by Hydropower Reform Coalition | Aug 18, 2022
This year, we’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Hydropower Reform Coalition! Alongside our partners, the HRC has worked to protect rivers, watersheds, and communities during an era of complex changes across the national hydropower landscape. We take this opportunity to remember some of the highlights from our early years.
by American Whitewater | Aug 12, 2022
Seattle City Light is in the process of securing a new license to operate the Skagit Hydroelectric Project before the current licensee expires in 2025. As part of that process a number of studies are underway that include an assessment of the impacts of hydropower...
by Friends of the River | Aug 10, 2022
The last couple of months have offered some important victories and a win/draw in the three Section 401 cases that some California environmental groups have laid the groundwork for and litigated on. These cases were in two federal circuit courts and the California...
by California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Aug 7, 2022
On August 4, 2022, a panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overruled the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), re-establishing California’s right to protect water quality in the Yuba, Bear, and Merced River watersheds for the next...
by Friends of the River | Aug 4, 2022
Contacts: Melinda Booth, South Yuba River Citizens League, 650-207-0495, melinda@yubariver.org Chris Shutes, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, 510-421-2405, blancapaloma@msn.com Ron Stork, Friends of the River, 916-442-3155 x220,...
by American Whitewater | Jul 19, 2022
After a 2-year hiatus, the northeast whitewater boating community will come together on August 6th at Deerfield Fest, a celebration of nearly 40 years of whitewater boating on the Deerfield River in Massachusetts.