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<div><b>From:</b> Regina Chichizola <regina@californiasalmon.org></div><div><b>To:</b> Regina Chichizola <klamathtrinityriver@gmail.com></div><div><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 13, 2020, 05:01:18 PM PDT</div><div><b>Subject:</b> California Salmon News: #WaterActionAugust and Klamath Dam Petition, Governor Newsom releases final water portfolio that includes Delta Tunnel,Sites Reservoir, and other Sites Reservoir News,Newsom asks Buffett to Remove Klamath Dams, Hoopa Files Permanent Contract Suit. </div><div><br></div>
<div><div id="ydp8a127f6ayiv5249605640"><div dir="ltr"><span id="ydp8a127f6ayiv5249605640gmail-docs-internal-guid-52dcda50-7fff-4f23-897f-6f34a7c30258"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">California Salmon News August 13, 2020</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">#WaterActionAugust</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Klamath Dam Removal Petitions</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap;">TOMORROW:12pm Community Organizing and Creating a Campaign for the Advocacy and Water Protection in Native California Speaker Series.</span><br></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(56,54,56);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><b>Governor Newsom releases final water portfolio that includes Delta Tunnel,</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(56,54,56);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><b>Sites Reservoir and other Sites Reservoir News,</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><b>Newsom asks Buffett to Remove Klamath Dams, </b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><b>Hoopa Files Permanent Contract Suit. </b></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">ACTION ALERTS: ASK BUFFETT TO REMOVE KLAMATH DAMS, NEWSOM TO DROP SUPPORT FOR THE DELTA TUNNEL AND SITES RESERVOIR. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">This California Salmon News is focused on the fact that our salmon and clean water have never been more threatened. Governor Newsom’s Water Portfolio prioritizes two of three most environmentally destructive water proposals in the state’s recent history, the </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Delta Tunnel and Sites Reservoir. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Both have been proposed since the 1950s and are unpopular and expensive. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Similarly, Warren Buffett’s PacifiCorp has stated they could back out of Klamath Dam removal and dam removal planning after 16 years of negotiations due to a FERC decision. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">That is why we have called for </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">#WaterActionAugust</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. On August 14th, 21st, and 28th, the Advocacy and Water Protection in Native California Speaker Series will host trainings and discussions on Community Organizing, Creating Media and Telling Your Story, and Youth Organizing. We are also providing action information all month.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> Flyers are attached. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">This week we are asking you to sign this petition asking</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> Warren Buffet to Remove the Klamath Dams</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fchng.it%2FH7xzq2Fz%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0AKnwsuAd9fbyRrSxBB488x8L5rkvVzAPgcWxORbAh1_GbUuA89nnJS2A&h=AT2roNpcvMaH8RLOrQiZ1Qh6QJneLVx4UAlkai5pKBkrpjmiKG0cp5YynDkKW_NEZhtoDy_ftOowZt8yzovjCuHldij_G3ZMb6zeE210nIj8HYRdU32FCFsTU2UTt7FDDHmll2Vm4w&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT1XU7huzKkD1VCksAQXowziS8mNvR9B7pe2WIwtD6VBTjtSfCkyxAZ-1RsBLsCIfrUHpF4aDxI1xlNVLF7m1fYn1540wehOcIIm4R128K1rpVp3BrBZNceyAOC-yWua1kkdAAvVUah9NSJPT4an" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></a><a href="http://chng.it/H7xzq2Fz" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">http://chng.it/H7xzq2Fz</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> and to post the Sign the Petition meme on social media. You can also call and email directly and ask Buffett to not let his company go back on their word. Warren Buffett can be contacted at <a href="mailto:berkshire@berkshirehathaway.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">berkshire@berkshirehathaway.com</a> or (402) 346-1400. Let's get creative, make your own posts and tag</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/warrenbuffett?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXcjPuoKmkDviGI-bLUo-Nl-DiC8bizkeI-31uLvKDN53uuWTVCSbcOKtRFpoOWBf5kN1wzY2Co42-Fl0pCulON3An7r_T06ALvyifoUZTRbZsLgqKYS25lUvvAfgQ0KYg&__tn__=*NK-R" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">#WarrenBuffett</span></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/buffettsdamskill?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXcjPuoKmkDviGI-bLUo-Nl-DiC8bizkeI-31uLvKDN53uuWTVCSbcOKtRFpoOWBf5kN1wzY2Co42-Fl0pCulON3An7r_T06ALvyifoUZTRbZsLgqKYS25lUvvAfgQ0KYg&__tn__=*NK-R" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">#buffettsdamskill</span></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/undamtheklamath?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXcjPuoKmkDviGI-bLUo-Nl-DiC8bizkeI-31uLvKDN53uuWTVCSbcOKtRFpoOWBf5kN1wzY2Co42-Fl0pCulON3An7r_T06ALvyifoUZTRbZsLgqKYS25lUvvAfgQ0KYg&__tn__=*NK-R" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">#undamtheklamath</span></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/waterjustice?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXcjPuoKmkDviGI-bLUo-Nl-DiC8bizkeI-31uLvKDN53uuWTVCSbcOKtRFpoOWBf5kN1wzY2Co42-Fl0pCulON3An7r_T06ALvyifoUZTRbZsLgqKYS25lUvvAfgQ0KYg&__tn__=*NK-R" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">#WaterJustice</span></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/pacificpower?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXcjPuoKmkDviGI-bLUo-Nl-DiC8bizkeI-31uLvKDN53uuWTVCSbcOKtRFpoOWBf5kN1wzY2Co42-Fl0pCulON3An7r_T06ALvyifoUZTRbZsLgqKYS25lUvvAfgQ0KYg&__tn__=*NK-R" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">#PacificPower</span></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/wateractionaugust?