<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div class="" style="">Oops, I sent the wrong url for the Shasta Dam press release. It should be this one<br class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" id="yiv2416929272yqtfd92169" style=""><div class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><div id="yiv2416929272yui_3_16_0_23_1422414838905_4" class="" style="">http://www.c-win.org/content/media-release-us-fish-and-wildlife-service-issues-report-opposing-enlargement-shasta-dam.htm</div></div></div></div><div class="" style=""></div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style=""> </div><div class="" style=""></div><div class="" style=""> </div><div class="" style="">Tom Stokely<br class="" style="">Water Policy Analyst/Media Contact<br class="" style="">California Water
Impact Network<br class="" style="">V/FAX 530-926-9727<br class="" style="">Cell 530-524-0315<br class="" style="">tstokely@att.net<br class="" style="">http://www.c-win.org</div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""> <div dir="ltr" class="" style=""> <font size="2" face="Arial" class="" style=""> On Tuesday, January 27, 2015 7:49 PM, Tom Stokely <tstokely@att.net> wrote:<br class="" style=""> </font> </div> <br class="" style=""><br class="" style=""> <div class="" style=""><div id="yiv8878740142" class="" style=""><div class="" style=""><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" class=""><div class=""
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class="">https://www.c-win.org/content/media-release-delta-smelt-plummets-extinction-new-rules-allow-increased-kill.html<br style="" class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span style="" class=""><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span style="" class=""></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:7px;padding-bottom:7px;font-size:15px;" class=""><img alt="" src="https://www.c-win.org/sites/default/files/images/CWINlogo.jpg"
style="border-width:0px;float:left;height:80px;width:300px;" class=""><img alt="" src="https://www.c-win.org/sites/default/files/images/CSPA%20Logo.png" style="border-width:0px;height:150px;width:150px;" class=""></div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span style="" class=""><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span style="" class="">January 28, 2015</span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div class=""
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class="">For Immediate Release</span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><b class="" style=""><span style="" class=""> </span></b></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><b class="" style=""><span style="" class="">US Fish and Wildlife
Service Issues Report Opposing the Enlargement of Shasta Dam</span></b></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class="">The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service has issued a revised draft report on the proposed enlargement of Shasta
Dam, stating that it will harm salmon populations. <span style="" class=""> </span>The agency concluded that it cannot</span><span style="color:#0B0B0B;" class=""> support any of the proposed action
alternatives presented by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which controls and
operates the dam.</span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class="">The Bureau of Reclamation
(BOR) issued a draft Environmental Impact Statement on dam enlargement in 2013.<span style="" class=""> </span>The project must be approved by Congress,
and justified by both economic and environmental rationales. Taxpayers would
pay for two-thirds of the $1.1 billion project.</span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class="">In an earlier cost/benefit
analysis, BOR determined that payments by Central Valley Project water and
power customers alone would provide minimal justification for the project
economically.<span style="" class=""> </span>Consequently, 61% of the “economic
justification” now touted by the agency is a larger cold water pool behind the
dam to improve Sacramento River salmon survival during critically dry years.</span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class="">In response, the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service (USFWS) stated in its recent draft report that the project
is <i style="" class="">not</i> justifiable because it
provides no net benefits to salmon, and will result in negative environmental
impacts that cannot be mitigated.<span style="" class=""> </span></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class="">“This report documents the
Bureau of Reclamation’s own data that shows the project will not benefit salmon
in the Sacramento River,” said Tom Stokely, water policy analyst for the
California Water Impact Network.<span style="" class=""> </span>“We
knew all along that the Bureau of Reclamation had a phony economic
justification to enlarge Shasta Dam.<span style="" class=""> </span>Now
we have another federal agency agreeing with us.”</span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class="">Stokely said it is clear
that any water that would result from the enlargement of the dam “is intended
for the poisoned lands of the Westlands Water District south of the Delta.<span style="" class=""> </span>This is just another deception by BOR to
provide more subsidized water under the guise of a public benefit.”</span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class="">The USFWS report further stated
that the Bureau of Reclamation would have considered several options that were
removed early in the consideration process if salmon restoration had been a
true priority.</span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class="">Those actions include
repairing the multi-million dollar Shasta Dam temperature control device; restoring
the riparian corridor along the Sacramento River; operational</span><span style="color:#070707;" class=""> changes to Shasta Dam to increase cold
water storage and increase minimum flows; increasing water use efficiency in
local canals; and considering conjunctive use of other existing and planned
water storage facilities in the Central </span><span style="color:#282828;" class="">V</span><span style="color:#070707;" class="">alley.</span><span style="
" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class="">“It’s instructive to note
