by American Whitewater | Dec 10, 2020
By: Thomas O’Keefe Governor Newsom, Oregon Governor Brown, Tribal Leaders and Klamath Dam Owner Announce Agreement to Advance Historic Salmon Restoration Plan Last month, California Governor Gavin Newsom joined with Oregon Governor Kate Brown, leaders of the...
by American Whitewater | Dec 8, 2020
By: Kevin Colburn The Federal government now has all the information it needs to issue a new 30 to 50 year license for the Weber River Hydroelectric Project. If they issue the license soon, recreational releases could begin in the early summer of 2021. Delays could...
by American Whitewater | Nov 24, 2020
By: Kevin Colburn American Whitewater and our affiliate clubs have spent the past 25 years working to restore flows to incredible Southeastern rivers impacted by dams. A lot of our work has focused on Class II and III rivers like the lower Nantahala, Tuckasegee,...
by Hydropower Reform Coalition | Oct 15, 2020
The impacts from climate change are becoming increasingly real. Battling the existential threat of our times requires that we all evaluate our priorities and pull together to bring about meaningful change. Two and a half years ago, the Hydropower Reform Coalition...
by Foothill Conservancy | Sep 17, 2020
As we’ve discussed in the previous newsletter, a private company called GreenGen Storage LLC is proposing to build a pumped-storage hydroelectric project on the Mokelumne River. It would use existing PG&E dams and reservoirs, and possibly expand some of them. The...
