“I hope that we can get our water back — and get our culture back”: habitat loss, water quality reduction, and threatened communities along the 196-mile Northern California river.
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Potter Valley Project: Russian River Water Forum forms to advise on decommissioning, Scott Dam spillway to remain open
Plus what Scott Dam’s open spillway gates mean for water supply: “We really can’t afford to miss another wet winter.”
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Salmon, steelhead conservation groups plan to sue PG&E, allege ESA violations
PG&E has not yet decided whether to remove dams in decommissioning the Potter Valley Project, though one biologist said, “taking the dam out is by far the single biggest thing we could do to help fisheries on the Eel.”