Hydropower Reform Coalition
  • Hydroreform Homepage
  • HRC
    • HRC Mission & Values
    • Members/Who We Are
    • Our Successes
    • News & Updates
    • Join the Coalition
    • Contact us
  • Licensing
    • Intro to Licensing
    • The FERC Licensing Process
    • Regulations & Regulatory Roles
    • Facility Types – Operation & Economics
    • Collaboration & Negotiation
    • Natural, Cultural, & Recreational Resources
    • Community Engagement
  • Hydro Map
  • Resources
  • Hydropower
    • Hydropower’s impact on rivers
    • Modernizing hydropower
    • An opportunity for river restoration
    • Renewable energy and hydropower
    • Reservoir emissions
    • Small hydropower
Select Page
A River Reborn: One Year After Klamath River Dam Removal

A River Reborn: One Year After Klamath River Dam Removal

by California Trout | Oct 9, 2025

The Klamath River Sees Dramatic Improvements in Water Quality and Salmon Repopulate Historical Habitat  This October marks the first anniversary since the removal of the four lower Klamath dams, and scientists, advocates and Tribes are celebrating dramatic ecological...
Hydropower Reform: CSPA Goes to Washington, D.C.

Hydropower Reform: CSPA Goes to Washington, D.C.

by California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Sep 30, 2025

The Hydropower Reform Coalition (HRC) has been advocating since the early 1990s for improved conditions in waters affected by hydroelectric projects. HRC advocacy has increased streamflows and made flow information public, achieved new and improved river access, and...
The PERMIT Act: A Direct Threat to Clean Water and State Authority 

The PERMIT Act: A Direct Threat to Clean Water and State Authority 

by South Yuba River Citizens League | Sep 2, 2025

Congress is considering legislation that could dramatically weaken one of the most important tools we have to protect water quality: the Clean Water Act. The Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today Act (PERMIT) Act (H.R. 3898) is a sprawling bill...
Regulating water use in Klamath tributaries

Regulating water use in Klamath tributaries

by California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Aug 29, 2025

Now that four dams previously blocking anadromous fish migration on the Klamath River are down, state and local agencies are negotiating the next stage of river restoration. They are acting to regulate the beneficial uses of water in overallocated Klamath River...
Celebrating the First Descent of the Undammed Klamath River

Celebrating the First Descent of the Undammed Klamath River

by California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Jul 28, 2025

On July 11, 2025, after a month floating the free-flowing Klamath River 310 miles, a group of indigenous youth arrived at the river’s mouth. Theirs was the first expedition to boat the river from source to sea since the removal of the fourth dam on the Klamath River...
PG&E Makes it Official – Submits Plan to Remove Potter Valley Project Dams and Modernize Water Infrastructure

PG&E Makes it Official – Submits Plan to Remove Potter Valley Project Dams and Modernize Water Infrastructure

by California Trout | Jul 25, 2025

Today marks a defining moment for California’s third-largest watershed, the Eel River, as Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) officially submitted its License Surrender Application and Decommissioning Plan for the Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project to the...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »

Email newsletter

Our policy on diversity, equity, and inclusion

Privacy policy
Contact us

©2026 Hydropower Reform Coalition