
<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 style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><a href="http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html">http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; "><h1 id="blox-asset-title" style="font-size: 30px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 34px; "><span class="blox-header" style="font-size: 75px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 110px; display: block; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">PERIPHERAL TUNNEL</span><span class="blox-headline entry-title" style="font-size: 30px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 38px; ">Governor announces twin tunnel plan; locals fear the worst for Trinity waters</span></h1><ul id="blox-body-nav" class="service-members blox-social-nav-horizontal" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; background-image: url(http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/trinityjournal.com/content/tncms/live/components/core_base_library/resources/images/body_tabs.png); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; height: 28px; clear: both; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><li style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; float: left; "><a class="selected" href="http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html?mode=story" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none; display: block; float: left; background-image: url(http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/trinityjournal.com/content/tncms/live/components/core_base_library/resources/images/body_tabs.png); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; height: 28px; line-height: 28px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; cursor: default; background-position: 0px -102px; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; background-image: url(http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/trinityjournal.com/content/tncms/live/components/core_base_library/resources/images/body_tabs.png); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 100% -102px; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Story</span></a></li><li style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; float: left; "><a href="http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html#user-comment-area" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; display: block; float: left; background-image: url(http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/trinityjournal.com/content/tncms/live/components/core_base_library/resources/images/body_tabs.png); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; height: 26px; line-height: 26px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; background-position: 0px -34px; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; background-image: url(http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/trinityjournal.com/content/tncms/live/components/core_base_library/resources/images/body_tabs.png); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 100% -34px; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Comments</span></a></li></ul><dl id="story-font-size" class="moz-border blox-social-tools-horizontal" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: -28px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; float: right; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 27px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><dd id="share-page" class="share-widget" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; display: block; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="share-text" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: inherit; float: left; ">Share</span><a id="addthis-widget" addthis:description="Gov. Jerry Brown's announcement last week of a plan for twin tunnels to divert water away from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to farms�" href="http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html" class="addthis_button" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; text-indent: -9999px; display: block; height: 13px; width: 14px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; background-image: url(http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/trinityjournal.com/content/tncms/live/components/core_base_library/resources/images/share_sprite.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); float: left; background-position: -14px -52px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">Share</a><div class="atclear" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; "></div></span></dd><dt style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 5px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; display: block; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Print</dt><dd id="print-hardcopy" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; display: block; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><a href="http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html?mode=print" rel="external" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 4px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999px; display: block; height: 13px; width: 14px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; background-image: url(http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/trinityjournal.com/content/tncms/live/components/core_base_library/resources/images/share_sprite.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); background-position: -14px -26px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">Create a hardcopy of this page</a></dd><dt style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 5px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; display: block; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Font Size:</dt><dd style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; display: block; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><a id="default" class="decrease-font-size" href="http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html#" title="Default font size" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 4px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999px; display: block; height: 13px; width: 14px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; background-image: url(http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/trinityjournal.com/content/tncms/live/components/core_base_library/resources/images/share_sprite.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">Default font size</a></dd><dd style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; display: block; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><a id="large" class="increase-font-size" href="http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html#" title="Larger font size" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999px; display: block; height: 13px; width: 14px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; background-image: url(http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/trinityjournal.com/content/tncms/live/components/core_base_library/resources/images/share_sprite.