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The Conservation Community Speaks: Army Corps Should Study Dams
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The Conservation Community Speaks: Army Corps Should Study Dams

The Army Corps is the only entity with the authority to address their infrastructure–namely Englebright Dam and Daguerre Point Dam–which are the two most obvious impediments to fish and volitional passage in the entire Yuba River watershed. Not addressing this in their feasibility study is unacceptable. Details

Comment Period for Yuba River Ecosystem Study Closes 2.23
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Comment Period for Yuba River Ecosystem Study Closes 2.23

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft Feasibility Report & Environmental Assessment for the Yuba River. This interim study, which is now out for public review and comment (through February 23), presents a variety of actions and alternatives for restoring the Yuba River. Yet, in its suite of suggestions, it discounts the removal of Englebright and Daguerre Point Dams as fish passage options for the Yuba. Details