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXcjPuoKmkDviGI-bLUo-Nl-DiC8bizkeI-31uLvKDN53uuWTVCSbcOKtRFpoOWBf5kN1wzY2Co42-Fl0pCulON3An7r_T06ALvyifoUZTRbZsLgqKYS25lUvvAfgQ0KYg&__tn__=*NK-R" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">#WaterActionAugust</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">We are also asking you to write letters to the editors and opinions asking</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(74,134,232);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">#GavinNewsom</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> to drop support for the Delta Tunnel and Sites Reservoir from his Water Portfolio. Tell him</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(74,134,232);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">#NoDeltaTunnel #StopSitesReservoir #NoDamRaise</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Please also write letters encouraging</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> PacifiCorp and Warren Buffett to Remove the Klamath Dams. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">These issues are critical!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Mercury News: </span><a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/letters-to-the-editor/" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">https://www.mercurynews.com/letters-to-the-editor/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Sacramento Bee</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">: </span><a href="https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/submit-letter/" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/submit-letter/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">San Fran. Chronicle: </span><a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/letters-editor/item/How-to-submit-Letters-56188.php" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/letters-editor/item/How-to-submit-Letters-56188.php</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Oregonian:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> Email </span><a href="mailto:letters@oregonian.com" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">letters@oregonian.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Times Standard</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="mailto:letters@times-standard.com" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span 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Searchlight</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="https://static.redding.com/letter-to-the-editor/" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">l</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="mailto:etters@redding.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">etters@redding.com</a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Del Norte County Triplicate</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;color:rgb(77,81,86);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">: </span><a href="https://www.triplicate.com/site/forms/online_services/letter_editor/" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:New;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">https://www.triplicate.com/site/forms/online_services/letter_editor/</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 23pt;"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Newsom asks Buffett to Remove Klamath Dams </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 23pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Gov. Gavin Newsom has appealed directly to investor Warren Buffett to support demolishing four hydroelectric dams on a river along the Oregon-California border to save salmon populations that have dwindled to almost nothing.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 23pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Newsom sent a letter to Buffett on Wednesday urging him to back the Klamath River project, which would be the largest dam removal in U.S. history.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 23pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“We share your concerns about social and environmental progress and remain committed to solving these deeply rooted cultural and community impacts,” the letter said.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 23pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Several tribes as well as fishing and conservation groups issued a joint statement urging Buffett’s support.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 23pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Walking away from the agreement will put PacifiCorp ratepayers on the hook for all the risks and liabilities associated with fish kills, toxic algae blooms, lawsuits, and violations of tribal rights,” the statement said. “We urge Warren Buffett and PacifiCorp to end the delays and move the dam removal process forward immediately.” </span><a href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-07-31/to-save-salmon-gov-newsom-asks-warren-buffett-to-back-klamath-river-dam-removal" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-07-31/to-save-salmon-gov-newsom-asks-warren-buffett-to-back-klamath-river-dam-removal</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(56,54,56);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Governor Newsom releases final water portfolio that includes Delta Tunnel, Sites Reservoir</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 17pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“However, Regina Chichizola, the co-director of Save California Salmon, disagrees strongly with Gavin Newsom and Wade Crowfoot’s rosy assessment of the water portfolio’s promotion of the Delta Tunnel, Sites Reservoir and voluntary agreements.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 17pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Governor Newsom is continuing to sell out our rivers and salmon to the benefit of water brokers and large agriculture corporations,” said Chichizola. “These are the same corporations that are polluting our rivers and drinking water, then exporting their products.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 17pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The opposition to Newsom’s Delta Tunnel and his support for Sites Reservoir and the voluntary agreements runs far and wide, including Tribal leaders, recreational and commercial fishing groups, Delta residents and businesses, environmental justice advocates, Southern California water ratepayers and elected officials.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 17pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">On March 2, over 200 people, including members of at least seven California Indian Tribal nations, along with some recreational anglers and environmentalists, marched on the meeting room of the Sheraton Inn in Redding on the evening of March 2, shouting “Shut It Down” and “No Water for Profits,” in strident opposition to the Governor’s Delta Tunnel project.