American Whitewater Appeals FERC Dam Removal Refusal

American Whitewater Appeals FERC Dam Removal Refusal

  American Whitewater filed a legal appeal of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC’s) decision to allow the owner of a failed hydropower project on the Salmon Falls RIver, which forms the Maine and New Hampshire border, to abandon its deadbeat dams....
Dam Removal on the Eel is Closer Than Ever

Dam Removal on the Eel is Closer Than Ever

Water Users Support Restoring Eel River to Free-Flowing State New proposal by Sonoma and Mendocino County water agencies, Round Valley Indian Tribes calls for dam removal and a new water diversion facility Dam removal on the Eel River is closer than ever after county...
Whitewater Boating on the Connecticut River (MA)

Whitewater Boating on the Connecticut River (MA)

By Bob Nasdor After a decade of advocacy to restore a section of the Connecticut River in Massachusetts and expand whitewater boating opportunities, American Whitewater signed a settlement agreement with FirstLight Power as part of the FERC relicensing of the Turners...