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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Heck of a good article, tho’, Tom – my hat’s off to Matt Weiser for his well-parsed distinction between water rights and water contracts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Confusion over the two fuels a lot of the water debate in California today ! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>‘Best, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bill <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> env-trinity [mailto:env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Stokely<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 22, 2016 10:54 AM<br><b>To:</b> Tom Stokely; Env-trinity<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [env-trinity] Feds challenged on proposed water cuts in Sacramento Valley<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_111343"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Oops! This article was from 2014. Please disregard it! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_111343"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_111343"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Sorry for the confusion!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_111342"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_111339"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Tom Stokely, Director <o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_111341"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>California Water Impact Network <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_111340"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>V 530-926-9727 Cell 530-524-0315 tstokely@att.net <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_111338"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>http://www.c-win.org<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>On Monday, February 22, 2016 9:25 AM, Tom Stokely <tstokely@att.net> wrote:</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div id=yiv3570296111><div><div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84712"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>This is an unprecedented move by Reclamation to cut Sacramento River Settlement Contractors 60%!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84712"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>TS<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84712"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84712"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article2591987.html<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84714"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#ADADAD'>FEBRUARY 26, 2014 11:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84716"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:39.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Feds challenged on proposed water cuts in Sacramento Valley<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84718"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>The strain on water supplies in this serious drought year was evident this week, as major landowners in the Sacramento Valley protested the federal government’s forecast that it will deliver only 40 percent of usual water supplies.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84720"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84724"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=yiv3570296111><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>By Matt Weiser - <a href="mailto:mweiser@sacbee.com" target="_blank" id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84728">mweiser@sacbee.com</a></span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#0C76BA'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84730"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84734"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84738"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>The strain on water supplies in this serious drought year was evident this week, as major landowners in the Sacramento Valley protested the federal government’s forecast that it will deliver only 40 percent of usual water supplies.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84740"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>That 40 percent allotment for the so-called Sacramento River settlement contractors is only a forecast by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, based on drought conditions that are expected to deplete snowmelt. Such a low allocation has never been made before, and it is well below the 75 percent that the settlement contractors say is the minimum they should receive under any conditions.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84742"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>The protests are coming from a range of interests: the Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, which distributes water to farmers in the Sacramento Valley; the Conaway Preservation Group, which owns farmland in the Yolo Bypass; and the city of Redding.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84744"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>“This 40 percent allocation flies in the face of what our contracts say,” said Stuart Somach, the Sacramento attorney representing the three groups. “I think protest is a weak term for what we’re doing. We do consider this to be serious.”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue Light","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84750"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>The Bureau of Reclamation operates the Central Valley Project, the federal system of dams, canals and pumps that moves water from Shasta and Folsom reservoirs, through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and on to farm and urban areas as far south as Mendota in Fresno County.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84752"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Somach said he suspects Reclamation is planning to reduce deliveries to his clients to ensure water can be diverted south of the Delta to the urban areas and wildlife refuges that the agency also is obligated to serve, but which have legally inferior access to water.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84754"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Reclamation spokesman Louis Moore said his agency is merely trying to juggle a lot of demand for very limited water this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84756"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>“We know this is unprecedented,” Moore said. “We know that it is difficult. But we really just don’t have the resource available.”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84758"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>The conflict highlights important differences between water rights and water contracts in California.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84760"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Somach’s clients hold water rights that predate construction of Shasta Dam. These rights represent a legal entitlement to divert water from a stream. His clients are called “settlement contractors” because, when the dam was completed in 1945, it effectively blocked their access to water that once flowed freely in the river. They agreed to “settle” their objections to this blockage so Reclamation could operate the dam. In return, Reclamation promised to serve their water rights in perpetuity using water stored at the dam.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84762"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Their contracts with Reclamation, Somach said, require the agency to provide a minimum of 75 percent of their usual contract deliveries, even in the driest of years.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84764"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Water contractors, on the other hand, generally have no water rights. Instead, a water contract represents an opportunity to buy water from Reclamation when it is available. The range of availability under these contracts is generally much greater than the terms governing the settlement contracts.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84766"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>“We’re senior water rights holders, and quite frankly have the ability to pump whatever we want to pump out of the river if we believe Reclamation has breached its relationship with us,” Somach said.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84768"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Reclamation has a variety of other obligations to meet, however. Although it primarily serves agricultural interests, its contractors include some urban agencies and wildlife refuges, including cities such as Coalinga and Avenal and refuges such as the Mendota Wildlife Area in Fresno County. In severe droughts, these usually are considered a priority over agriculture, because many farm fields can be left unplanted in a drought.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84770"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>In its allocation forecast on Feb. 21, Reclamation warned all its agricultural contractors they could receive zero water deliveries this year, except settlement contractors, which would get 40 percent. Farm groups say that scenario would result in thousands of acres of farmland being taken out of production this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84772"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Urban contractors and wildlife refuges, meanwhile, would get 50 percent and 40 percent of their contract allocations, respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84774"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>“We are not unmindful of the fact that this is an extreme drought situation,” Somach said. “But those uses of water are junior to our contracts. They are junior to our underlying water rights.”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84776"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Somach and his clients met with Reclamation officials Tuesday to ask why the allocation appears to conflict with their contracts. He said Reclamation promised some answers within a week.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84778"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Moore also said Reclamation will strive to update its water allocation forecast on a weekly basis, if possible, based on weather conditions, rather than waiting for the usual monthly cycle.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84780"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>“We are trying to operate for now, but also think about what (would happen) if we don’t receive any additional precipitation for the rest of the year,” Moore said. “It would become even more of a strain.”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84782"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#0C76BA'><a href="http://www.mcclatchyreprints.com/" target="_blank">reprints</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84788"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84792"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84709"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Read more here: <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article2591987.html#storylink=cpy" target="_blank" id="yiv3570296111yui_3_16_0_1_1456005975955_84707">Feds challenged on proposed water cuts in Sacramento 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