Environment & Natural Resources
Genetic rescue can help declining Russian River coho, study finds; habitat restoration still needed
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“Genetic rescue is a way to buy time while we’re restoring the habitat and the flow.”
The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA (https://mendovoice.com/tag/russian-river/)
“Genetic rescue is a way to buy time while we’re restoring the habitat and the flow.”
PG&E’s draft decommissioning plan in November will include removal of all dams and river features unless an entity steps forward with a proposal to take over facilities.
“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.
The commission said that until approval of an amendment application, PG&E must maintain compliance with the existing Potter Valley Project license.
Plus what Scott Dam’s open spillway gates mean for water supply: “We really can’t afford to miss another wet winter.”