[env-trinity] Fwd: please provdie your noxious weed abatement plans

Mon Dec 30 09:13:26 PST 2013

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From: "Schrock, Robin" <rschrock at usbr.gov>
To: Tom Stokely <tstokely at att.net> 
Cc: Ann Garrett <Ann.Garrett at noaa.gov>; Bruce Bingham <bruce_bingham at fws.gov>; "Chapman, Debra" <dchapman at trinitycounty.org>; "Connor, Teresa" <connor at water.ca.gov>; Dave Hillemeier <dhillemeier at yuroktribe.nsn.us>; David Myers <dmyers01 at fs.fed.us>; Elizabeth Hadley <ehadley at ci.redding.ca.us>; "Flueger, Judy P." <jpflueger at trinitycounty.org>; George Kautsky <hupafish at hoopa-nsn.gov>; Joe Polos <joe_polos at fws.gov>; Mike Orcutt <director at hoopa-nsn.gov>; "Milliron, Curtis" <Curtis.Milliron at wildlife.ca.gov>; "Naman, Seth" <Seth.Naman at noaa.gov>; "Person, Brian L." <BPerson at usbr.gov>; "Reck, Donald R." <DReck at usbr.gov>; Tim Hayden <thayden at yuroktribe.nsn.us>; William Brock <wbrock at fs.fed.us> 
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: please provdie your noxious weed abatement plans

Dear Tom and everyone CCed on his email,

I know this email will be distributed further so much of the content is for outreach to the public.

The rumor about use of herbicides in Trinity County is unsubstantiated in relation to TRRP.  No reference is found to herbicides use in the Master EIR/EIS because it describes what mitigation measures will be used.  The rumor originated from Tom's comments at the public meeting where he brought up the issue and implicated a federal agency by name. Tom, please provide your TAMWG and TMC colleagues with your concerns directly so they can be substantiated and accurate information is provided to the public.  I understand you taped the public meeting because I received a complaint about it, so perhaps you can provide the tape to the TAMWG and TMC to share your many issues and challenges to the program in your exact words.  

I suggest all individuals CCed on the email do their part to describe the following information to their constituencies. 

The public  is encouraged to read TMC and TAMWG minutes on the following links to follow proceedings if they cannot participate themselves.
http://www.trrp.net/calendar/meetings/tmc/

http://www.fws.gov/arcata/fisheries/tamwg.html

The 2009 Master EIR/EIS that describes the approaches and mitigation measure that will apply broadly to Phase 2 rehabilitation projects can be read at the following link.  Please note all the entities and individuals who prepared and approved the Master EIR/EIS included Trinity County. At the same link you can find all the appendices and other associated documents.
http://odp.trrp.net/Data/Documents/Details.aspx?document=365

There may still be some members of the public not aware that the Master EIR/EIS is followed by environmental assessments on a site specific basis, on an annual basis when projects are planned. The current documents for proposed projects in 2014 can be found at:
http://www.trrp.net/2013/eais-bucktail-and-lower-junction-city/

Please note that the comment period ends January 13,  2013.

Encourage everyone to participate directly with the TRRP through the many opportunities available to the public so they get information directly and can interpret it themselves.    Go to the website www.trrp.net for the calendar, or participate through formal representation on the TAMWG, by contacting individual agencies and organization who form the partnership, attend TMC meetings, or contact our office.  Office hours in Weaverville are 8 AM - 4:30 PM Monday through Friday.  All the program information is available on the website, as well as the email contact information: info at trrp.net

I encourage you all to encourage your constituencies to get to know, in more depth, the many, many agencies, organizations, public and private entities, and most importantly, people, associated with the TRRP partnership who are working together to restore the fishery resources of the Trinity River.  A reminder that we will still need the information I requested in the original email from December 23 about your individual agency/organization approach to weed management.  

Wishing you all a Happy New Year. 

