by Steelhead | Nov 3, 2025 | Action, Comments, Dam Removal, Slider
Scott Dam (left) and Cape Horn Dam (right) are the two dams that comprise the Potter Valley Project. PG&E’s July 2025 filing to the official Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) docket is an important milestone on the way to removing the Eel River dams. The...
by Steelhead | Oct 31, 2025 | Comments, Dam Removal, Slider, Water Quality
As advocates for removal of the Eel River dams, we and our allies at The Native Fish Society, Fly Fishers International, American Whitewater, and The Sierra Club Redwood Chapter offered comments to the State Water Resources Control Board, (SWRCB or...
by Steelhead | Oct 9, 2025 | Dam Removal, Action, News, Slider, Water Quality
Scott Dam, Photo Credit: Kyle Schwartz The State Water Resources Control Board, also known as the State Water Board, has several upcoming meetings in which we need members of the public like you to voice your support for Eel River dam removal! The State Water Board...
by Steelhead | Aug 9, 2025 | EcoNews Report, Dam Removal, News, Slider
PG&E recently tendered its License Surrender Application and Decommissioning Plan for the Potter Valley Project to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. This plan details when and how PG&E plans to tear down its two dams on the Eel River. And since an...
by Steelhead | Jul 29, 2025 | Action, Dam Removal, News, Slider
Eel River dam removal is just around the corner. On Friday, July 25th PG&E published their final License Surrender Application and Decommissioning Plan (LSA), bringing the Eel River one step closer to becoming California’s longest free-flowing river. The Potter...
by Steelhead | May 28, 2025 | Dam Removal, Slider
The Eel River dams will never produce hydropower again. The unreliable water supply they allow to the Russian River will fail as geology and physics proceed. Pacific Gas and Electric’s (PG&E) Potter Valley Project has failed, forever, at the primary purpose for...
