BREAKING: Feds intervene to halt Potter Valley dam removal

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has asked FERC to reject removal of Scott and Cape Horn Dams.

Dec 20, 2025

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Scott Dam forms Lake Pillsbury near the Mendocino National Forest. Photo: Lake Pillsbury Alliance

Today, the Trump administration acted to stop the removal of the Potter Valley Project—two hydroelectric dams at the heart of a water system that supplies more than 600,000 residents in an agricultural and rural region of Northern California.

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