![The Fate of a Dam in Cherokee](https://hydroreform.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Ela-Dam_Oconaluftee-River_Erin-McCombs28-3-1024x768-1-1024x675.png)
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![Legendary California Fishery and Water Quality Activist Bill Jennings Dies at Age 79](https://hydroreform.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Bill-at-desk-2-300x214-1.jpg)
Legendary California Fishery and Water Quality Activist Bill Jennings Dies at Age 79
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and the fish of California lost Bill Jennings on December 27, 2022. Above all, Bill was a relentless activist. For over 40 years, he used the law, meticulously documented data, an irascible wit, and a stinging pen to...![Key Takeaways from the Omnibus Spending Package: What’s in it for rivers?](https://hydroreform.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/DJI_0324-2-1024x767-1-1024x675.jpg)
Key Takeaways from the Omnibus Spending Package: What’s in it for rivers?
In the remaining days of 2022, we’re happy to share some important wins for rivers – including funding for critical clean water and river restoration programs, as well as new Wild and Scenic River designations. While there’s much to be thankful for, the bill still has...![NOAA recommends an estimated $20M in funding for Trout Unlimited fish passage work](https://hydroreform.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Great-Lakes-fish-passage-1024x683-1-1024x675.jpg)
NOAA recommends an estimated $20M in funding for Trout Unlimited fish passage work
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding supports projects in Washington State, California, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
![The Call for Rapid Change](https://hydroreform.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/clarkson_rapid_snake_map-1140x760-1-1080x675.jpg)
The Call for Rapid Change
Beneath the slack water, it’s all still there. The main channel, braided in places, lined with reef and rock, hemmed in with granite and the dark loam that fueled the old orchards. Only 100 feet of water, less in most places, inundates the river below. Upriver from Wawawai near Granite Point, there is a submerged top rope anchor. Before Lower Granite dam was finished in 1975, climbers worked a route now invisible below the surface of the reservoir.