Robin

Robin Schrock
Trinity River Restoration Program
PO Box 1300, 1313 South Main Street
Weaverville, CA 96093
TEL: (530) 623-1800
FAX: (530) 623-5944
CELL: (530) 945-7489
www.trrp.net

On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Tom Stokely <tstokely at att.net> wrote:

Robin,
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>Attached is a paper citing Trinity County's herbicide policies and ordinances.  
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>In regard to my remark regarding the TRRP's potential use of herbicides, it is my understanding that the TRRP is not planning on using herbicides.  However, the method of control of noxious weeds is not spelled out specifically in the Master EIR for the mainstem projects, so it leaves the option open.  It would be preferable to have an environmental document that clearly states that herbicides will not be used, rather than leaving it open-ended as it is now.
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>If I am mistaken in my review of the Master EIR, please give a page citation for the policy that TRRP will not use herbicides.
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>I have also attached an article that is somewhat dated citing the policies of various federal and state agencies regarding herbicide use.
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>I hope this is helpful.
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>Sincerely,
> 
>Tom Stokely
>Water Policy Analyst/Media Contact
>California Water Impact Network
>V/FAX 530-926-9727
>Cell 530-524-0315
>tstokely at att.net
>http://www.c-win.org
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>________________________________
> From: "Schrock, Robin" <rschrock at usbr.gov>
>To: Ann Garrett <Ann.Garrett at noaa.gov>; Bruce Bingham <bruce_bingham at fws.gov>; "Chapman, Debra" <dchapman at trinitycounty.org>; "Connor, Teresa" <connor at water.ca.gov>; Dave Hillemeier <dhillemeier at yuroktribe.nsn.us>; David Myers <dmyers01 at fs.fed.us>; Elizabeth Hadley <ehadley at ci.redding.ca.us>; "Flueger, Judy P." <jpflueger at trinitycounty.org>; George Kautsky <hupafish at hoopa-nsn.gov>; Joe Polos <joe_polos at fws.gov>; Mike Orcutt <director at hoopa-nsn.gov>; "Milliron, Curtis" <Curtis.Milliron at wildlife.ca.gov>; "Naman, Seth" <Seth.Naman at noaa.gov>; "Person, Brian L." <BPerson at usbr.gov>; "Reck, Donald R." <DReck at usbr.gov>; Robin Schrock <rschrock at usbr.gov>; Tim Hayden <thayden at yuroktribe.nsn.us>; Tom Stokely <tstokely at att.net>; William Brock <wbrock at fs.fed.us> 
>Sent: Monday, December 23, 2013 11:38 AM
>Subject: Fwd: please provdie your noxious weed abatement plans
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>Once again an email launched before being completed:  I have copied the entire message here and highlighted the area where new text was added.  We look forward to your responses so the public can have a better understanding of this issue and how it is being addressed across the county.  I have already called the county and spoken with the NRCS about different approaches.
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>Dear TMC members,
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>First I want to assure you, in response to an allegation made at the public meeting for the 2014 
>TRRP rehabilitation, that Reclamation does not plans to use herbicides to control noxious weeds in Trinity County. The basis for this allegation was a joint presentation by the Trinity County Weed Management  Council, and Lucetta Nelson of the USFS.  The cited report is an old report from a consultant, from 2007, and was not implemented because herbicides were the recommended treatment.  
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> "Page 133 of the Trinity River Invasive Species Study states that the TCWMA will consult with the restoration effort agencies on an annual basis, but this has not been happening over the last ten years."  I made you all aware of my surprise that this issue had not been brought to my attention, or was never brought up by any of our technical work groups or at a TMC meeting. I read through the last three years of TCWMC meeting minutes, and the TRRP was never mentioned, and USFS technical staff have never provided input to the relevant TRRP technical work groups on this subject.  TRRP partners are funded to participate in TRRP technical work groups to avoid misinformation such as this from being disseminated before all the hard working technical experts in the partnership and collaborating agencies, have an opportunity to find joint solutions that can be applied across the entire watershed.  
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>I first want to assure the TMC that if this issue had been brought to me or a technical work group, it would have been addressed just as we have addressed all issues brought to us by citizen groups. We need your help as partners to provide the following information for the TMC for the January update:
