the river is dead," Lilleberg said. "I know people fish
in it all the time, but it's dead by comparison."</P>
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said when the sun went down and fish were jumping for food, "you couldn't
count fish fast enough … You might not see one now."</P>
<P
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residents expressed concerns about restoration program activities.</P>
<P
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and Diane Gannon questioned the planting of willows which make the river
less accessible.</P>
<P
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-- in my estimate -- is insane," Tom Gannon said, noting that at one time
the program goal was to push the vegetation back.</P>
<P
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did that," he said, "and now they've replanted where they pushed it
back."</P>
<P
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there weren't all the willows they just planted," he said.</P>
<P
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herself as a "river lifer," Lewiston resident and County Administrative
Officer Wendy Tyler said, "The river is the lifeblood of our county."</P>
<P
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spoke of the importance of the river for recreation and economic
development, saying, "restoration is important – but it must be
balanced."</P>
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husband, Bob Tyler, shared a concern that has come up repeatedly over the
past year – that spawning gravels added to the river have filled in holes
adult fish use.</P>
<P
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Tyler said he's fished along the river since childhood (the late ‘70s to
early ‘80s), and "you'd come home with five salmon or two or three
steelhead."</P>
<P
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the Lewiston Bridge the hole was so deep, he said, "you used to be able to
jump off the bridge into that hole. You can't do that anymore."</P>
<P
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said the river is "not dead" and continues to support a variety of wildlife
— particularly in comparison to other rivers.</P>
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is one of the best rivers left. We have a chance," said Dale Davey, who
lives part time in Lewiston.</P>
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said the Trinity River Record of Decision which increased Trinity River
flows is the most important way to restore the river.</P>
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the Record of Decision river flows are determined based on water-year type,
but over multiple years 49 percent of inflow to Trinity Lake is to be
released to the river and 51 percent available for diversion and Central
Valley Project use.</P>
<P
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the thing we can never let bury," he said. "That's what's helping recover
the river and recover the fish."</P>
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the water flow do it," Davey said. "Eventually, we've got to stop bulldozing
and injecting gravel and say, 'We're going to stop man-ipulating the
stream.'"</P>
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the river flows and the Record of Decision, Lilleberg said, "We are facing a
challenge. The four biggest farms in California can crack that law."</P>
<P
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of the river must be "rabid" about how rivers function, he said.</P>
<P
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audience also asked about goals of the program, what time frame the program
is attempting to recapture in the river's history, and if there will be an
endpoint to the mechanical restoration projects. County Sup. Judy Pflueger
requested that the answers be "in terms we understand."</P>
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the RCD, Morris said written answers to the questions would be provided
within 30 days.</P>
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several more outreach meetings in communities along the river are planned.
The locations, dates and times will be announced.</P>
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outreach meetings began after the Trinity River Guide Association and
California Water Impact Network requested a moratorium on channel
restoration projects until a scientific review of earlier projects is
complete. Gravel injections were of particular concern to the guides, and
the restoration program has since announced that no gravel injections are
planned for this
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