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DIRECTORS
MEMBER: AWWA APPA CMUA CPUDA
E. L. LOYND
CHAIRMAN
TRUCKEE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
VILIC UTILIT
CHAR. R. HEELER
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N. T. LANGILLE
operating Publicly Owned Electric
C. 90MUNDS
L*%AMBERLAIN &
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GENILRAL MANAGER
CHAMBERLAIN
ATTORNEYS
AUBURN. CALIF.
Truckee, California
WINIFRED KAMP
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C. 8. WHITZ
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ACCOUNTANT
11HEREAS, the Bureau of Reclamation has completed a "Feasibility
Report" of the '.1ashoe Project for submission to the Congress of the
United States, wherein is proposed the building of Stampede Reservoir
on the Little Truckee River with direct diversion of the waters there-
from through a tunnel into the State of Nevada; and
T.';-IE�� S, Easter: County t s most vital and greatest asset
is its waters, both for fishing and recreation as well as for present
.and future potential industrial and power development* and
"IHEREAS, diversion in the manner proposed would seriously and
detrimentally effect the natural resources of Eastern Nevada County by
diverting, the waters of the Little Truckee River from their natural
course through Nevada County into the Truckee River; and
1HERAS, the diversion of the waters of the Little Truckee River
fror.yi TTevada County without the opportunity now or in the future of the
fullest utilization of such waters within Nevada County and the State
of California is contrary to the best interests and welfare of the in-
habitants thereof; and
'01 E REAS, the flood control and irrigation features of the proposed
ashbe Project for the benefit of the people of the State of Nevada can
be as substantially realized by other suggested plans of the Bureau of
11ec.L.alvnation which would retain to the people of Nevada. County and the
St��te of C.alifornia ure ter utilization of the multiple uses of the
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I'` `WORJ BE lT 'H.S1JS0LVZD by the Board of Directors of
Trucltee Public. Utility District , that we most earnestly protest the
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iversion of the waters of the Little Truckee River in the manner now
proposed in the Feasibility Report of the ashoe Projects and
BE IT. FUHTHEI-l"'R RESOLVED, that all interested parties be requested
to oppose such diversion in the manner proposed and that copies of this
resolution be forwarded to U. S. Senator William Knawland, Congressman
Clair tj
r ... 1yl'�rrle Governor Goodwin Knight, State Engineer A. D. Edmonston,
State Senator Harold T. Johnson, and State Assemblyman Francis Lindsay,
,,;tnd others ur?::) ri-ing tIlAeir assistance in havinga reconsideration of the
Project as now proposed so as to preserve and protect the interests and
i�ielf--.Ire of the people of lvlevada County and the State of California,
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