by Steelhead | May 14, 2026 | Radio, News, Slider
An Eel River-centric episode of KMUD’s Dishgamu Humboldt with Michelle Vassell and David Cobb from May 14, 2026. Alicia Hamann, Executive Director of Friends of the Eel River, joins the show to break down how the Potter Valley Project is breaking down the Eel...
by Steelhead | May 2, 2026 | Dam Removal, EcoNews Report, News, Slider
On April 21st, US Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins rocked the North Coast with a Tweet: She claimed that a Los Angeles-area local water district, the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, wanted to purchase the Eel River dams to operate them for...
by Steelhead | Apr 21, 2026 | Dam Removal, News, Slider
For Immediate Release Contact: Alicia Hamann, alicia@eelriver.org Eureka, CA – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins issued a message today alleging that a water district near Los Angeles is interested in purchasing the Eel River dams and the rest of the...
by Steelhead | Apr 16, 2026 | Comments, News, Slider
Nearly every year for the past decade, PG&E has been unable to meet their license required and contractual flows out of the Potter Valley Project. This is due to both climate change, and the many failures of the Project which prevent the reservoir from being fully...
by Steelhead | Apr 9, 2026 | EcoNews Report, News, Slider
Trump has revived a little-utilized part of the Endangered Species Act — formally the Endangered Species Committee, but often called the “God Squad” as it can decide whether species may go extinct — in a purported effort to boost oil and gas development in the Gulf...