John Rich, named Special Envoy for American Landowners by President Trump, says pending dam removals in Northern California “might be the biggest land situation going on right now in America.”
The country music star posted a video to his X account speaking out against PG&E’s application to remove the dams.
“This actually stunned me, and that's hard to do.”
He says removing Scott and Cape Horn Dams would devastate the region.
“It would cut off the water supply to 750,000 Californians. 390 family farms downstream from the dam where they use this water for irrigation, over 300,000 acres of farmland that use that water. And then you look at the fire service out there putting out the California fires in that area. That's where they get their water from.”
PG&E’s dam removal application is currently pending before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Rich calls on FERC commissioners to do the right thing. The Supreme Court decided in Trump v. Slaughter that the president has the right to fire leaders and employees of independent federal agencies. Rich points out that this includes FERC commissioners.
Rich was appointed to represent rural landowners, farmers, and ranchers in the Trump administration. He says in that capacity, he will make sure the president is aware of the situation playing out in Northern California.
“I'm going to make sure he sees this report, make sure he's up to speed on what's going on at Potter Valley Dam because there is no way in Hell he's going to be okay with decommissioning a dam that causes that much carnage in the state of California.”
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