by Lamprey | Jun 15, 2020 | Dam Removal, EcoNews Report, FOER
The EcoNews crew with guests Darren Mierau of California Trout and Klamath dam campaign veteran Craig Tucker discussing the nascent plan to remove Scott Dam and restore salmon and steelhead to the upper Eel River.
by Lamprey | May 29, 2020 | Action, Dam Removal, FOER
We’d really appreciate your help with a little project we’ve been working on: SCOTT DAM REMOVAL!!! As Friends of the Eel River has been arguing for decades, removal of Scott Dam is the most important thing we can do to give imperiled Eel River salmon and steelhead —...
by Lamprey | May 13, 2020 | Dam Removal, FOER, News
For Release: Weds May 13, 2020 For more information: Alicia Hamann, Executive Director, alicia@eelriver.org Scott Greacen, Conservation Director, scott@eelriver.org Today’s filing proposes to remove Scott Dam, which would allow Eel River fish passage to their...
by Lamprey | Apr 13, 2020 | Comments, Dam Removal, FOER
Friends of the Eel River has been evaluating the safety and reliability of Scott Dam for several years now. We continue to have serious concerns about structural integrity and seismic stability, as well as PG&E’s failure to evaluate and disclose such...
by Lamprey | Feb 19, 2020 | Action, Dam Removal
In response to preventable disasters like the 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion, Pacific Gas and Electric has insisted that they are committed to high safety standards. It’s now a decade, and several other disasters, later and the company has yet to prove that they...
by Lamprey | Jan 2, 2020 | Dam Removal, FOER
The EcoNews crew talks about restoring fisheries on the Eel River with CalTrout’s North Coast manager, Darren Mierau. An agreement between regional stakeholders to remove the two dams on the upper mainstem Eel River, once an envirionmentalists’ pipe dream, is clearly...
