Clik here to view.
Letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Energy Subcommittee
March 15, 2017 The Honorable Fred Upton Chairman Energy and Commerce Committee U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Bobby Rush Ranking Member Energy and Commerce Committee...
View ArticleOroville Dam Documents Kept Secret by State, Federal Officials
Citing potential security risks, state and federal officials are blocking the public’s ability to review documents that could shed light on repair plans and safety issues at crippled Oroville Dam. One...
View ArticleClik here to view.
109-year-old Potter Valley Project the Controversial Link Between Russian and...
About 80 feet behind the PG&E hydropower plant in Potter Valley, gray-green silt-laden water from the Eel River passes through a steel gate and is invisibly transformed. It has become part of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Oroville Disaster May Have Been Caused by Weak Soil Under Spillway
Portions of Oroville Dam’s damaged spillway may have been built atop highly weathered rock, geologists say, a type vulnerable to erosion during the weeks of rain that led up to the disaster. A small...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Broken Promises’ County Officials, Public Sound off on Current and...
A deluge of grievances regarding long-stalled relicensing, management and repairs at the Oroville Dam prompted by the recent crisis at the reservoir were aired at the Butte County Board of Supervisors...
View ArticlePG&E Files Notice of Intent to Relicense Eel River Dams
Pacific Gas and Electric, owners of the Eel River Dams known as the Potter Valley Project (PVP), filed their Notice of Intent and Pre-Application Documents with the Federal Energy Regulatory...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Eel River Could Save Wild Salmon – If We Can Save the River Itself
The Eel River is on the brink of disaster, its ocean-going fish species threatened with extinction, its nurturing estuary diked, drained and diminishing. At the same time, this massive watershed in...
View ArticleAction Alert: Submit Scoping Comments on Eel River Dams to FERC
We need your help. The dams on the Eel River, known as the Potter Valley Project, have just begun the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) relicensing process. This is our opportunity to call...
View ArticleFOER and Allies Submit Comments to FERC on Scoping Document 1 & Study Plan...
Friends of the Eel River and our conservation group partners submitted comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on their Scoping Document 1 for the relicensing of Potter Valley Project. You...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Eel River Dams (de)licensing Update
Every thirty to fifty years, hydropower projects get relicensed. Everyone knows that hydroelectric power is clean power, dams are good for rivers and fish, and even old dams never suffer any serious...
View Article