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Sep. 12, 2025 1 minute read 1 comments
Rollins slams CA dam removal plan 

Scott Dam

Potter Valley Irrigation District

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins condemned the Pacific Gas and Electric Company for planning to tear down the Cape Horn Dam and Scott Dam and reduce water flows in California’s Potter Valley.

In an X social media post, Rollins wrote that the dams have been lifelines for farmers and over 600,000 residents for more than a century.

“Once again, @CAgovernor and his legislature are putting fish over people, destroying century old farms and leaving families vulnerable to more drought and wildfire,” Rollins said. “Is this really America?” She added that she was working with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and other department officials to “deliver real solutions to secure Potter Valley’s water supply.” 

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1 Comment

  1. James Sherrard
    September 15, 2025
    Do I smell a smelt fish, or is it migrating salmon to the headwaters? This may have worked 100 years ago, but now that water is needed for humans, irrigation, and fighting urban and rural wildfires

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