Potter Valley Tribe Interest in PVP
The Potter Valley Tribe is utilizing a California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) Environmental Justice Action grant to address critical ecological concerns in the future of the trans basin diversion.
"The Potter Valley Tribe's efforts to participate in Potter Valley Project proceedings as a sovereign nation were hindered by historic inequities stemming from a more than 20-year period when the Tribe’s federal status was terminated. Only in 1993 was the tribe able to resume governance and receive federal assistance. Mike Shaver, Water Resources Manager for the Tribe, noted, "We're building our capacity to participate in regional water management decisions. This grant is helping us have a voice in issues that directly affect our people." The Potter Valley tribe has lands in both the Eel and Russian River watersheds and is seeking high level participation in future decision making in Potter Valley Project decommissioning and the prospective new trans-basin water diversion of the Eel-Russian Project Authority."
From: North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board Executive Officer's Report, October 3-4, 2024 (Pg3)