<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><a href="http://www.redding.com/news/2012/sep/12/speakers-gather-talk-about-water/">http://www.redding.com/news/2012/sep/12/speakers-gather-talk-about-water/</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Speakers gather to talk about water </div><div>By Record Searchlight Staff</div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; 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-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Several north state agencies are hosting an educational forum tonight on Northern California water and the San Joaquin-Sacramento river delta.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; 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-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Topics include the history of California’s water system, the proposal to raise the height of Shasta Dam, stressors on the delta and the economics of water in the state.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; 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-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Speakers include Holly Dawley, a rancher and engineer; Brian Person, area manager for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; and Ellen Hanak, senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; 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-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">The forum is from 5-7:30 p.m. today at the McConnell Foundation headquarters, 900 Shasta View Drive in Redding. Seating is limited, so those wishing to attend should contact Pam Clackler at 224-6032 or <a href="mailto:pclackler@ci.redding.ca.us">pclackler@ci.redding.ca.us</a>.</p></div></body></html>