Trump’s agriculture secretary touts Southern California water district as potential buyer for Potter Valley Project

Six hundred miles.

That’s the distance that separates a pair of dams in Lake and Mendocino counties from a Southern California water district touted this week by a top Trump official as a potential suitor for the North Coast waterworks.

The move has been hailed by those seeking to avert the Eel River dams’ proposed removal, including local farming interests and their political allies, who have raised concerns about what a free-flowing river would mean for their future water supply.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins posted on X on Tuesday that talks are underway with a Riverside County water district to take over the Potter Valley hydroelectric project owned by Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

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