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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>To the Adobe Whitewater Club<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Celia requested more clarification on the Request to Help with the Upcoming Gila SB 89 Bill coming up at Conservation Committee this week.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>From Norm Gaume who will be at our meeting on Tuesday is the explanation as stated:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If you have questions please bring them to the meeting on Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If you know of others who would like more explanation please forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Norm Gaume [mailto:normgaume@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 9, 2014 9:38 PM<br><b>To:</b> R/C Southwick<br><b>Cc:</b> Steve Harris; Sonora Jo; Betsy Butler; Peter Coha; JoAnne Allen; Adam Hill; Jim Brainard; Gary Schiffmiller; Richard Stoops<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: awc request to help w/ Gila legisation - what do you need us to do?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are looking for mass numbers to show up at the Senate Conservation Committee meeting, and would be delighted if a dozen AWC members attend. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Norm</span> will make a brief presentation at the Feb 11 AWC meeting regarding the ISC's fatally flawed draft plan for the proposed Gila River Diversion. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Norm has</span> drafted the following for your consideration to email to AWC members. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Its long but I can’t answer your questions and provide a preview of my planned Feb 11 AWC meeting remarks with much less. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>The piece includes a few links. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Senator Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, has introduced New Mexico State Senate Bill 89 (SB89), which if passed would direct the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission (ISC) to expend all federal dollars appropriated for Southwestern New Mexico water supply improvements on water conservation alternatives and not on diversion of Gila River water. <a href="http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/14%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0089.pdf">http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/14%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0089.pdf</a> The Senate Conservation Committee will probably hold a hearing on this bill on Thursday, February 13. Norm Gaume, an AWC member and former director of the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission expects to testify in favor of this bill (against the ISC’s proposed Gila River diversion). <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Norm and Steve Harris request that AWC members attend the hearing. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>The audience will be asked, before the committee vote, to raise their hands to indicate whether they support or oppose this bill<span style='color:#1F497D'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>We hope that the opponents of the diversion will far outnumber the proponents.</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#C00000'>Opponents of the Gila River Diversion should support Sen. Wirth’s SB89.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Norm will make a brief presentation at AWC’s Feb 11 regular meeting regarding the ISC’s preferred alternative for a Gila River Diversion, which was made public for the first time in January. <a href="http://nmawsa.org/ongoing-work/diversion-and-storage-proposals/bhi-diversion-and-storage-evaluation">http://nmawsa.org/ongoing-work/diversion-and-storage-proposals/bhi-diversion-and-storage-evaluation</a> <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Norm will summarize why the ISC’s preferred alternative for diverting water from Gila River is fatally flawed<span style='color:#1F497D'>:</span> <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>the ISC’s cost estimate is an indefensible low-ball at $350 million<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>the project would yield little usable water if it could function, which it can’t<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>the project </span>would be wildly unaffordable. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Norm says, “Implementation of the ISC’s draft plan to divert Gila River water would be a terrible mistake.” <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Norm is not encouraging AWC members to read the draft engineering report (link in the paragraph above) because it is voluminous, hard to read, and is full of errors that are difficult to ferret out. He has spent many dozens of hours over the past two weeks reading the draft report, preparing a professional critique, and driving to the Gila River and hiking into the proposed diversion location this weekend to field check a few elements of his critique. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Norm</span> hopes that AWC members who are interested in attending the Senate Conservation Committee hearing on SB89 will either attend the Feb 11 AWC meeting to learn more or contact him directly.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The Senate Conservation Committee meets on the second floor of the State Capitol Building, aka the Roundhouse. The committee will meet about 30 minutes after the full Senate adjourns. SCON meetings normally start about 2:00 pm, but could start much later if the Senate remains in session into the afternoon or early evening, which could happen this late in the legislative session. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>It also would be helpful if AWC members who oppose a Gila River Diversion contact Senate Conservation Committee members to express their support for SB89. <a href="http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/committee_display.aspx?CommitteeCode=SCONC">http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/committee_display.aspx?CommitteeCode=SCONC</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:red'>AWC will notify its members via email with updates regarding the actual hearing date after the hearing is officially scheduled.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Below is sequential emails and requests to fill in the blanks for the above note to AWClist et.al.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>On Feb 7, 2014, at 4:04 PM, R/C Southwick <<a href="mailto:rsouthwick@ShamanProducts.com">rsouthwick@ShamanProducts.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Steve and Norm<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>AWC regular meeting - Tuesday Feb 11 Norm has asked for time to talk on this matter and so we will give some time to that. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Celia has asked for clarification</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> to maximize the efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sent out by </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Steve Harris - Steve Harris<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:steve.harris39@gmail.com"><span style='color:purple'>steve.harris39@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>A critical crossroads for the Gila River happens next week, as the New Mexico Senate's Conservation Committee takes up SB 89, very likely on the afternoon or evening of February 13 (Thursday). I'm inviting river lovers of all stripes to swell the galleries. RSVP if you can join me. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Steve Harris<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:steve.harris39@gmail.com"><span style='color:purple'>steve.harris39@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Norm Gaume <a href="mailto:normgaume@gmail.com"><span style='color:purple'>normgaume@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Celia and Betsy, I would like some time at AWC meeting Feb 11 to provide overview of the awful proposal for the Gila River Diversion<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>ask AWC members to show up at NM Senate Conservation Committee in Santa Fe on Feb 13 and raise their hands in favor of<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>s</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>pending all the money on water conservation<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>none on a diversion. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I’ll have a written article soon for email distribution, for your consideration, of course. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>We need a packed house. Only problem is, at that late stage at the session, a person attending might have to camp out and wait for the Committee meeting to convene.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>