that all these actions would cost a fraction of dam enlargement,” said Bill
Jennings of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance. “This isn’t just
an environmental and fisheries issue. It’s about the squandering of taxpayer
dollars. It’s about pork barrel politics, about public money flowing from the
public coffers to the handful of corporate farmers in the San Joaquin Valley
who control water in California.”</span><span style="color:#070707;" class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class="">Jennings noted that the
report is only a revised draft, and that it could be steamrolled by BOR and
politicians controlled by corporate agriculture.</span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""> </span>“Given the political implications of the
report, CSPA is very concerned that it may be rewritten by Obama Administration
political appointees who support enlargement of Shasta Dam,” he said.</span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class="">The Bureau of Reclamation’s
egregious dishonesty in spinning the “benefits” of enlarging Shasta Dam also calls
into question the economic justification for other new or enlarged dams planned
for California, including Sites Reservoir and Temperance Flat.<span style="" class=""> </span>Both these projects may be eligible for
funding under Proposition 1. But the evidence is increasing that they’re
economic and environmental boondoggles, and will provide little if any benefit
in mitigating the state’s water crisis. </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class="">“The Stanford Woods
Institute recently came out with a study stating that underground storage is
six times more cost effective than surface storage,” Stokely said. <span style="" class=""> </span>“Obviously, destructive and expensive
infrastructure projects are the wrong track. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
had the guts and integrity to say as much. We applaud them for it.”</span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""> </span></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class="">#</span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class="">Contacts:<span style="" class=""> </span></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class="">Tom Stokely<span style=""
class=""> </span>Bill
Jennings</span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class="">California Water Impact
Network <span style="" class=""> </span>California
Sportfishing Protection Alliance</span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class="">530-926-9727<span style="" class=""> </span>cell 530-524-0315<span style="
" class=""> </span>209-464-5067 cell 209-938-9053</span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class=""><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:tstokely@att.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:tstokely@att.net" class="" style="">tstokely@att.net</a> <span style="
" class=""> </span><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:deltakeep@me.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:deltakeep@me.com" class="" style="">deltakeep@me.com</a> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><i style="" class=""><span style="" class="">The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Revised Draft
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Report on the Shasta Lake Water Resources
Investigation can be found at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.c-win.org/webfm_send/466" class="" style="">http://www.c-win.org/webfm_send/466</a>
</span></i></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="color:#23447B;" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><i style="" class=""><span style="" class="">The San Jose Mercury News article on the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service Report can be found at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_27406666/plan-raise-shasta-dam-takes-hit-after-federal" class="" style="">http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_27406666/plan-raise-shasta-dam-takes-hit-after-federal</a>
</span></i></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="color:#23447B;" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><i style="" class=""><span style="" class="">The Stanford Woods Institute report on underground
storage costs compared to surface storage can be found at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://waterinthewest.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/Storing_Water_in_CA.pdf" class="" style="">http://waterinthewest.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/Storing_Water_in_CA.pdf</a></span></i><span style="" class=""> </span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><i style="" class=""><span style="" class=""><span style="" class=""> </span></span></i><span style="color:#23447B;" class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><i class="" style=""><span style="color:black;" class="">The California Water Impact Network </span></i><i style="" class=""><span style="" class="">(C-WIN, online at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.c-win.org/" class="" style="">www.c-win.org</a>) <span style="color:black;" class="">promotes the just and
environmentally sustainable
use of California's water, including instream flows and groundwater reserves,
through research, planning, media outreach, and litigation.</span></span></i></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><i style="" class=""><span style="color:black;" class=""> </span></i></div><div class="" style="">
</div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><i style="" class=""><span style="color:black;" class="">The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance is a non-profit
conservation and research organization established in 1983 for the purpose of
conserving, restoring, and enhancing the state's water quality and fishery
resources and their aquatic and riparian ecosystems. </span></i><i style="" class=""><span style="color:blue;" class=""><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.calsport.org/" class="" style="">www.calsport.org</a> </span></i><i style="" class=""><span style="color:black;" class=""></span></i></div><div class="" style=""></div><div class="" style=""> </div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div></div></div></div><br class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>