ICYMI: Rep. Jared Huffman slams the U.S. Department of the Interior over a $40M proposal to raise #ShastaDam.

It would raise the dam by 18.5 feet, costing $1.8 billion, would further flood Winnemem Wintu Tribal homeland, and harm the McCloud River.

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The spillway of Shasta Dam feeding the Sacramento River

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May 18, 2025
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This California dam could be enlarged under Trump The Shasta Dam project would deliver more water to Central Valley farmers but a tribe could lose sacred sites and endangered salmon could lose habitat.

A primer on why raising the #ShastaDam is ecologically harmful, would irreparably harm the @WinnemenWintu ancestral homelands & cultural traditions; only provide <1% addtl H2O to industrial farmers who should choose less water-intensive crops & upgrade their irrigation calmatters.org/environment/...

Water in overflowing river

Water in overflowing river

Sacramento river is overflowing now that Shasta dam is releasing water. #shastadam #Sacramentoriver #flooding #nature

Let's go for a cold weather bike maybe 20 miles to the dam and back! #shastaDam #shastaLake

Shasta Dam Project Sets Up Another Trump-California Showd... The Trump administration is laying the groundwork to enla...

Trump Administration plans to elevate #ShastaDam in conflict with California Law, water conservationist, Native Americans and the #Environment #Water
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