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	*What is Kilarc and why does it need to be saved?*
Kilarc Reservoir is an approximately 4 acre man-made lake at Lat: 40.63 N Long:121.88 W in Whitmore CA.
Kilarc is very dear to our hearts as it is not only part of a working hydro project off Old Cow Creek, but an important free picnicking and fishing lake for local residents. It is wheelchair accessible. In fact it is the only such facility in Shasta County! Whilst we preface our efforts as SAVE KILARC we are also strongly concerned about the smaller hydro plant at South Cow creek. Both these facilities supply green power! Kilarc is a great deal more emotional for us as many generations of children have learned to appreciate its beauty and fish there! Sometimes you will find 4 generations picnicking and fishing together there.
PGE are threatening to decommission it and destroy all these facilities. If the hydro plants stay operational under new ownership jobs will be saved, even created, the County will retain valuable tax base, and property values will remain intact. The environment will be enhanced and the ecological aspects and historical artifacts preserved. Visions of educational and recreational use put forth by the Stewardship Council will be realized. Fish habitats will be improved. Most importantly it will be there for generations to come!
Recent (May 2011) Kilarc-Cow Creek Overview from County/Community Coalition Please click on the following link to read a recent overview drafted by the county and concerned community members regarding the plans for the destruction of the Kilarc-Cow Creek facilities currently under license to PG&E Kilarc - Cow Creek Overview - May 2011

What is Kilarc and why does it need to be saved?

Kilarc Reservoir is an approximately 4 acre man-made lake at Lat: 40.63 N Long:121.88 W in Whitmore CA.

Kilarc is very dear to our hearts as it is not only part of a working hydro project off Old Cow Creek, but an important free picnicking and fishing lake for local residents. It is wheelchair accessible. In fact it is the only such facility in Shasta County! Whilst we preface our efforts as SAVE KILARC we are also strongly concerned about the smaller hydro plant at South Cow creek. Both these facilities supply green power! Kilarc is a great deal more emotional for us as many generations of children have learned to appreciate its beauty and fish there! Sometimes you will find 4 generations picnicking and fishing together there.

PGE are threatening to decommission it and destroy all these facilities. If the hydro plants stay operational under new ownership jobs will be saved, even created, the County will retain valuable tax base, and property values will remain intact. The environment will be enhanced and the ecological aspects and historical artifacts preserved. Visions of educational and recreational use put forth by the Stewardship Council will be realized. Fish habitats will be improved. Most importantly it will be there for generations to come!

Recent (May 2011) Kilarc-Cow Creek Overview from County/Community Coalition
Please click on the following link to read a recent overview drafted by the county and concerned community members regarding the plans for the destruction of the Kilarc-Cow Creek facilities currently under license to PG&E

Kilarc - Cow Creek Overview - May 2011

4TH ANNUAL COMMUNITY PICNIC AT KILARC
Sunday 21st August 2011 from 12 noon-dusk Hosted by the SAVE KILARC COMMITTEE Community Information Tables New Save Kilarc T-shirts & Sweatshirts for Sale Hot Dogs & Soda's for sale Children's fishing contest

4TH ANNUAL COMMUNITY PICNIC AT KILARC

Sunday 21st August 2011 from 12 noon-dusk

Hosted by the SAVE KILARC COMMITTEE

Community Information Tables

New Save Kilarc T-shirts & Sweatshirts for Sale

Hot Dogs & Soda's for sale

Children's fishing contest

* * * NEWS FLASH * * * July 21, 2011 * * *

Jim Benno (46) of Redding caught an enormous brown trout at Kilarc yesterday! It weighed 17lbs & measured 29 3/4 inches! (6 inches shorter than the one that used to be in the Store at Whitmore ... which was a World Record.)

He used a Shakespeare rod with a #6 Eagle Claw with plastic bait!

