by Lamprey | Oct 30, 2014 | Comments, FOER
PG&E requested a temporary variance to reduce flows into the East Branch Russian River as they performed work on the Potter Valley Project. Sonoma County Water Agency requested, among other things, compensatory flows to “make up” for lost flows during...
by Lamprey | Oct 30, 2014 | FOER, News
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, owners of the Potter Valley Project (PVP), are beholden to regulations of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). When PG&E needs to alter management of the project, including changes to water releases which affect stream...
by Lamprey | Oct 1, 2014 | FOER, News
Railroad Agency Ducking Environmental Review to Avoid Disclosing Harms to River By: Scott Greacen River advocates have been encouraged, if not surprised, by the rapid return of salmon after the two Elwha River dams in Washington state’s Olympic National Park were...
by Lamprey | Jul 29, 2014 | FOER, News, Water Rights
By: Scott Greacen Originally published by Econews, August 2014 Responding to one of the most severe and persistent droughts in the history of California, state agencies are now moving to shut down water diversions that harm fisheries and wildlife, using a mixture of...
by Lamprey | Jul 29, 2014 | FOER
By: Scott Greacen Originally published by Econews, June 2014 Serial Variance Requests Reveal Vulnerability of Eel River Fisheries to Demands from Russian River Irrigators The Eel River’s surviving salmonids—chinook, coho, and steelhead—are struggling to come back from...
by Lamprey | May 1, 2014 | FOER, Video
Eli Asarian on North Coast Stream Flow Decline Dr. Bill Trush – What Do Fish Need? Darren Mierau on Understanding Stream Flow and Managing Diversions Dana Stolzman on the SRF Redwood Creek Project
