HomeMy WebLinkAboutEmail from Allen Harthorn - Butte Creek Canyon Overlay Zone Menchaca. Clarissa
From: Allen Harthorn <allen@harposorganics.com>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 10:31 AM
To: Teeter, Doug; Kirk, Maureen; BOS District 4; Connelly, Bill;Wahl, Larry; Clerk of the Board
Cc: Breedon, Dan;Thistlethwaite, Charles; Calarco, Pete; Snellings,Tim
Subject: Butte Creek Canyon Overlay
Dear Supervisors,
Please add my comments to the record of the proceedings for the Butte Creek Canyon Overlay. The
last Best Run of Spring Run Salmon in California are hanging by a thread. 2017 was the lowest run
total in over 20 years, less than 1000 salmon returned. When a watershed is overdeveloped, salmon
runs disappear. This has been documented across the Pacific Northwest and we must not let it
happen here. Butte Creek is the last wild run of salmon in all of Butte County. Feather River salmon
struggle to survive below the dam and if not for expensive hatchery operations they would be gone.
Irrigation Districts, agricultural diverters and State and Federal agencies have spent close to $50
million protecting Butte Creek salmon and steelhead, nearly half of that right here in Butte County.
Land Use Protections have been a priority restoration action since the efforts began in the early
1990's. Butte County has the authority to protect this canyon and I strongly encourage you to do so.
Salmon are the "Canary in the Coal Mine" for our water resources.
Protect this gem and the wildlife that depend on it, for the future, our future!
Thank you,
Allen Harthorn
Friends of Butte Creek