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To: The Trinity County Board of Supervisors
Liam Gogan for Trinity Management Council Representative for Trinity County
The Trinity County Board of Supervisors should appoint Liam Gogan as the Trinity Management Council Representative for the Board.
Why is this important?
It is important because the Trinity Management Council guides the multi-million dollar Trinity River Restoration Program that is designed to restore Trinity River fisheries. Liam is uniquely qualified to serve as Trinity County’s representative to
the TMC. Few people know the Trinity River and its citizens more than
Liam. He and his wife have owned and operated the Douglas City store
for 23 years, never closing for even a day. He has been a licensed,
bonded and insured guide on the Trinity River for 30 years running
Trinity River Outfitters Fishing Guide Service. He has guided over 3,000
river trips, with over 20,000 man hours on the river.
Liam was president of the Trinity River Guides Association and
represented fishing guides as a member of the former Trinity Adaptive
Management Working Group (TAMWG) to provide public input to the
Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP). Liam is working hard to
reform the TRRP and its funding priorities through the newly formed
Friends of the Trinity River in order to improve our decimated salmon
and steelhead fisheries. Liam has been meeting with the current TRRP
Executive Director and his staff on a regular basis over the last several
months in order to improve communication and understanding.
District 1 Supervisor Keith Groves has served as the Board
representative on the TMC for several years. While we respect Keith’s
intelligence and opinion, we do not feel that he adequately represents Trinity County’s interests in restoring the Trinity River. Keith is very
knowledgeable on water issues, but it is clear that he does not have a
passion to see the Trinity River’s fisheries restored. We have not seen
him as an agent of change for the TRRP. The Board or the public rarely
if ever hear reports from him on what the TRRP is doing or how the
Board might take positions on water issues of concern to all of us. To
the best of our knowledge, the Board of Supervisors never even
protested the dissolution of the TAMWG and the end of public
involvement in the TRRP.
At the September meeting of the Trinity County Fish and Game
Advisory Committee, Keith chastised the Committee for being
concerned about issues such as the Delta Tunnel and Sites Reservoir,
suggesting that they work instead on restoring yellow legged frogs in
the Trinity Alps. This is the kind of argument that we hear from the
Westlands Water District. It does not demonstrate a collaborative
attitude about protecting and restoring the Trinity River.
This effort is not intended to undermine the Board Chairman’s
prerogative, but is of such great concern to us that we feel it is
appropriate to inform the Board of our desire for Liam to represent
Trinity County.
Therefore, we respectfully support appointment of
Liam Gogan as the primary Trinity County representative on the TMC.
the TMC. Few people know the Trinity River and its citizens more than
Liam. He and his wife have owned and operated the Douglas City store
for 23 years, never closing for even a day. He has been a licensed,
bonded and insured guide on the Trinity River for 30 years running
Trinity River Outfitters Fishing Guide Service. He has guided over 3,000
river trips, with over 20,000 man hours on the river.
Liam was president of the Trinity River Guides Association and
represented fishing guides as a member of the former Trinity Adaptive
Management Working Group (TAMWG) to provide public input to the
Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP). Liam is working hard to
reform the TRRP and its funding priorities through the newly formed
Friends of the Trinity River in order to improve our decimated salmon
and steelhead fisheries. Liam has been meeting with the current TRRP
Executive Director and his staff on a regular basis over the last several
months in order to improve communication and understanding.
District 1 Supervisor Keith Groves has served as the Board
representative on the TMC for several years. While we respect Keith’s
intelligence and opinion, we do not feel that he adequately represents Trinity County’s interests in restoring the Trinity River. Keith is very
knowledgeable on water issues, but it is clear that he does not have a
passion to see the Trinity River’s fisheries restored. We have not seen
him as an agent of change for the TRRP. The Board or the public rarely
if ever hear reports from him on what the TRRP is doing or how the
Board might take positions on water issues of concern to all of us. To
the best of our knowledge, the Board of Supervisors never even
protested the dissolution of the TAMWG and the end of public
involvement in the TRRP.
At the September meeting of the Trinity County Fish and Game
Advisory Committee, Keith chastised the Committee for being
concerned about issues such as the Delta Tunnel and Sites Reservoir,
suggesting that they work instead on restoring yellow legged frogs in
the Trinity Alps. This is the kind of argument that we hear from the
Westlands Water District. It does not demonstrate a collaborative
attitude about protecting and restoring the Trinity River.
This effort is not intended to undermine the Board Chairman’s
prerogative, but is of such great concern to us that we feel it is
appropriate to inform the Board of our desire for Liam to represent
Trinity County.
Therefore, we respectfully support appointment of
Liam Gogan as the primary Trinity County representative on the TMC.