The McCloud Deadline For Public Comment Looms…

The emails have been flying around the McCloud River Hydro Relicensing (some nice, some pretty nasty, and you can guess which hold more sway with me).

Frankly, I’ve grown weary of all the unsubstantiated claims, so I’ve searched out a retired Forest Service watershed hydrologist (not from the McCloud area) who is willing to look at the raw data and interpret it for me and the Undergrounders.

Unfortunately, that will have to wait until I’m back home, and you’ve only got (I think) until the end of today to lodge your public comment about the McCloud River re-licesning.

If you’ve ever fished the McCloud – or think you might want to someday (and everyone wants to) – then invest a couple minutes and get your name on the board while you still can.

Commenting at FERC will not tax your brain or your time; Go to the FERC website comment page and make sure you file under the McCloud project number which is P-2106-047.

Tell them how important the McCloud River’s angling heritage is to you and your sizable contingent of angling friends.

Currently – after looking at the data – I’m supporting the CalTrout, Trout Unlimited, and Northern California Federation of Fly Fishers proposal, though if you want to support the MRK proposal, that works OK too.

Just support something.

I’m only getting snippets of info, but it appears there’s considerable support for the Forest Service proposal, which is not the one we want.

Time to make a stand.

See you at FERC, Tom Chandler

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