September/ October Cresta Releases Canceled on Feather (CA)

The USFS upon the recommendation of their amphibian biologist has canceled the two remaining Saturday Cresta releases for September and October of the 2006 season. The Sunday releases on Rock Creek will occur as usual.  AW will continue to work with the USFS and the other members of the Rock Creek/ Cresta Ecological Resources Committee to develop better studies to determine what impacts, if any, are occurring to tadpoles during the recreational releases.  We will also be working to find solutions to change the flows in terms of magnitude, duration and or timing in order to reduce any potential impacts to tadpoles that are identified from these studies.   AW will also to continue to insist that all parties live up to the agreement to restore whitewater recreation opportunities negotiated by AW on the Feather.  We continue to point out to our ERC partners that any impacts on the Feather River are due to the artificially low flows imposed by PG&E’s hydro-projects and massive flow fluctuations that occur in the spring.  The summer whitewater releases are the only days in the summer when the North Fork Feather River flows as its natural base flow.  We are confident that we will continue to work with the USFS, PG&E and our other partners on the Feather to find ways to reduce the impacts from hydro operations that will allow us to have frogs, fish, and whitewater.  AW would like to thank those of you who sent letters, emails, or made phone calls to let them know how important this resource is to boaters across the West.  They heard you!
If you haven’t sent a letter or made a call and the Feather is important to you, do it now!
We recommend sending letters or emails to the Plumas National Forrest Supervisor, the Butte or Plumas County Supervisors, to express your concerns about the loss of boating opportunities on the Feather.  
 For sample letters please email dave@amwhitewater.org. Your voice is important!

Plumas National Forest               
Forest Supervisor: Jim Peña        
159 Lawrence Street
PO Box 11500
Quincy, CA 95971-6025
mjimenezholtz@fs.fed.us

Plumas County Supervisors
http://www.countyofplumas.com/board/index.htm

Butte County Supervisors

Supervisor Bill Connelly
5280 Lower Wyandotte Road
Oroville, CA 95966
Email: BConnelly@buttecounty.net

Curt Josiassen
1405 Lofgren Road
P.O. Box 385
Richvale, CA 95974
Email: CJosiassen@buttecounty.net

Supervisor Jane Dolan
196 Memorial Way
Chico, CA 95926
Email: JDolan@buttecounty.net

Supervisor Mary Anne Houx
196 Memorial Way
Chico, CA 95926
Email: MAHoux@buttecounty.net

Supervisor Kim Yamaguchi
747 Elliott Road
Paradise, CA 95969
Email: KYamaguchi@buttecounty.net