<div dir="ltr"><b><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">California Salmon News: </font></b><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font size="4">SCS MATCH ENDING: </font>Patagonia  Announces Matching Donations Will End Soon</font><div><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">WE WON: Humboldt Asks for new Sites Reservoir EIS, </font></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Smith River Lily Bulb Permit Meeting in Santa Rosa: Dec 19th </font></div></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font size="4" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(60,55,54);letter-spacing:0.125px"><b><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/11/1905049/-Humboldt-County-Asks-For-New-Environmental-Review-for-Sites-Reservoir-Project" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(60,55,54);box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none">Humboldt County Asks For New Environmental Review for Sites Reservoir Project</a> </b></font><br></font></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(60,55,54);letter-spacing:0.125px"><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/11/1905049/-Humboldt-County-Asks-For-New-Environmental-Review-for-Sites-Reservoir-Project" target="_blank">https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/11/1905049/-Humboldt-County-Asks-For-New-Environmental-Review-for-Sites-Reservoir-Project</a><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(60,55,54);font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.125px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Over a dozen people from the Klamath and Trinity RIver commented in support of the resolutions, and expressed concern that other proposals such as the controversial permanent  water contract for Westlands Water District and the new federal water project operations proposed by the Trump administration would also negatively impact the Klamath and Trinity River salmon. Those testifying included Hoopa High School and Trinidad elementary students. </font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(60,55,54);font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.125px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif">“I should be in school learning geometry, figuring out what I want to do with my life, said Kylee Sorrell, a sophomore at Hoopa High School, “but I am here fighting for my culture, for the water and most importantly for the salmon.” </font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(60,55,54);font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.125px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(60,55,54);letter-spacing:0.125px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><b><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Smith River Lily Bulb Pesticide Permit Update At Water Board Meeting in Santa Rosa on Dec. 19th. </font></b></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(60,55,54);font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.125px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The North Coast Water Board will give an update on, and take public comment regarding, the Smith River Lily Bulb Pollution Water Quality Control Plan on Dec. 19th at their meeting in Santa Rosa. The use of copper based pesticides and other toxins in the Smith River estuary has been found to have health impacts on salmon and people. </font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(60,55,54);font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.125px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">More information and a petition on the issue is at: </span><a href="https://www.change.org/p/easter-lilies-are-poisoning-salmon-people-on-smith-river-boycott-and-ask-for-regulation" target="_blank" style="font-size:small;letter-spacing:normal">https://www.change.org/p/easter-lilies-are-poisoning-salmon-people-on-smith-river-boycott-and-ask-for-regulation</a></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(60,55,54);font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.125px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, sans-serif">More information on the meeting is at: <a href="https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/board_info/board_meetings/12_2019/" target="_blank">https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/board_info/board_meetings/12_2019</a><br></font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(60,55,54);font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.125px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">or at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SaveCaliforniaSalmon/?ref=bookmarks" target="_blank" style="font-size:small;letter-spacing:normal">https://www.facebook.com/SaveCaliforniaSalmon/?ref=bookmarks</a></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(60,55,54);font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.125px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(60,55,54);letter-spacing:0.125px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font size="4"><b>Last Chance to Donate to Save California Salmon's Water Protector Travel Fund Through Patagonia's Matching Donation #GivingDecember Challenge:</b></font><span style="font-size:16px"> Our link is at  <a href="https://www.patagonia.com/actionworks/grantees/save-california-salmon/" target="_blank" style="font-size:small;letter-spacing:normal">https://www.patagonia.com/actionworks/grantees/save-california-salmon/</a>. </span></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(60,55,54);letter-spacing:0.125px"><span style="font-size:16px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Get a free T-shirt with donations of $60 or more and a free hoodie at donations of $100 or more. Email <a href="mailto:regina@californiasalmon.org" target="_blank">regina@californiasalmon.org</a> for a free shirt with donation. </font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(60,55,54);font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.125px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><table width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color:rgb(248,248,248);border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:15px 0px 30px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://click.email-actionworks.patagonia.com/?qs=efc41896eab980f7d095fe57164fa1ba52d5f1fc1d9440afdae8fc172dd58832b373763397b575ebe99489e16d8f5cdf8ae0ad55e730bcad" target="_blank"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><img