<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I think the " inconvenient truth "argument is disingenuous for the reasons that you, Frank, have laid out so well. And a large man made dam is going to be disruptive to the natural system of the river with or without previous impacts, however you try to justify it. To imply that it's good for the system is absurd to the point of being insulting. The issue, as the judge in Fresno saw it, was not whether taking water from a river is good for it or not, but who is going to suffer the most from how the resource is being managed? </div><div><br></div><div>It's a humane way to consider the problem. It may be the only way the conflict over water allocation can be resolved. </div><div><br></div><div>However, as long as people view water, rivers, forests, and other natural resources as lifeless objects that are to be exploited for societal profit, we are going to go on mismanaging our precious resources. It's our heartless view of things that needs improvement. </div><div><br></div><div>Emelia Berol</div><div><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Aug 25, 2013, at 4:08 PM, "Frank Emerson" <<a href="mailto:frank.t.emerson@gmail.com">frank.t.emerson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Dear All:</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">It is an interesting argument to make and one that
will be made again. And I guess it will be made in the press and courts at
some point. The biggest flaw in this "inconvenient truth" is that it is not
possible to say what the flow or water quality was when the watersheds of the
Klamath and Trinity drainages were still pristine. The major impacts of clear
cutting the old growth forest and hydraulic gold mining has had profound
impact on the temperatures in these tributaries and main stem rivers. Prior to
the logging era there were vast acres and canopies of old growth tress that
shaded the streams, the root masses and intact soils banked millions of acre
feet during the winter that maintained consistent runoff all summer. One reason
Coho are not recovering, as you would expect with no take allowed, is because
temperatures have risen over all by man made modifications to the habitat.
Coho are particulary sensitive to higher temps.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">The cumulative impacts of more and more water uses
in the whole watershed, pvt wells, pot grows, agricultural irrigation and land
clearing, grazing, and municapal water systems, dam construction. etc. have so
altered the very nature of the hydrology of the habitat that it is not possible
to say what the flows were before the Europeans arrived. It may be that flows
were higher, and most certainly cooler and cleaner. </font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">The federal projects cannot negatively impact the
fisheries that sustain so many communities, that is the law also. </font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">If anything about dam management. flow management,
water quality managment is "Unnatural" is that so much Trinity water is diverted
south to the San Joaquin Valley to grow commodity crops in the arid,
marginal cropland of the west side. There is undeniably nothing natural about
that. The native fishery by all common sense has the priority right to it's
own source water.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Frank Emerson</font></div>
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<a title="erobinson@kmtg.com" href="mailto:erobinson@kmtg.com">Robinson,
Eric</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="truman@jeffnet.org" href="mailto:truman@jeffnet.org">Patrick Truman</a> ; <a title="tstokely@att.net" href="mailto:tstokely@att.net">Tom Stokely</a> ; <a title="env-trinity@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us" href="mailto:env-trinity@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us">env-trinity@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us</a>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 16, 2013 12:12
PM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [env-trinity] Chico ER: Put
water to local use first</div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="365392318-16082013">The CVP's Trinity River Division already releases
more water into the Trinity River and lower Klamath River during late summer
and fall than would be there in a state of nature. Without the water
storage developed by the the CVP's Trinity River Division, Trinity River
and lower Klamath River flows would be <em>lower</em> than they are now.
The CVP's Trinity River Division already is making conditions better for
fall-run Chinook salmon in the lower Klamath River. </span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="365392318-16082013"></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="365392318-16082013">Remember, the Trinity River Restoration Program
Record of Decision (TRROD) adopted in the year 2000 established a fishery flow
release schedule under which 453,000 acre-feet of water is earmarked for
fall-run Chinook salmon restoration and maintenance in 2013 (a "dry" year
under the TRROD fishery flow release schedule). The Restoration Program
has discretion in how to use each year's TRROD water. They make their
decision how to use that water in early spring each year. The large
fall-run Chinook salmon return and dry/low-flow hydrologic
conditions were known to the Restoration Program when they set the 2013
flow release schedule. Despite that, the Program elected
<em>not</em> to use any of the 453,000 acre-feet for a late summer/fall
pulse flow to address the disease risk issue now being cited as
requiring a pulse flow.</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="365392318-16082013"></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="365392318-16082013">That is not "legal mumbo jumble . . . ." Those
are the inconvenient facts that are ignored by those spinning fictional
narratives decrying the federal court's rulings restraining the excess
CVP storage release.</span></font></div><br>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b>
<a href="mailto:env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us">env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us</a>
[<a href="mailto:env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us">mailto:env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us</a>] <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Patrick Truman<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 16, 2013 11:17
AM<br><b>To:</b> Ara Azhderian; Tom Stokely;
<a href="mailto:env-trinity@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us">env-trinity@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [env-trinity]
Chico ER: Put water to local use first<br></font><br></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wow, what a bunch of legal mumbo jumble BS. Bottom line: we
were willing to share our resources with the citizens of California, but for
whatever reason, slight of hand, or any other legal tactic, the water
resources of the Klamath-Trinity watersheds are completely over-allocated, and
any out-of-basin ‘water rights’ need to be adjudicated and brought into a
reality based sustainable position. Farming in a desert, how unsustainable is
that. Ah, there is that word, sustainable. No worries, the United Nations is
moving in next week. Bottom line though: we want our water back…</p>
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<div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title="ara.azhderian@sldmwa.org" href="mailto:ara.azhderian@sldmwa.org">Ara Azhderian</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 16, 2013 8:53 AM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="tstokely@att.net" href="mailto:tstokely@att.net">Tom
Stokely</a> ; <a title="env-trinity@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us" href="mailto:env-trinity@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us">env-trinity@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us</a>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [env-trinity] Chico ER: Put water to local use
first</div></div></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #333333" lang="EN">Thanks
Tom,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #333333" lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #333333" lang="EN">Here’s another
perspective to consider from the Chico Enterprise-Record editorial comments
section:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #333333" lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #333333" lang="EN">The judge's decision
has nothing to do with north state or south state water "desires." There are
quantities set aside for both under federal law. What is in question is
whether or not the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation can take more water than the law
provides. Reclamation had more than 400,000 acre-feet of water, enough to farm
about 160,000 acres or to meet the daily needs of 800,000 Californians, to use
for fishery protection this year. Rather than properly plan to legally provide
supplemental flows to minimize the effect of diseases that exist on the
Klamath River on an expected near historic number of salmon returning to
spawn, they choose instead to try and take this water from other legal uses
including protection of endangered species, management of waterfowl, clean
power generation, recreation, industry, daily human needs, and, yes, farming.
