The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors today seemed content to embrace the philosophy of “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good” as its five members unanimously approved a plan that aims to achieve one of our region’s longest-held goals: the demolition and removal of two dams on the upper Eel River. Specifically, the board approved a memorandum of understanding among a collection of federal, state, tribal and local agencies, who together have crafted a plan for a new Eel-Russian diversion facility associated with the decommissioning of PG&E’s Potter Valley Project, a defunct hydroelectric project comprising those two dams — Cape Horn Dam and Scott Dam — plus a diversion tunnel and power plant.

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• Times Standard (Eureka, Calif.): ‘The dams will come out’: Humboldt County supervisors sign onto historic Potter Valley water diversion agreement