Ringside: An Alternative Vision – Keep Scott Dam, Save Lake Pillsbury

Ringside: An Alternative Vision – Keep Scott Dam, Save Lake Pillsbury

A recent article in Grist characterized recent efforts by the Trump administration to preserve Scott Dam as a “culture war crusade.” That is accurate, so long as we recognize that efforts to demolish the dam – and diminish the value of the entire Potter Valley Project that the dam is a part of – are also the result of a culture war crusade. Behind Scott Dam is Lake Pillsbury, completed in 1922. The original storage capacity of the lake was 94,86…