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SARA annual meeting will honor Felix Smith and other parkway pioneers

December 4, 2008 -- The 2008 annual meeting of the Save the American River Association (SARA) will honor SARA and Parkway pioneers including Felix "Public Trust" Smith, retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist, Elmer Aldrich and Howard Leach. The meeting will take place at the Effie Yeah Nature Center in Ancil Hoffman Park, Carmichael, on Saturday, December 6, at 10 a.m. Here is the meeting announcement.

Smith joined the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) in filing an historic lawsuit against the State Water Resources Control Board, California Department of Water Resources and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Sacramento Superior Court. The seven-count lawsuit alleges violations of the public trust, California Constitution, Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan, Fish and Game Code 5937 and State Board Decision 1641 and asks the court to curtail water exports from the Delta. Specifically, the lawsuit charges that the huge export pumps near Tracy in the south Delta kill thousands upon thousands of smelt and small salmon fry every year, at different times of year, and are the main threats to public trust resources in the Delta.
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SARA members and Parkway stakeholders - you are invited:

SARA 2008 Annual Meeting
10 am, Saturday, December 6, 2008
Effie Yeaw Nature Center
in Ancil Hoffman Park (enter @ Tarshes & California)

A brief presentation of SARA's 2008 activities and goals for 2009 will be followed by a presentation of the Board candidates for 2009 & election. We will then honor SARA and Parkway pioneers: Elmer Aldrich, Felix Smith and Howard Leach.
Please join us. Coffee and pastries will be served beginning at 9:30 am. A delicious lunch will follow the formal portion of the meeting.

Even if you are not yet a member of SARA, please join us at our annual gathering --
and meet the SARA members and Parkway stakeholders who diligently work to preserve and protect the Parkway.

If you like what you see & hear, please join SARA at whatever membership level works for you. For SARA, your membership level is secondary -- the Parkway needs your voice.
No need to RSVP, just show up -- you'll be glad you did.
SARA: Guardians of the American River and Parkway since 1961

For more information, got to http://www.sarariverwatch.org/