A sweeping plan to remove two century-old dams on Northern California’s Eel River promises to revive native fish runs – but it also raises alarms for the wildlife that has come to rely on the soon-to-vanish Lake Pillsbury. … PG&E’s own environmental filings warn that the disappearance of Lake Pillsbury may leave the [tule] elk stranded in thick sediment or searching for new forage grounds once the water is gone. … Against these losses stands a well-documented ecological gain: the restoration of a free-flowing Eel River and its native salmon and steelhead. 

Other dam news:

• Folsom Times (Calif.): Replacement valves to be installed at Folsom’s Willow Hill Dam​
• International Water Power: Rethinking dam breach analyses