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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Sorry for any duplicate postings -</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Dear Trinity River interested parties - </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black">Thank you for your input to date. Our Trinity River Winter Flow Variability Project Environmental Assessment is available
for your review. The TRRP website link is live now to download the public Draft Flow EA - at: <a href="https://www.trrp.net/restoration/flows/winter-flow-variability/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">https://www.trrp.net/restoration/flows/winter-flow-variability/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black">Details are below. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The Bureau of Reclamation’s Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP) is inviting individuals
and organizations to comment on our draft Environmental Assessment to shift some of the water typically released from Lewiston Dam in late spring to the winter and early spring period. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Starting in winter 2021-2022, Reclamation’s TRRP proposes to change how annual Trinity
River water is managed to benefit Trinity River fisheries. Moving a portion of Trinity River’s water volume to the winter and spring run-off periods is proposed to better match natural flow variability within the watershed. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Expected benefits of the proposal would: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">1) Enhance natural cleaning and transport of river gravels; </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">2) Limit the impact of cold water from the dam on growth of juvenile salmon and steelhead,
as well as other native aquatic species; </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">3) Allow the river to naturally warm earlier in the season to better provide outmigration
cues to migratory fish; and </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">4) Elevate flows before salmon emergence from their in-river nests (redds) to increase
food availability and access to floodplain nursery habitats. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The draft Winter Flow Variability EA was prepared in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act and is available at the USBR California Great Basin website: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usbr.gov%2Fmp%2Fnepa%2Fnepa_project_details.php%3FProject_ID%3D50427&data=04%7C01%7Cceabel%40usbr.gov%7C124410c6c8ee4f30ac0e08d973c3dc7e%7C0693b5ba4b184d7b9341f32f400a5494%7C0%7C0%7C637668107315272746%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=Hrcnxufctj1XzFBUyOSkfogVLc0GFZdG2oktyagMD1g%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" title="Original URL: https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=50427. Click or tap if you trust this link."><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=50427</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> or
at the TRRP website </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.trrp.net/restoration/flows/winter-flow-variability/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://www.trrp.net/restoration/flows/winter-flow-variability/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">A public comment meeting, held virtually, will take place on <b>Tuesday, October 5,
2021, at 6 p.m.</b> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">A link to the meeting will be available on the TRRP’s website - Winter Flow Variability
page: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.trrp.net/restoration/flows/winter-flow-variability/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://www.trrp.net/restoration/flows/winter-flow-variability/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Written comments are due by close of business on October 18, 2021. Comments may be
emailed to </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:fgutermuth@usbr.gov" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">fgutermuth@usbr.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">,</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white"> or </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">mailed
to Winter Flow Variability Project, C/O Bureau of Reclamation, Trinity River Restoration Program, P.O. Box 1300, Weaverville, CA 96093.<b> </b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">For additional information on the proposed flow management action,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">visit the TRRP website at </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.trrp.net/restoration/flows/winter-flow-variability/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://www.trrp.net/restoration/flows/winter-flow-variability/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">or contact Brandt Gutermuth </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">at (530) 623-1806 or </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:fgutermuth@usbr.gov" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">fgutermuth@usbr.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Best Regards – and send rain!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-1.0pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Brandt Gutermuth</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#666666;letter-spacing:-1.0pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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River Restoration Program</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> <b>|</b> <a href="https://www.usbr.gov/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">U.S. Bureau of
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">PO Box 1300, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">1313
S. Main St., Weaverville, CA<b>|</b> 530.623.1806 w; 530.739.2802 cell<b>|</b></span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="mailto:BGutermuth@usbr.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">FGutermuth@usbr.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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