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); background-position: -14px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">Larger font size</a></dd></dl><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style blox-social-share-horizontal fb_like_location_top" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(223, 223, 223); border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(223, 223, 223); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(223, 223, 223); text-align: left; cursor: default; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="blox-social-item blox-twitter-share" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; width: 95px; "><a class="addthis_button_tweet at300b" tw:url="http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html" tw:counturl="http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html" tw:via="trinityjournal" tw:text="Governor announces twin tunnel plan; locals fear the worst for Trinity waters" tw:related="trinityjournal,townnews" tw:count="horizontal" title="Tweet" href="http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html#" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; float: left; "><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1340179658.html#_=1343950398662&count=horizontal&counturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trinityjournal.com%2Fnews%2Fenvironment%2Farticle_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trinityjournal.com%2Fnews%2Fenvironment%2Farticle_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html&related=trinityjournal%2Ctownnews&size=m&text=Governor%20announces%20twin%20tunnel%20plan%3B%20locals%20fear%20the%20worst%20for%20Trinity%20waters&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trinityjournal.com%2Fnews%2Fenvironment%2Farticle_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html%23.UBsOPYqqWF8.twitter&via=trinityjournal" class="twitter-share-button twitter-count-horizontal" title="Twitter Tweet Button" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(239, 239, 239); width: 107px; height: 20px; "></iframe></a></div><div class="blox-social-item blox-facebook-share blox-social-share-legacy" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; background-image: url(http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/trinityjournal.com/content/tncms/live/components/core_social_share/resources/images/fb_zero_count.png); background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: 50px; background-position: 50px 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like at300b" fb:like:href="http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html" fb:like:send="false" fb:like:colorscheme="light" fb:like:layout="button_count" title="Send to Facebook_like" href="http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html#" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 2px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; opacity: 1 !important; float: left; "><fb:like ref=".UBsOPf4kV8M.like" href="http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html" send="false" colorscheme="light" layout="button_count" show_faces="false" action="like" width="90" font="arial" class=" fb_edge_widget_with_comment fb_iframe_widget" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; position: relative; display: inline-block; "><span style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: text-bottom; position: relative; display: inline-block; text-align: justify; line-height: 16px; height: 20px; width: 90px; "><iframe id="f296dd37f" name="f3eeb48c0" scrolling="no" title="Like this content on Facebook." class="fb_ltr " src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?action=like&api_key=117486954946503&channel_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter.php%3Fversion%3D9%23cb%3Df30a5d0e24%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.trinityjournal.com%252Ff1b9812248%26domain%3Dwww.trinityjournal.com%26relation%3Dparent.parent&colorscheme=light&extended_social_context=false&font=arial&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trinityjournal.com%2Fnews%2Fenvironment%2Farticle_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&node_type=link&ref=.UBsOPf4kV8M.like&sdk=joey&send=false&show_faces=false&width=90" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 20px; width: 90px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; "></iframe></span></fb:like></a></div><div class="clear" style="font-size: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; clear: both; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: none; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "></div><div id="form-action-like-top" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><form method="post" title="like this article" name="form-blox-like-top" id="form-blox-like-top" class="blox-like like" action="http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; "></form></div><div class="atclear" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; "></div></div><div id="blox-story-frame" class=" hnews hentry item" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><div id="blox-story-media" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: 302px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; position: relative; z-index: 1; clear: left; float: left; "><div id="blox-story-photo-container" class="managed-service" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div id="instantGallery" class="instant-gallery-app" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><div class="instant-gallery" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="frame" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: static !important; "><a title="Kayakers on Trinity River" href="http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html?mode=image&photo=0" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; "><img class="horizontal" alt="Kayakers on Trinity River" width="300" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; " id="b4d34af6-6854-4cec-a785-2e451e010239" height="199" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:59BA919E-EE75-4A24-8BA7-095C634E9E9B"></a><div style="font-size: 11px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">PHIL NELSON The Trinity Journal</div><h3 style="font-size: 18px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Kayakers on Trinity River</h3><div style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; ">Kayakers relax for a moment on the Trinity River. Gov. Jerry Brown�s Peripheral Tunnel plan has local officials worried about the impact on Trinity waters.</div><div class="download" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: right; "></div></div></div><div class="preview-slide-navigator" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; "></div><span class="clear" style="font-size: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; clear: both; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: none; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "></span></div></div><div id="blox-story-related" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><div class="blox-story-related-container" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: initial; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: initial; clear: both; "><h3 style="font-size: 18px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Related Links</h3><div class="related-item" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-top-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(223, 223, 223); "><ul class="blox-related-items" style="font-size: 11px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 2px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; float: none; clear: both; "><li style="font-size: 11px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; clear: both; "><a href="http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/Home.aspx" title="For more information and press conference video" class="child-icon " style="font-size: 11px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 14px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; background-image: url(http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/trinityjournal.com/content/tncms/live/components/core_base_library/resources/images/related_sprite.gif); background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 14px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; float: left; height: 16px; background-position: 1px 3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><span class="child-type" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(170, 170, 170); display: block; float: left; width: auto; ">Related:</span>For more information and press conference video</a></li></ul></div><div class="clear" style="font-size: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; clear: both; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: none; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "></div></div></div><div id="in-media-box" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><div id="tncms-region-ads-in-story" class="tncms-region-ads" style="font-size: 10px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "></div></div></div><div style="font-size: 11px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Posted: <span class="posted" title="2012-08-01T06:15:00-07:00" style="font-size: 11px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Wednesday, August 1, 2012 6:15 am</span> | <em style="font-size: 11px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: italic; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span class="updated" title="2012-07-31T13:07:04-07:00" style="font-size: 11px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Updated: 8:07 pm, Tue Jul 31, 2012.