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To anyone who studies water use in California, it's becoming
increasingly apparent that there is likely to be less water
available in the future for agriculture in the state, because of the
impacts of climate change and population growth. <br>
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So finding a constructive way to resolve the conflicts between water
needs for agriculture and for fish populations is essential. In
dialogues like this all over the state, I have seen endless
discussions about how fish populations might survive with less
water, but little discussions of strategies for reducing
agricultural water use, such as regulated deficit irrigation, which
allows growing crops with less water, or of crop shifting.<br>
<br>
These seem like essential strategies but they are hardly even
discussed. In a high water cost situation, regulated deficit
irrigation may even increase farmer's profits.<br>
See, for example, Deficit irrigation for reducing agricultural
water use <a
href="http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/content/58/2/147.abstract">http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/content/58/2/147.abstract</a><br>
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Deirdre Des Jardins<br>
California Water Research<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Wednesday/1/1/14 4:51 PM, Paul
Catanese wrote:<br>
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<div>Felice: based on your logic it would seem that indiscriminate
over netting at the lower reaches based on bogus projections of
fish returns would have a significantly greater negative impact
on the on the species than surface water. What say you. Let's be
intellectually honest. Let's study that. </div>
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On Jan 1, 2014, at 11:13 AM, "Felice Pace" <<a
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<div>The second largest Coho run on the Scott in
redecent years is good news but the numbers Sari
shared indicate that we are not making progress in
rebuilding the Scott Coho population to anything near
biological viability over the long run. To give raders
a more complete view perhpas Sari or Tom will share a
full data set for the last 10 years, i.e. the
¨bad¨years as well as the ¨good¨ - so that folks get a
more comlete picture.
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The dewatering of the Scott and key tribs each summer is
likely the top factor preventing recovery of Scott Coho
to long-term viability. Very few of the progeny of this
year´s relatively ¨good¨ run will make it to the ocean.
Many will be killed by dewatering below irrigation
diversions and others by Klamath mainstem conditions. A
multi-year deep drought could still wipe out Scott Coho.
We remain on the edge of functional extinction. Until
SWRCB begins or is forced to actually measure and
regulate diversions and groundwater pumping Scott Coho
will remain on the brink of extinciton. <br>
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Those who work to ¨protect¨surface and groundwater
irrigators from regulation are an impediment to recovery.
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Felice Pace<br>
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1. Siskiyou Daily News: Scott River Coho run largest
since 2007<br>
(Tom Stokely)<br>
2. Re: Siskiyou Daily News: Scott River Coho run
largest since<br>
2007 (Sari Sommarstrom)<br>
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Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 11:14:43 -0800 (PST)<br>
From: Tom Stokely <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Subject: [env-trinity] Siskiyou Daily News: Scott River
Coho run<br>
largest since 2007<br>
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December 17. 2013 9:48AM<br>
Scott River Coho run largest since 2007<br>
PHOTO/ PHOTO COURTESY CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND
WILDLIFE<br>
The Shasta River video weir, located close to the
Klamath River, was damaged on Dec. 9 by the icy
conditions in the river.<br>
After a large influx of Coho salmon in the past few
weeks, the Scott River has seen its largest return of
the species since 2007.?<br>
The latest data from the California Department of Fish
and Wildlife video weirs on the Klamath?s tributaries
shows a relatively strong return this year for Chinook
and Coho, with the Scott?s Chinook numbers as of Dec. 10
coming in just under the seven year average weir data.
Final counts for the Scott also rely on carcass and
spawning area counts, which have not yet been
finalized.?<br>
On Bogus Creek, the numbers of Chinook and Coho passing
the video weir have trickled to a halt, with only one
Coho returning between Dec. 4 and Dec. 10.?<br>
So far, the Bogus numbers are 3,143 Chinook and 290
Coho, which the data shows is the strongest Coho return
since 2004 and the third-smallest Chinook return in that
same time period.?<br>
The end of season for the Shasta counts was called on
Dec. 10, due to ice floes damaging the weir on Dec. 9.
The Chinook count came in at 8,127, the third-largest
return since 2001, with 151 Coho, the highest number of
that species since 2007.?<br>
The Scott and Bogus weirs are still operating, according
to CDFW?environmental scientist Morgan Knechtle, and
once the final numbers are compiled and finalized, they
will be used in forecasts for 2014.<br>
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Subject: Re: [env-trinity] Siskiyou Daily News: Scott
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What was missing from the article was the actual number
of coho seen at the weir at RM 18 on the Scott River:
1,264 adults as of 12/18. Final figure won?t be
available until after the weir closes in early January
and the downstream estimate is added in.<br>
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For this same brood year, the recent figure compares
with the final weir counts of 911 in 2010 and 1,622 in
2007.<br>
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~Sari Sommarstrom<br>
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Etna<br>
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Subject: [env-trinity] Siskiyou Daily News: Scott River
Coho run largest since 2007<br>
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December 17. 2013 9:48AM<br>
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Scott River Coho run largest since 2007<br>
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The Shasta River video weir,located close to the
Klamath River, was damaged on Dec. 9 by the icy
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PHOTO/ PHOTO COURTESY CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND
WILDLIFE<br>
<br>
The Shasta River video weir, located close to the
Klamath River, was damaged on Dec. 9 by the icy
conditions in the river.<br>
<br>
After a large influx of Coho salmon in the past few
weeks, the Scott River has seen its largest return of
the species since 2007.<br>
The latest data from the California Department of Fish
and Wildlife video weirs on the Klamath?s tributaries
shows a relatively strong return this year for Chinook
and Coho, with the Scott?s Chinook numbers as of Dec. 10
coming in just under the seven year average weir data.
Final counts for the Scott also rely on carcass and
spawning area counts, which have not yet been finalized.<br>
On Bogus Creek, the numbers of Chinook and Coho passing
the video weir have trickled to a halt, with only one
Coho returning between Dec. 4 and Dec. 10.<br>
So far, the Bogus numbers are 3,143 Chinook and 290
Coho, which the data shows is the strongest Coho return
since 2004 and the third-smallest Chinook return in that
same time period.<br>
The end of season for the Shasta counts was called on
Dec. 10, due to ice floes damaging the weir on Dec. 9.
The Chinook count came in at 8,127, the third-largest
return since 2001, with 151 Coho, the highest number of
that species since 2007.<br>
The Scott and Bogus weirs are still operating, according
to CDFW?environmental scientist Morgan Knechtle, and
once the final numbers are compiled and finalized, they
will be used in forecasts for 2014.<br>
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