Tony, this is the problem with the militant environmental movement.
When the "protection" of this species and that species trumps the human species, you start to get into dangerous territory. How far are you guys willing to push the envelope?? We got dangerously low last year, but we lucked out and got a nice wet winter. That won't always be the case. And when S50 adds all those additional homes and businesses, will you guys alter your lake releases and environmental goals to reflect that, or will it be business as usual??
I hope that the releases will be cut back VERY soon, as you say, but we'll see. The perception is that Folsom Lake is doing more than it's fair share. Still over 2 months of good boating left and it will be down to 5 mph in 10 days or so?? That's ridiculous.
People are mad, and it's totally understandable.
Aces,
There you go name-calling again; sound like some political candidate. And even if you think my views on this are not mainstream, or even radical, "militant" is a ridiculous leap. READ what i wrote. There is nothing in there even mildly suggesting anything militant. Way to take a nuanced response and make it turn it into a black and white "us" or "them" issue. No one is equating a life or death comparison of fish to humans. The equation, even last year, was fish versus green grass; or maybe fish versus exported nuts. And keep in mind, these species being protected are the last of what were once much, much larger populations. We've already wiped out most of them in CA; current efforts are to safe what little is left.
And, of course, you seem to forget that those fish are an important source of protein for us humans, not to mention an important part of the economy.
We need to leave some water in the rivers, otherwise, they cease to be rivers (as the Colorado and San Joaquin do, for example). Just who is short-sighted here? By your view, as long as there is water in Folsom Lake for boating through August, and plenty of water for Folsom's expansion, then apparently it doesn't matter what happens downstream.