</span></em></div><div style="font-size: 11px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="author vcard" style="font-size: 11px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: normal; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right; "><span class="fn" style="font-size: 11px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">By Amy Gittelsohn The Trinity Journal</span></span> | <a id="comment_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a" class="blox-comment" href="http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_6b398844-db84-11e1-86e7-0019bb30f31a.html#user-comment-area" style="font-size: 11px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 14px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; background-image: url(http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/trinityjournal.com/content/tncms/live/components/core_base_library/resources/images/comment_icon.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">0 comments</a></div><div id="blox-story-text" class="entry-content" style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; "><div id="paging_container" class="container" style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><div class="content" style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: black; display: block; float: none; width: auto; "><span class="paragraph-0" style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">Gov. Jerry Brown's announcement last week of a plan for twin tunnels to divert water away from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to farms and cities in the south raises concerns in Trinity County.</div></span><span class="paragraph-1" style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">The Bay Delta Conservation Plan unveiled by Brown and U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar includes construction of two tunnels 33 feet in diameter or larger to transport water under the delta, an inland estuary.</div></span><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">The plan is estimated to cost about $24 billion, including $14 billion for construction of the tunnels to be paid for by water users and $10 billion for habitat restoration to come from taxpayers. A water bond to pay for some of the restoration is set for the November 2014 ballot.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">A video of the July 25 news conference is available online.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">Calling it "a big idea for a big state," Brown said knowledge has been gained since the voters rejected his plan for a peripheral canal around the delta 30 years ago.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">It is needed to deal with earthquakes and climate change, he said.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">Questioned about cost, Brown said there will be reviews, but "analysis paralysis" is not working and he intends to "get shit done."</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">"If we have to fight initiatives and referendums, we'll fight those, too," he said.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">"Everybody knows this system we have here is broken," Salazar said.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">Salazar noted that pumps now used to get water from the delta to consumers kill fish. The plan will also reduce uncertainty for farmers about water deliveries, he said.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">However, in Trinity County concerns run high about the potential to send more water south.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">Lots of the water going through those tunnels would be diverted Trinity River water � but the planning does not seem to consider the effect on Trinity County, said Roger Jaegel, chair of the Trinity County Board of Supervisors.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">The full board will work on an official position on the plan, Jaegel said, but for himself, "I feel we need to continue to emphasize our county of origin rights."</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">"I didn't see Trinity County mentioned at all," Jaegel said. "I don't think anybody really has acknowledged that a lot of that is Trinity water."</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">"Trinity County certainly has provided water to the south for quite some time with little or no compensation," he added. "I'm not sure they even understand that we're here."</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">With the twin tunnels, he said, "It's going to mean the water transfers are going to become much easier."</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">From the Trinity Lake Revitalization Alliance, Kelli Gant of Trinity Center has been following versions of the delta plan for some time. In an earlier analysis, "not once do they talk about the impact above the dams," she said.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">"The main thing we're concerned about is when they look at the delta plan, all they're focusing on is the delta, Sacramento River and the surrounding counties," she said.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">In contrast, she said, there are plans to give a lot of money to the delta communities to do things like rebuild a marina if it has to be moved.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">"There's nothing mentioned at all for compensating the area of origin communities," she said. "That's the biggest issue we see."</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">Efforts of the Restore the Delta organization have caused the governor to downscale how much water will be taken but not the size of the pipes, Gant said. "They're saying, 'Trust us we'll take less water,'" she said, and the message is "let's go ahead and build it and we'll figure out how to operate it when it's built."</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">From the California Water Impact Network, former Trinity County natural resources planner Tom Stokely called the plan "an expensive boondoggle" at a time the state is in a budget crisis.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">He noted that a cost benefit analysis by the University of the Pacific found the project would pay back a dollar for every $2.50 spent.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">Better alternatives, he said, would include reinforcing levees in the delta, water conservation, desalinization, storm water capture and water recycling.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">From an environmental standpoint, Stokely is doubtful the plan will benefit wildlife in the delta as billed, and he said the Trinity River will suffer.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">While the 2000 Trinity River Record of Decision called for setting Trinity River flows based on water-year type, Stokely notes that the Bureau of Reclamation has water rights for the river that allow minimum flows well below what are called for in that decision.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">The bottlenecks in moving water out of the delta have only been beneficial in keeping water in Trinity Lake, he said, and if those are removed the lake will be drained leaving no cold water for fish.</div><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 18px; padding-left: 5px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 15px; ">"An absolute disaster for the Trinity River," he said. "This is bad news for the Trinity and everybody who depends on it."</div></div></div></div></div></span><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></body></html>