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>1. your agency/organizations noxious weed abatement plan
>2. approaches to implement your plan on the lands within your areas of responsibility:
>         -  invasive species/noxious weed monitoring protocol including frequency of monitoring
>        - cost of monitoring per acre
>        - regulations and associated requirements
>3. shared noxious weed management activities
> 
>This should give us a good idea about what others are doing in the basin.  I will also be asking all watershed project proponents to provide their noxious weed abatement protocols for the projects TRRP has funded.  I will be sharing the same query with our technical work groups to make sure we get a good response representative of the entire partnership.  We receive the TCWMC minutes, however, as explained before, TRRP noxious weed management was not mentioned during the past 3 years, as long as I have been here.
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>Thank you and happy holidays.
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>Robin
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>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: Schrock, Robin <rschrock at usbr.gov>
>Date: Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 11:26 AM
>Subject: please provdie your noxious weed abatement plans
>To: Ann Garrett <Ann.Garrett at noaa.gov>, Bruce Bingham <bruce_bingham at fws.gov>, "Chapman, Debra" <dchapman at trinitycounty.org>, "Connor, Teresa" <connor at water.ca.gov>, Dave Hillemeier <dhillemeier at yuroktribe.nsn.us>, David Myers <dmyers01 at fs.fed.us>, Elizabeth Hadley <ehadley at ci.redding.ca.us>, "Flueger, Judy P." <jpflueger at trinitycounty.org>, George Kautsky <hupafish at hoopa-nsn.gov>, Joe Polos <joe_polos at fws.gov>, Mike Orcutt <director at hoopa-nsn.gov>, "Milliron, Curtis" <Curtis.Milliron at wildlife.ca.gov>, "Naman, Seth" <Seth.Naman at noaa.gov>, "Person, Brian L." <BPerson at usbr.gov>, "Reck, Donald R." <DReck at usbr.gov>, Robin Schrock <rschrock at usbr.gov>, Tim Hayden <thayden at yuroktribe.nsn.us>, Tom Stokely <tstokely at att.net>, William Brock <wbrock at fs.fed.us>
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>Dear TMC members,
>
>
>First I want to assure you, in response to an allegation made at the public meeting for the 2014 
>TRRP rehabilitation, that Reclamation does not plans to use herbicides to control noxious weeds in Trinity County. The basis for this allegation was a joint presentation by the Trinity County Weed Management  Council, and Lucetta Nelson of the USFS.  The cited report is an old report from a consultant, from 2007, and was not implemented because herbicides were the recommended treatment.  
>
>
>
> "Page 133 of the
Trinity River Invasive Species Study states that the TCWMA will consult with
the restoration effort agencies on an annual basis, but this has not been
happening over the last ten years."  I made you all aware of my surprise that this issue had not been brought to my attention, or was never brought up by any of our technical work groups or at a TMC meeting. I read through the last three years of TCWMC meeting minutes, and the TRRP was never mentioned, and USFS technical staff have never provided input to the relevant TRRP technical work groups on this subject. TRRP partners are funded to participate in TRRP technical work groups to avoid misinformation such as this from being disseminated before all the hard working technical experts in the partnership and collaborating agencies, have an opportunity to find joint solutions that can be applied across the entire watershed.  
>
>
>I first want to assure the TMC that if this issue had been brought to me or a technical work group, it would have been addressed just as we have addressed all issues brought to us by citizen groups. We need your help as partners to provide the following information for the TMC for the January update:
>
>
>1. you agency/organizations noxious weed abatement plan
>2. estimated costs to implement your plan on the lands within your areas of responsibility:
>         -  invasive species/noxious weed monitoring protocol including frequency of monitoring
>cost of monitoring per acre, and the legal 
>
>
>Robin M. Schrock
>Executive Director
>Trinity River Restoration Program
>PO Box 1300, 1313 South Main Street
>Weaverville, CA 96093
>TEL: (530) 623-1800
>FAX: (530) 623-5944
>CELL: (530) 945-7489
>www.trrp.net
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Robin M. Schrock
Executive Director
Trinity River Restoration Program
PO Box 1300, 1313 South Main Street
Weaverville, CA 96093
TEL: (530) 623-1800
FAX: (530) 623-5944
CELL: (530) 945-7489
www.trrp.net
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