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"We've been pleading with reclamation for several months to please give us more water so these fish would survive," said Dave Hillemeier, Yurok fisheries biologist. He admits it is too early to blame low water and high temperatures on the fish kill, but doesn't deny that one of the primary problems leading to poor water quality is low water. I've met this guy. He has little credibility with me.
"It's hard to put a finger on what exactly it is."
That's right, Dave, because no matter what the problem, your solution will always be the same: Demand more late season water from farmers than the natural system ever delivered. If you get the water, will you pay them back if you are wrong?