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<div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-preview"><p>The
Trinity Management Council voted on Wednesday, Sept. 18, to approve
adaptive changes to ecological water releases from the Lewiston Dam into
the Trinity River. The vote happened during the quarterly council
meeting in Eureka just before World Rivers Day and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s
signing of AB 460 which will help keep water in state rivers.</p></div><div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-preview"><p>The
vote recommends a synchronized flow release and an increase to wet
season baseflows from Dec. 15 of this year to Feb. 5, 2025, according to
a recent Trinity River Restoration Project press release.</p></div><div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-only"><p>TRRP’s
Executive Director Mike Dixon said the council can only make
recommendations. “We don’t get to make the decision,” he said. “We
inform the (Bureau of) Reclamation on how their proposed action would
best meet their obligations to restoration of the fishery, because we
have a legal responsibility to restore the fishery.”</p></div>
<div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-only"><p>The
Trinity Management Council is made up of eight representatives from
different organizations ranging from federal, tribal, state and local
governments. According to the council’s bylaws, each member gets one
vote. Seven affirmative votes are required to pass a motion when all
eight members are present, and six affirmative votes are required to
pass a motion when six or seven members are present. This most recent
proposal that was voted on last Wednesday (Sept. 18) and passed with
seven in favor and one opposed.</p></div><div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-only"><p>Hoopa Valley Tribal Fisheries Director Michael Orcutt was the sole opposing vote.</p></div><div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-only"><p>“I
vote on the principle of what I think my role is as a representative of
the tribe, and the tribe is some 3,600 members,” Orcutt said.</p></div><div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-only"><p>Orcutt
said it’s a violation of a treaty that the Hoopa Tribe signed off on.
“When there’s a change in a treaty or an amendment to a treaty, why
doesn’t the other party at least get talked to about it? Why doesn’t
that other party get an opportunity to assess, evaluate, and if they
agree with it, concur?” he asked.</p></div><div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-only"><p>Orcutt
also said a biological assessment has been long overdue for meeting the
regulatory Endangered Species Act requirements. Trinity Journal
reported on July 25 the Hoopa Valley Tribe gave a 60-day notice of its
intent to sue the federal Bureau of Reclamation for failing to comply
with two biological assessments and missing multiple deadlines for
numerous actions under the Endangered Species Act. It will be 60 days
since the Tribe’s press release at the time of publication.</p></div><div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-only"><p>Despite
the Hoopa Valley Tribe’s opposing vote, Dixon said there were two key
takeaways during the two-day meeting where a lot of information was
passed. The first takeaway was how to spend the budget surplus. “We got
buy in on kick-starting some additional gravel processing at a place
where ultimately there will be a restoration project.”</p></div><div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-only"><p>Dixon said that in 2020 a gravel processing project was funded but due to permitting issues they had to change the design.</p></div>
<div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-only"><p>“I
think the biggest accomplishment was getting the TMC to vote in favor
of shifting a portion of our annual water allocation earlier in the
season into the wet season.” Dixon said that they use historical data in
hydrographs — a way of displaying water level information over time. A
hydrograph plot may display stage, streamflow and sometimes both.</p></div><div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-only"><p>The
basic action of a natural flow hydrograph on the Trinity River is to
shift some water from the springtime to the winter months. </p></div><div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-only"><p>“We
believe that we can’t be successful unless we increase base flows
during the winter period and do some of these big peak flows in the
winter period,” Dixon said. “It’s vitally important that we start moving
some of that water out of the late spring, early summer, into that
winter period.”</p></div><div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-only"><p>Dixon
said they’re not taking more water out of the lake. “That was people’s
big concern. It’s the exact same budget that we’re operating under.
We’re just spending some of that budget earlier.”</p></div><div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-only"><p>These
recommendations were a result of the Flow Workgroup proposal, led by
Patrick Flynn who is an environmental compliance specialist with the
county’s Natural Resources Division. County supervisors wanted to limit
the disruption to the number of boat fishable days during the Dec. 15 to
Feb. 15 period and minimize the impact to the flyfishing industry
during that period due to economical impacts since it is peak flyfishing
season.</p></div><div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-only"><p>“I can’t
really underscore how (much) of a big deal it is that Trinity County is
engaging in this process at this level,” Flynn said. “This collaborative
approach is a big deal to have conversations about the river … we want
what’s best for the river.”</p></div><div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-only"><p>Flynn expressed the importance of participation and collaboration in all meetings and discussions.</p></div><div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-only"><p>The
TMC meeting was open to the public and broadcasted online for the
public to voice their concerns. During the meeting no one spoke out
during the public comments portion. These meetings do take place during
the workday, and some range from four hours to full day meetings.</p></div><div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-only"><p>TRRP
spokesperson Kiana Abel understands that is a significant time
commitment for the working public. “(It)isn’t necessarily accessible in
the way that they want to be,” she said.</p></div><div class="ydp38f73b4byiv1997215830gmail-subscriber-only"><p>Abel
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get the word out on progress and give people the chance to interact with
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