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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">MP-17-059<span></span></span></p>
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Contact: Russell Grimes, 916-978-5100, </span><a href="mailto:rwgrimes@usbr.gov"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">rwgrimes@usbr.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">For Immediate
Release: March 31, 2017<span></span></span></p>
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and Gravel Recommendations<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;color:black">WEAVERVILLE,
Calif. – The Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP), a multi-agency program
with eight Partners established by the Department of the Interior, will host a
public informational meeting to </span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">present
the recommended 2017 spring restoration flow releases from Lewiston Dam and
gravel augmentation plans. TRRP staff will be available to answer questions on
the presentations. The public meeting will be held:<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Weaverville,
Calif.: </span></b><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Tuesday,
April 11, 6 to 7:30 p.m., TRRP Office, 1313 S. Main Street (in the Tops
Shopping Center)<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">The TRRP was
established to restore the ecological function and anadromous fisheries of the
Trinity River severely degraded by dams and historic mining and logging. A 2000
Record of Decision includes five water year types with a minimum volume of
water to be released into the Trinity River for each type. Gravel augmentation
is combined with the flow releases to replace gravel trapped by the upstream
dams that is necessary for <span style="color:black">salmon habitats. The
gravel is locally supplied from the Trinity River Basin.<span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Under the five water
year types that the Program operates under, ranging from “critically dry” to
“extremely wet”, a “wet” and “extremely wet” water year are likely for 2017. In
a “wet” water year, 701,000 acre-feet of water are allocated for restoration
flows, compared to an “extremely wet” water year when 815,000 acre-feet is
allocated. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">The water year type is
used to establish the flow release schedule. The California Department of Water
Resources estimates the inflow volume to determine the water year type which
will be identified on April 10, 2017. Therefore, two potential schedules have
been developed until the water year type is ascertained. The actual flow
schedule will be known and presented at the public meeting. Under the two
schedules, flows are expected to increase beginning on April 22 and reach their
highest peaks either April 26 or May 10. The river could remain elevated as
late as May 16. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">For additional
information, please contact Kevin Held at 530-623-1809 (TTY 800-877-8339) or </span><a href="mailto:kheld@usbr.gov"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">kheld@usbr.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"> or visit </span><a href="http://www.trrp.net/"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">www.trrp.net</span></a><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">.<span></span></span></p>
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