<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522263008313_199664"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">On Thursday, March 29, 2018 3:06 PM, Lauren Meredith <lmeredith@usbr.gov> wrote:</span><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522263008313_199692" style="display: block;"><div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522263008313_199691"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522263008313_199690"> <br><img alt="Reclamation News Release Header" height="90" src="https://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/images/nrheader.gif" width="700" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;" data-id="eba20ef6-d7fd-74f5-cbc5-5ad722b808d1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522263008313_199744" class=""><br><div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522263008313_199695"><div id="yiv7666974423"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522263008313_199694"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;" id="yiv7666974423">
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522263008313_199723"><span style="font-size:10px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1522263008313_199722">Media Contact: Erin Curtis, 916-978-5100, <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:eccurtis@usbr.gov" target="_blank" href="mailto:eccurtis@usbr.gov">eccurtis@usbr.gov</a></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12px;">For Immediate Release: March 29, 2018</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:10px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>Reclamation schedules public information meeting for 2018 Trinity River flows and gravel augmentation</strong></span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman, times, serif;">WEAVERVILLE, Calif. – The Trinity River Restoration Program will host a public information meeting to present the 2018 spring restoration flow releases from Lewiston Dam and gravel augmentation plans for the Trinity River. </span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman, times, serif;">The public meeting will be held:</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman, times, serif;">Weaverville, Calif.: Thursday, April 12, 2018, 6 - 7:30 p.m., TRRP Office, 1313 S. Main Street (in the Holiday Market Shopping Center)</span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman, times, serif;">In 2018, a "dry" or "critically dry" water year is expected. In a "dry" water year, 453,000 acre-feet of water is allocated for restoration flows or 369,000 acre-feet for a “critically dry" water year. Program staff will be available to answer questions.</span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman, times, serif;">Flows are proposed to begin increasing in mid-April and reach their highest peaks in early May. The river could remain elevated above summer base flow as late as July.</span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman, times, serif;">For additional information, please contact Kevin Held at 530-623-1809 (TTY 800-877-8339) or <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=kheld@usbr.gov">kheld@usbr.gov</a> or visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.trrp.net/">www.trrp.net</a>.</span></span></div>
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