<div dir="ltr"><div><a href="http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_657a31d0-3ebe-11ed-9875-5b49995f485c.html#tncms-source=login">http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_657a31d0-3ebe-11ed-9875-5b49995f485c.html#tncms-source=login</a></div><div><div class="gmail-asset-masthead" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato;margin:20px 0px 40px"><h1 class="gmail-headline" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-size:42px;margin:0px 100px 0px 0px;font-weight:400;line-height:1.1;color:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato">Trinity River winter flow rates still undecided</span></h1><h2 class="gmail-subhead" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:inherit;font-weight:400;line-height:1.1;color:inherit;margin:10px 100px 10px 0px;font-size:24px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato">Supervisors briefly consider changing vote</span></h2><div class="gmail-meta" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato;margin-top:20px;margin-right:100px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato"><ul class="gmail-list-inline" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;padding-left:0px;list-style:none"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato;display:inline-block;padding-right:5px;padding-left:5px"><span class="gmail-tnt-byline" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato">By Josh Cozine The Trinity Journal</span></li><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><li class="gmail-hidden-print" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato;display:inline-block;padding-right:5px;padding-left:5px">Sep 28, 2022</li><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><li class="gmail-hidden-print" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato;display:inline-block;padding-right:5px;padding-left:5px"><a href="http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/environment/article_657a31d0-3ebe-11ed-9875-5b49995f485c.html#comments" class="gmail-cm" title="0 comments" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-count gmail-comment-counter" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato">0</span></a></li></ul></span></div><div class="gmail-share-container gmail-headline-right gmail-pull-right gmail-hidden-xs gmail-hidden-sm" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato;float:right"><ul class="gmail-social-share-links gmail-hidden-print gmail-list-unstyled gmail-stacked gmail-icon" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;padding-left:0px;list-style:none"><li class="gmail-social-share-link gmail-fb" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato;opacity:0.8;margin-bottom:1px;max-height:2em"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trinityjournal.com%2Fnews%2Fenvironment%2Farticle_657a31d0-3ebe-11ed-9875-5b49995f485c.html%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook%26utm_campaign%3Duser-share" class="gmail-tnt-share-link gmail-fb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" title="Share on Facebook" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato;background-color:transparent;color:inherit;text-decoration:none;display:block;white-space:nowrap"><span class="gmail-tnt-stack" title="" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato;display:inline-block;height:2em;width:2em"></span><span class="gmail-sr-only" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato;border:0px none;height:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0px;width:1px">Facebook</span></a></li><li class="gmail-social-share-link gmail-tw" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato;opacity:0.8;margin-bottom:1px;max-height:2em"><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?&text=Trinity%20River%20winter%20flow%20rates%20still%20undecided&via=trinityjournal&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trinityjournal.com%2Fnews%2Fenvironment%2Farticle_657a31d0-3ebe-11ed-9875-5b49995f485c.html%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_campaign%3Duser-share" class="gmail-tnt-share-link gmail-tw" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" title="Tweet" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato;background-color:transparent;color:inherit;text-decoration:none;display:block;white-space:nowrap"><span class="gmail-tnt-stack" title="" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato;display:inline-block;height:2em;width:2em"></span><span class="gmail-sr-only" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato;border:0px none;height:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0px;width:1px">Twitter</span></a></li><li class="gmail-social-share-link em" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato;opacity:0.8;margin-bottom:1px;max-height:2em"><a href="mailto:?subject=%5Btrinityjournal.com%5D%20Trinity%20River%20winter%20flow%20rates%20still%20undecided&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trinityjournal.com%2Fnews%2Fenvironment%2Farticle_657a31d0-3ebe-11ed-9875-5b49995f485c.html%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Duser-sha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