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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I only have a few years left in\Nlife, maybe twenty years; fifteen maybe.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.84,0:00:07.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I thought about what's the most\Nimportant thing that I could do
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.71,0:00:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the time that I have here.\NAnd, uh, taking care of my grandkids,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.50,0:00:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making sure that they have a place\Nto enjoy: that they have streams to enjoy;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.31,0:00:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they have wildlife to enjoy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.29,0:00:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's, probably, one of the \Nmost important things I can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.72,0:00:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nestlé is drawing water from a\Nspring or a well,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.31,0:00:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the National forests, \Nwithin public lands that are owned
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.08,0:00:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the people of the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.98,0:00:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's drawing that water and then it's\Ndiverting it, in a pipe,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.71,0:00:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down several miles outside of the forest.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.24,0:00:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nestlé has an expired special use permit,\Nissued 1978 that expired in 1988.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.51,0:00:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh, that permit alone allowed them occupy\NNational forest land, with the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.83,0:01:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,infrastructure necessary to remove water.\NAnd they take anywhere from
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.66,0:01:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,50 to 150 million gallons a year,\Ndepending on certain conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.89,0:01:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Forest Service's maybe is getting \Na pittance of what this water's worth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.60,0:01:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're subsidising the business that\Ndepletes that public land resource,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.62,0:01:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that then creates cost on down\Nthe line in its lifecycle,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.86,0:01:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well in the waste management cost.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.51,0:01:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The drought drags on but the watershed,\Nyou know, grows drier.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.71,0:01:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is a foreign corporation like Nestlé\Nbeing allowed to withdraw millions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.82,0:01:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and millions of gallons out of our\Nwatershed, making a huge, huge profit?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.32,0:01:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(interviewer) Do you have any intention of\Nceasing bottling operations in California?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.49,0:01:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tim Brown) Uh, absolutely not, uh,\Nin fact, um, if I could increase it, I would.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.48,0:01:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We feel good about what we're doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.83,0:01:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Strawberry Creek is just barely hanging on\Nbecause there's so much water removed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.65,0:01:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then when we saw the drought\Nthat's currently going on,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.92,0:02:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the worst drought \Nin recorded history here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.92,0:02:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, so all of that together made me \Nreally worry about Strawberry Creek,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.49,0:02:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought that there's a good chance we\Ncould completely dry Strawberry Creek up.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.49,0:02:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah, the Strawberry drainage is, uh, is a \Ncritical drainage for, uh,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.98,0:02:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our plant and animal communities, and it\Nbecomes more and more critical every year.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.73,0:02:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because as the urban population in \NSouthern California grows, uh,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.26,0:02:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the National forests down in Southern\NCalifornia are becoming more and more
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.20,0:02:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isolated islands, of plant and\Nanimal communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.27,0:02:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a dry habitat that means that those\Nriparian areas, those areas that are wet,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.46,0:02:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are essential. Especially in dry years,\Nlike this year, to wildlife.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.92,0:02:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's at 0.18 now, 0.18 cubic feet per\Nsecond, which is nothing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.28,0:02:48.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, it's almost no water.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.95,0:02:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Species that have lived there, \Nover eons of time, could be lost;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.58,0:02:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just a, it's a terrible thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.34,0:02:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Forest Service hasn't looked at this\Nin a number of years and so they can't say
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.46,0:03:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"yes we're protecting those public \Nresources, yes we're making sure
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.89,0:03:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there's sufficient water for all the\Nspecies, yes we're making sure,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.83,0:03:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, we're holding this in trust\Nfor the people of the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.18,0:03:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're using it in a sustainable way."\NAnd they're obligated by law
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.80,0:03:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to use the resources on the National\Nforest in a sustainable way.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.22,0:03:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A year ago, I started begging the Forest\NService and Nestlé to start meeting
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.85,0:03:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together to start talking about Strawberry\NCreek, to work together on their permit
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.06,0:03:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the, uh, and on protecting the\NNational forests, and I was begging
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.90,0:03:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them to do that, and, um, and still\Nnothing's happened;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.60,0:03:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no meetings, there's just talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.56,0:03:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody in California is effected by the\Ndrought, but not Nestlé,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.03,0:03:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or any other water bottling company.\NI mean, this is our water!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.03,0:03:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The water in the, in those mountains\Nbelong to every California(n),
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.03,0:03:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every tax payer in America.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.75,0:03:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Personally, I invested 40+ years of my\Nlife being a professional forester.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.14,0:04:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I care a great deal that public land\Nin our country is properly managed,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.68,0:04:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially, in a manner that makes sure\Nthat the goods and services it provides
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.70,0:04:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are there for future generations,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.83,0:04:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's not how it's being managed\Nright now.