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PRESS CONFERENCE: SAN JOAQUIN RIVER RESTORATION SETTLEMENT FINALIZED
Media Contact:
Michael Jackson, 559-487-5116, mpjackson@mp.usbr.gov
For Release: September 12, 2006
Due to post-9/11 security restrictions, attendance will be restricted
to accredited news media representatives and invited guests
*** MEDIA ADVISORY *** MEDIA ADVISORY *** MEDIA ADVISORY ***
Historic Agreement Ends Years of Litigation and Uncertainty Over the Future of the River and Thousands of Central Valley Farms
WHO:
The Bureau of Reclamation, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Friant Water Users Authority
WHAT:
Will hold a press conference to announce an agreement that will restore a 153-mile stretch of the San Joaquin
River in California’s Central Valley. Restoring the San Joaquin River will be one of the largest river
restoration projects in the nation’s history.
WHEN:
Wednesday, September 13
2 p.m. press conference*
WHERE:
Friant Dam (directions below)
VISUALS/PRESS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS:
Senior-level organization leaders will offer remarks
Q&A session
Friant Dam in background
River background, natural scenery, wildlife, etc.
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Michael Jackson | Randy McFarland | Craig Noble |
* FYI – At 9 a.m. Pacific there will be a similar announcement in Sacramento at the Federal Courthouse (501 I St.)
From Fresno and points south, take Highway 41 north to Friant Road. Take the Friant Road off-ramp and turn right (northeast) onto Friant Road. Follow Friant Road to and through the town of Friant, where the highway name changes to Millerton Road. Access to the news conference site will be through the dam’s old main entrance off Millerton Road, a short distance east of the Friant-Kern Canal.
From Madera and points north, take Cleveland Avenue eastbound from Freeway 99 to Highway 145 on the east side of Madera. Turn left (eastbound) on Highway 145. At Highway 41, continue straight ahead (eastbound) to North Fork Road. There, turn right (southbound) to Friant. After crossing the San Joaquin River, turn left (eastbound) onto Millerton Road. Access to the news conference site will be through the dam’s old main entrance off Millerton Road, a short distance east of the Friant-Kern Canal.
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