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 17pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">After marching into the room, they testified before the Department of Water Resources staff about damage that would be caused to their livelihoods and culture if the Delta Tunnel is constructed. The meeting only took place under pressure from the Hoopa High Water Protectors Club and their allies, who demanded at the first scoping meeting on February 3 that a meeting be held in the north state.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 17pt;"><a href="http://redgreenandblue.org/2020/07/30/governor-newsom-releases-final-water-portfolio-includes-delta-tunnel-sites-reservoir/" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">http://redgreenandblue.org/2020/07/30/governor-newsom-releases-final-water-portfolio-includes-delta-tunnel-sites-reservoir/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 17pt;"> </p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 15pt;"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(31,30,30);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Environmental groups say Newsom’s water plan will worsen toxic threat in the Delta</span></h1><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 15pt;"><a href="https://sacramento.newsreview.com/2020/08/12/environmental-groups-say-newsoms-water-plan-will-worsen-toxic-threat-in-the-delta/" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">https://sacramento.newsreview.com/2020/08/12/environmental-groups-say-newsoms-water-plan-will-worsen-toxic-threat-in-the-delta/</span></a></h1><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(251,251,251);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 6pt;"><span style="font-size:23pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Massive Northern California reservoir project scaled back to reduce costs</span></h1><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(251,251,251);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:17pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Sites Reservoir in Colusa County would send water statewide, but $5.1 billion was too expensive</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(251,251,251);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 13pt;"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The idea for Sites has been around since the 1950s. Politically, it has a big advantage: It would be an “off-stream” reservoir. Instead of damming a river, a remote valley 10 miles west of the sleepy farm town of Maxwell would be submerged, the water held in by two large dams and up to nine smaller “saddle dams” on ridges.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(251,251,251);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 13pt;"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The reservoir would be filled by diverting water from the Sacramento River — California’s largest river — in wet years, and releasing it in dry years for farms and cities, along with fish and other species in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(251,251,251);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 13pt;"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The project has multiple challenges, however.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(251,251,251);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 13pt;"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The state Department of Fish and Wildlife, which must issue permits, said the original plan would take too much water out of the Sacramento River, harming salmon, steelhead and other species. That’s in part why planners reduced the annual yield in the revised plans.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/11/massive-northern-california-reservoir-project-scaled-back-to-reduce-costs/" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/11/massive-northern-california-reservoir-project-scaled-back-to-reduce-costs/</span></a></p><br><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Hoopa Valley Tribe Sues Feds in Effort to Block Permanent Water Contracts With Central Valley Farmers</span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin:14pt 15pt 0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 14pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The lawsuit claims the Reclamation’s contracts violate provisions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) and other laws and that they will irreparably harm efforts to protect Trinity River Salmon. Tribal Chairman Byron Nelson, Jr., explained why the Tribe filed the lawsuit :</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 15pt 14pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“The Hupa people have a long history of fighting to protect the Trinity River, its resources and especially our salmon. Our people depend on Trinity River salmon now as we have for countless generations. These contracts evade the federal government’s responsibility to maintain Trinity River fishery resources that the United States holds in trust for our Tribe. Salmon runs are not just important for our Tribe, but also for other Native peoples of the Klamath-Trinity Basin and non-tribal fisheries.” .”</span><a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2020/aug/13/hoopa-valley-tribe-sues-feds-effort-block-permanen/?fbclid=IwAR16Ao6KTgbpOLlsqRjVTL9SxdwtLcedcJ0zd_-IYdqA2CWCvySDpl1wBcI" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2020/aug/13/hoopa-valley-tribe-sues-feds-effort-block-permanen/?fbclid=IwAR16Ao6KTgbpOLlsqRjVTL9SxdwtLcedcJ0zd_-IYdqA2CWCvySDpl1wBcI</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 17pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 17pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">For more information contact Regina Chichizola at </span><a href="mailto:regina@californiasalmon.org" style="text-decoration-line:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">regina@californiasalmon.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, or go to <a href="http://californiasalmon.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">californiasalmon.org</a>. Check our hashtags or go to Save California Salmon on Facebook, @CaliSalmon on Twitter and @californiarivers on Instagram. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 17pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:17pt;"> </p></span><br class="ydp8a127f6ayiv5249605640gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div>
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