<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp375a685ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_c3900188-6e2c-11ea-a0b6-1b643408a22e.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_c3900188-6e2c-11ea-a0b6-1b643408a22e.html</a><br></div></div><div><div class="ydpd5ad60a6asset-masthead" style="font-family: Lato; margin: 20px 0px 40px; position: relative; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px;"><h1 itemprop="headline" class="ydpd5ad60a6headline" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 42px; margin: 0px 100px 0px 0px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit;">River flow will reflect ‘critically dry’ or ‘dry’ year</h1><div class="ydpd5ad60a6meta" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 100px;"><ul class="ydpd5ad60a6list-inline" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; list-style: none;"><li style="display: inline-block; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><span itemprop="author" class="ydpd5ad60a6tnt-byline">By Amy Gittelsohn The Trinity Journal</span></li> <li class="ydpd5ad60a6hidden-print" style="display: inline-block; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">Mar 25, 2020</li></ul></div></div><div class="ydpd5ad60a6row" style="font-family: Lato; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px;"><div class="ydpd5ad60a6main-content ydpd5ad60a6col-lg-8 ydpd5ad60a6col-md-7 ydpd5ad60a6has-sidebar" style="position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px;"><div class="ydpd5ad60a6main-content-wrap"><div id="ydpd5ad60a6asset-content" data-asset-uuid="c3900188-6e2c-11ea-a0b6-1b643408a22e"><div class="ydpd5ad60a6row"><div class="ydpd5ad60a6col-lg-12 ydpd5ad60a6col-md-12 ydpd5ad60a6col-sm-12" data-subscription-required-class="col-xs-12" style="position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px; float: left; width: 950px;"><div class="ydpd5ad60a6asset-body" data-subscription-required-class="asset-body"><div class="ydpd5ad60a6share-container ydpd5ad60a6content-above" data-subscription-required-remove="" style="margin-bottom: 20px;"><form method="post" data-uuid="c3900188-6e2c-11ea-a0b6-1b643408a22e" class="ydpd5ad60a6save-list-c3900188-6e2c-11ea-a0b6-1b643408a22e-form ydpd5ad60a6save-asset-to-list" action="http://www.trinityjournal.com/users/admin/list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></form></div><div id="ydpd5ad60a6tncms-region-article_body_top" class="ydpd5ad60a6tncms-region ydpd5ad60a6hidden-print"></div><div class="ydpd5ad60a6asset-content ydpd5ad60a6subscriber-premium"><div class="ydpd5ad60a6subscriber-preview"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">The Trinity Management Council has recommended two flow schedules for the Trinity River, with the final decision dependent on whether it turns out to be a “critically dry” or “dry” year.</p></div><div class="ydpd5ad60a6subscriber-preview"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">The schedule of releases from Lewiston Dam will be adopted after the water year determination is made around April 8.</p></div><div class="ydpd5ad60a6subscriber-only"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">The March 18 quarterly TMC meeting was held via web-based teleconference.</p></div><div id="ydpd5ad60a6tncms-region-article_instory_top" class="ydpd5ad60a6tncms-region ydpd5ad60a6hidden-print"></div><div class="ydpd5ad60a6subscriber-only"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">From the Trinity River Restoration Program, hydrologist Todd Buxton explained that the most likely scenario is a critically dry year, but he also presented hydrographs to choose from in case the area gets enough late snow and rain to edge up into a dry year.</p></div><div class="ydpd5ad60a6subscriber-only"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">TMC members voted to recommend the hydrographs favored by technical staff from the Trinity River Restoration Program.</p></div><div class="ydpd5ad60a6subscriber-only"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">Under those recommendations, if it’s a critically dry year the higher flows will start April 14. The peak flow reached on April 23 will be 3,900 cfs before dropping. If it’s a dry year the flows will also start to increase on April 14, but the peak flow on April 25 will be 5,800 cfs followed in mid-June by a second, lower peak.</p></div><div id="ydpd5ad60a6tncms-region-article_instory_middle" class="ydpd5ad60a6tncms-region ydpd5ad60a6hidden-print"></div><div class="ydpd5ad60a6subscriber-only"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">Those are the recommendations out of the TMC, which still need to be approved by the regional directors of the federal Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.</p></div><div class="ydpd5ad60a6subscriber-only"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">Also during the March 18 teleconference, TRRP Executive Director Mike Dixon shared budget figures which will result in program cuts. The program has gone from more than $16 million in funding in 2014 to just over $12 million in fiscal year 2021. Last year the funding was also $12 million, but carryover funds blunted the impact, Dixon noted.</p></div><div class="ydpd5ad60a6subscriber-only"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">“We cannot kick the can and assume next year is going to be vastly better,” he said.</p></div><div class="ydpd5ad60a6subscriber-only"><div>The goal is to pass the initial 2021 budget at the June TMC meeting.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>