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From Chico Enterprise-Record - Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013
Coalition response...Once again while efforts are ongoing to reintroduce salmon to the river,
farmers and water agencies are still waiting for the legislated construction of
several projects along the river that are necessary to protect adjacent land
owners and water agencies' diversions which allow a continuing supply of water
to users. These projects are estimated to cost more than $1 billion (Bureau of
Reclamation's own figures) and there is no sign of getting the federal dollars
to complete them in a timely manner. Meanwhile, the necessary mitigation
measures that are required in order to safely increase flows down the river
have not been completed. In 2010, the BOR created damage to farmland from
seepage; BOR paid the landowner for the damages in 2012. Meanwhile, flows in
the seepage prone areas cannot resume until mitigation measures are installed.
As of this article none have been installed.
Returning salmon to the river is
one part of the settlement agreement but taking spring-run salmon from another
part of the state where they have a chance to survive and placing them in a
hatchery on the San Joaquin River, with no necessary infrastructure completed
and therefore no chance of survival, seems wasteful of limited and precious
resources. Other areas, including the construction projects, seepage and more,
are important and water users are waiting to see action taken in these areas
that will provide safeguards to landowners.
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