We got a lot of opposition from the governor and we opened it up anyway and the water is coming down that we want it opened further. They have a lot of water. They send it out into the Pacific Ocean in order to protect the smelt. It's a little tiny fish that's not doing very well. Especially when they don't have water. They really do badly. Okay. But it's a fish environmentally protected, even though it's in many other areas. (18:25–18:31)
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Asserts that water is diverted to the Pacific Ocean to protect a fish species called the smelt.
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