The FERC Draft EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) On The Destruction of Kilarc and South Cow Creek Facilities
To download and read the FERC Draft EIS click the following link: FERC Draft EIS FERC has gathered input on their Draft EIS and are currently preparing their Final EIS for release. No date has been given to expect the final EIS.
Click the link below to read an outline of the July 14th meeting re: the draft EIS. The outline does not record every comment but is the recollection of the author from notes taken at the meeting. I hope you will find them useful. Please pass them on as you see suitable. We are very grateful for all who attended and expressed their comments. Outline: FERC Mtg on KILARC Draft EIS July 14th 2010
A Note from Maggie: Further to today's (July 9th, 2010) article (front page of the Record-Searchlight: follow link here: Record Searchlight July 9th article) the public should be aware and protest loudly that the projected cost of destroying Kilarc (politely called decommissioning) is at the moment $14.5 million! This cost will be born by the ratepayers and be passed on to us as inflated PG &E bills. Everyone should be up in arms. There is no evidence of salmon or steelhead above the Whitmore Falls and no proof that fish habitats will be improved. The Shasta Evergreen proposal, supported by the public, Shasta County & SPI is a win/win proposal for all and would preserve the reservoir, improve the wheelchair accessible picnic area, run the hydro plants a source of green power, provide jobs, preserve the environment & historical artifacts. In addition a conservation area is proposed that would enhance fish habitats! There is no logical reason that the proposed decommissioning cannot be stopped. Please attend Tuesday's (Aug. 17th, 2010) meeting at the Whitmore Community Center 6-8pm and make your voices heard. We must stop this travesty. Maggie Trevelyan

The FERC Draft EIS

(Environmental Impact Statement)

On The Destruction of Kilarc and South Cow Creek Facilities

To download and read the FERC Draft EIS click the following link: FERC Draft EIS

FERC has gathered input on their Draft EIS and are currently preparing their Final EIS for release. No date has been given to expect the final EIS.

Click the link below to read an outline of the July 14th meeting re: the draft EIS. The outline does not record every comment but is the recollection of the author from notes taken at the meeting. I hope you will find them useful. Please pass them on as you see suitable.

We are very grateful for all who attended and expressed their comments.

Outline: FERC Mtg on KILARC Draft EIS July 14th 2010

A Note from Maggie:

Further to today's (July 9th, 2010) article (front page of the Record-Searchlight: follow link here: Record Searchlight July 9th article) the public should be aware and protest loudly that the projected cost of destroying Kilarc (politely called decommissioning) is at the moment $14.5 million! This cost will be born by the ratepayers and be passed on to us as inflated PG &E bills. Everyone should be up in arms.

There is no evidence of salmon or steelhead above the Whitmore Falls and no proof that fish habitats will be improved.

The Shasta Evergreen proposal, supported by the public, Shasta County & SPI is a win/win proposal for all and would preserve the reservoir, improve the wheelchair accessible picnic area, run the hydro plants a source of green power, provide jobs, preserve the environment & historical artifacts. In addition a conservation area is proposed that would enhance fish habitats!

There is no logical reason that the proposed decommissioning cannot be stopped.

Please attend Tuesday's (Aug. 17th, 2010) meeting at the Whitmore Community Center 6-8pm and make your voices heard. We must stop this travesty.

Maggie Trevelyan

Additional Information Links:

East Valley Times article on Shasta Evergreen Proposal (Feb. 3, 2010)	http://eastvalleytimes.com/?p=1907
East Valley Times article on Annual Kilarc Picnic (Aug. 3, 2010)	http://eastvalleytimes.com/?p=3635

Additional Information Links:

East Valley Times article on Shasta Evergreen Proposal (Feb. 3, 2010)

http://eastvalleytimes.com/?p=1907

East Valley Times article on Annual Kilarc Picnic (Aug. 3, 2010)

http://eastvalleytimes.com/?p=3635


Save Kilarc Mailing Address:	Save Kilarc Committee P.O. Box 194 Whitmore CA 96096

Save Kilarc Mailing Address:

Save Kilarc Committee

P.O. Box 194

Whitmore CA 96096

Whitmore Community Links:

Tuscan Heights Lavender Gardens:	http://www.tuscanheights.net/
Whitmore Community Center:	http://www.whitmorecc.org/hosting/whitmorecc/
Whitmore Community Web Page:	http://whitmorecommunity.shutterfly.com/
My Outdoor Buddy Web Page:	http://www.myoutdoorbuddy.com/
Mike Rubin Images:	http://www.rubinimages.com/

Whitmore Community Links:

Tuscan Heights Lavender Gardens:

http://www.tuscanheights.net/

Whitmore Community Center:

http://www.whitmorecc.org/hosting/whitmorecc/

Whitmore Community Web Page:

http://whitmorecommunity.shutterfly.com/

My Outdoor Buddy Web Page:

http://www.myoutdoorbuddy.com/

Mike Rubin Images:

http://www.rubinimages.com/