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Tuolumne River advocates criticize SFPUC federal engagement; staff says career scientists drove recommendations
Summary
Tuolumne River Trust told the SFPUC the agency’s staff and irrigation-district partners lobbied the Trump administration to rescind science-based recommendations; SFPUC deputy general manager Michael Carlin disputed that characterization and said the exchanges were with career federal staff connected to FERC relicensing work.
Conservation groups raised concerns at the Oct. 23 SFPUC meeting that staff engagements with federal agencies influenced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to rescind recommendations for the Tuolumne River.
Peter Drechmeier of the Tuolumne River Trust said staff and irrigation districts lobbied senior federal staff and suggested the Service rescinded recommendations "based on the best available science" after political pressure, a…
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