Regarding the question of what the judge's ruling means for the future,
northern California residents should take comfort from a decision to not allow
an illegal infringement upon water rights to occur.<br><br>Mike
Wade<br>California Farm Water Coalition</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:env-trinity-bounces+ara.azhderian=sldmwa.org@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us">env-trinity-bounces+ara.azhderian=sldmwa.org@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us</a>
[<a href="mailto:env-trinity-bounces+ara.azhderian=sldmwa.org@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us">mailto:env-trinity-bounces+ara.azhderian=sldmwa.org@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Stokely<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 15, 2013 2:55
PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:env-trinity@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us">env-trinity@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us</a><br><b>Subject:</b>
[env-trinity] Chico ER: Put water to local use
first<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div>
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<h1>Editorial: Put water to local use first<o:p></o:p></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><a href="http://www.chicoer.com/editorials/ci_23866945/editorial-put-water-local-use-first">http://www.chicoer.com/editorials/ci_23866945/editorial-put-water-local-use-first</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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Enterprise-Record<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Posted:
08/15/2013 12:41:01 AM PDT<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
<p>Our view: A judge shouldn't allow this year's salmon to be sacrificed for
next year's crops in the distant San Joaquin Valley.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In a shocking decision that should make all Northern Californians wary of
those in the south state who covet our water, north state water needs are
taking a backseat to south state desires.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let's hope this is just temporary insanity. The federal court, even though
it's based in the San Joaquin Valley, should be able to figure out that this
year's salmon, not next year's crops, are a more pressing
concern.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For now, San Joaquin Valley farming interests have won out. The massive
Westlands Water District and a couple of others filed a lawsuit challenging
the federal government's release of water from Trinity Lake to help salmon
downstream of where the Trinity River runs into the Klamath
River.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>A decade ago, tens of thousands of salmon died in the lower Klamath during
a drought. Low flows and warm water contributed to the killing. The federal
government hoped that releases of cold water from Trinity Lake would help
matters this year.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>But the San Joaquin Valley water district thinks the water many hundreds of
miles away belongs to its farmers, not to the North Coast residents and their
salmon. Much Trinity Lake water — too much in our opinion — is already piped
down to the San Joaquin by our state's convoluted plumbing system. It's sent
through a mountain into Whiskeytown Lake, into Clear Creek, then the
Sacramento River, which allows Westlands to suck more water out of the
delta.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That whole Rube Goldberg contraption works just fine until there's a dry
year, then everybody starts fighting and the Westlands farmers forget the
water really isn't theirs to begin with.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>They sued to stop the releases, which were supposed to begin Tuesday. A
U.S. District Court judge from Fresno agreed to halt them, at least until
Friday. Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill said holding off for a few days would allow
the court to "consider a reply and perform a more measured analysis of the
issues."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Maybe three days without colder water won't kill any adult salmon. We'll
see. But we're surprised the judge would take that risk.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Let's hope the "measured analysis" includes the fact that the salmon runs
were in poor shape just a few years ago, and anglers were restricted from
fishing until the salmon stocks recovered. We see no reason San Joaquin Valley
growers shouldn't have to make similar sacrifices during a drought. There's
never been a guaranteed water supply to them, nor should there be. They
decided to plant in an arid area augmented by imported water.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The farmers aren't worried about water in the next couple of months, like
the salmon are. Harvest is upon us. They don't need more now. Rather, they're
concerned that lowering the lake this summer could make it harder to fill this
coming winter. But this year's salmon should take precedence over next year's
cotton and grapes, because it might indeed be a wet winter. Don't sacrifice
the salmon on account of unpredictable Mother Nature.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Beyond that, though, it makes us wonder what would happen if Gov. Jerry
Brown built the twin tunnels he is advocating. In a dry year, would everybody
south of the delta believe they owned the water that comes from the north?
Would they tell us we need to sacrifice a few fish in our rivers so they could
have more water? Or that we should fallow our crops so they can grow theirs?
Yeah, probably — and that's why we don't like the idea.<br clear="all"><o:p></o:p></p>
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