src="http://images.patagonia.com/eMedia/images/17/PAW-Woodmark-Line.png" alt="Patagonia Action Works" width="275" height="24" border="0" class="gmail-CToWUd"></font></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color:rgb(248,248,248);border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:0px"><table width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:0px;background-color:rgb(239,73,35)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><img src="http://images.patagonia.com/eMedia/images/19/Donation-Image.jpg" alt="Patagonia Action Works" width="600" height="413" border="0" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 24px;"></font></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(232,232,232)"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="left" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:18px;line-height:28px;padding:20px 45px 5px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>Nearly <strong>$9 million has been donated</strong> through Patagonia Action Works during our Gift of Giving campaign. Below are a few answers to questions we’ve received.<br></font></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(232,232,232)"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="left" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:18px;line-height:28px;padding:15px 45px 10px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><strong>How will I know when the matching campaign ends?</strong><br><br>Once we’re no longer matching donations, we’ll send an email, as soon as we're able, letting you know that the campaign has ended.</font></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(232,232,232)"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="left" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:18px;line-height:28px;padding:15px 45px 10px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><strong>How can I track donations?</strong><br><br>If you want to see how much your organization has raised and who is donating, set up access to <a href="http://click.email-actionworks.patagonia.com/?qs=efc41896eab980f70880eece42859a997e1cbc79e5ee257ae39229bbb4183231bd12e68b78f937ca7249aa8f557df44c176a2fa5439c99cb" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold">Network for Good’s donor management tool</a>. They have a free online version that provides information about who is donating and in what denominations (unless donations are given anonymously). If you haven’t already, you’ll need to register through their site.</font></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(232,232,232)"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="left" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:18px;line-height:28px;padding:15px 45px 10px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><strong>When are donations disbursed?</strong><br><br>Donations that were made to your organization in November will be disbursed in mid-December. Donations made in December will be disbursed in mid-January. Patagonia will fund matching donations to Network for Good in February of 2020—meaning that you will likely receive the matching portion of the funds around March 15, 2020.</font></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(232,232,232)"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="left" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:18px;line-height:28px;padding:15px 45px 10px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><strong>How can donors contribute?</strong><br><br>Donations must be made by credit card or debit card through <a href="http://click.email-actionworks.patagonia.com/?qs=a1ad62b46b8eb630efaff5f0eb83c39589a2391e26dc50301c818285766ae7186781dcb656aaf9a2a61d156c1583e8cba545d78274ce5d2e" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold">your profile</a> on Patagonia Action Works. Important: We cannot match donations made by check, stock transfer, cash, electronic transfer, etc.</font></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(232,232,232)"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="left" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:18px;line-height:28px;padding:15px 45px 10px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><strong>More Questions?</strong><br><br>You can refer to our <a href="http://click.email-actionworks.patagonia.com/?qs=e293d091ca1d286d0a6d3753090d67bd0725765a40aa2c1452f006a3f9aa4c7d282a2cc435f3027f934c52039ee515ae11ab8062ae5e78a8" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold">donation</a> and <a href="http://click.email-actionworks.patagonia.com/?qs=e293d091ca1d286df69b8e15ab9be72011abc705bc8f73f2243dd124e76114778d83f1837caba7164d176868df107e62daab309507a26c96" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold">donation match</a> information to learn more or feel free to reach out to <a href="mailto:actionworks@patagonia.com" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold">ActionWorks@patagonia.com</a>.<br></font></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:9pt 0pt 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">For more information on any of these alerts go to <a href="http://californiasalmon.org/" target="_blank">californiasalmon.org</a> or contact Regina Chichizola at <a href="mailto:regina@californiasalmon.org" target="_blank">regina@californiasalmon.org</a> or Isaac Kinney at <a href="mailto:Isaac@californiasalmon.org" target="_blank">Isaac@californiasalmon.org</a> </span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:9pt 0pt 0pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:9pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">Follow SCS on Facebook at </span></font><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SaveCaliforniaSalmon/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/SaveCaliforniaSalmon/</a> </font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:9pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">On Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/CaliSalmon" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/CaliSalmon</a></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 19pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:9pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">On Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/californiarivers/" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/californiarivers/</a> @californiarivers </font></p></div></div>