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line-height: 15px; ">Granted, most of the economic impacts of this plan, which includes Gov. Jerry Brown’s twin tunnel proposal, fall within the Delta and points farther south.</div></span><div class="p402_hide service-members" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; 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; "><div id="in-story" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; 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; float: left; "><div id="tncms-region-ads-in-story" class="tncms-region-ads" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; 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; "></div></div></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; 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; "><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; 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; line-height: 15px; ">But the report glosses over the economic impacts of the BDCP plan to the North State, much as previous reports have glossed over the social and environmental impacts — though at least one environmental report finally mentioned a greater chance of shallow pools in Trinity Lake under the proposed
plan.</div></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; 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; "><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; 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; line-height: 15px; ">The closest the economic plan comes to mentioning any impact in Trinity County is that all North State reservoirs “could experience slight variations in storage and elevation patterns.”</div></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; 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; "><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; 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; line-height: 15px; ">The cynical among us might read that as “we might suck your lake dry every now and then, but tough luck.”</div></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; 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; "><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; 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; line-height: 15px; ">It’s possible, we suppose, that the state will adhere to what proponents have been touting — that this is a conveyance plan and they don’t plan on taking any more North State water than they currently receive. In that case, the economic impact north of the Delta would, in fact, be limited.</div></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; 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; "><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; 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; line-height: 15px; ">But we have a hard time believing the state’s
water agencies would build a huge new multi-billion-dollar conveyance system without seeking additional water supplies. If so, there will be a definite economic and environmental impact on Trinity County and the North State.</div></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; 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; "><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; 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; line-height: 15px; ">From the amount of electricity generated from sending water through the Carr and other powerhouses to the fisheries to recreation on and around the Trinity River and Trinity Lake and
the businesses which rely on such, there will be impacts.</div></div><div class="encrypted-content" style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; 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; "><div style="font-size: 12px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; 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; line-height: 15px; ">Those impacts deserve to be part of the conversation.</div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></body></html>