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background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">0 comments</a></div><div id="blox-story-text" class="" 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="paging_container" class="" 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 class="" 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; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: auto; float: none;
display: block; "><span class="" 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; " class="">Agency estimates grossly understate the number of kokanee salmon from Trinity Lake that died when they were swept through the power plant and into Lewiston Lake, according to people who spend a considerable amount of time at Lewiston Lake.</div></span><span class="" 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; " class="">State Department of Fish and Wildlife information officer Andrew Hughan, quoted in last week’s article in the Journal, said estimates ranged from 200 to 400. From the federal Bureau of Reclamation, Area Manager Brian Person said agency estimates range from a few hundred to 2,000.</div></span><div class="" 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; max-width: 310px; " class=""><div id="tncms-region-ads-in-story" class="" 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="" 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; " class="">The dead fish are the result of the low level of Trinity Lake. The fish were apparently seeking cooler water in the smaller pool and were sucked into the intakes for the power plant, Person said.</div></div><div class="" 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; " class="">Both sources are way off base on the
numbers, according to residents who have watched the die-off.</div></div><div class="" 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; " class="">Tom Gannon, who works at Pine Cove Marina on Lewiston Lake, said he saw the dead fish floating past for several weeks.</div></div><div class="" 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; " class="">“I bet any given day I saw at least 2,000 go by and that went on for four weeks I’m sure,” he said, adding that the number would be in the “multiple thousands.”</div></div><div class="" 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; " class="">The parade of small, dead fish seems to have let up, Gannon said. He speculated that perhaps all of the smaller fish that can’t escape were sucked through the power plant.</div></div><div class="" 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; " class="">The fish died as a result of the sudden pressure change from being in deeper water in Trinity Lake to the surface of Lewiston, Person said.</div></div><div class=""
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; " class="">The kokanee are landlocked sockeye salmon that are not native to the area and may have been planted in the lake, according to the DFW. The situation does not appear to still be ongoing, Person said, and there isn’t a good solution other than the lake refilling. Power plant intakes are typically not screened, and to do so would be a “significant engineering challenge,” he said.</div></div><div class="" 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; " class="">There have only been two years in history when the lake has been this low, Person said.</div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; " class=""><br class="" style=""></div></div></body></html>