SCVWD should support fish runs, withdraw suit

Re: “Why Santa Clara Valley Water District filed lawsuit against California” (Opinion section, Feb. 5):

Maybe Norma Camacho knows something about water agencies, but she sure doesn’t know much about salmon.

Camacho could easily check salmon returns two years after wet water years and she’d see the number of salmon returning as adults always increases in response.

It’s true that Central Valley salmon would also benefit from restored habitat, but the value of fast, turbid flows in delivering baby salmon to the ocean, safe from predators, is welldocumented.

The Santa Clara Valley Water District’s lawsuit against the State Water Board’s recent decision to increase river flows ignores the years of science that clearly support the water board’s decision. Camacho should stick to what she knows and Santa Clara Valley Water District should support California’s salmon runs and withdraw its ill-advised lawsuit.

— John McManus, executive director, Golden Gate

Salmon Association, Pacifica