by Steelhead | Oct 1, 2025 | Comments, News, Slider, Water Rights
The Background There are many rules that PG&E must comply with in managing the Potter Valley Project. One of those is a set of rules outlining how much water can be diverted to the Russian River, both under their contract with the Potter Valley Irrigation...
by Lamprey | Feb 20, 2025 | Dam Removal, FOER, News, Slider, Water Rights
The preliminary design for the New Eel-Russian Diversion Facility, or NERF, located at what is currently Cape Horn Dam. Diagram via PG&E. UPDATE: Read the final Water Diversion Agreement, published July 2025. Just a week after PG&E published their final draft...
by Steelhead | Feb 14, 2025 | EcoNews Report, Dam Removal, Slider, Water Rights
This week on the EcoNews Report our host Alicia Hamann from Friends of the Eel River talks about the flurry of recent developments on Eel River dam removal. On January 31 PG&E released their final draft license surrender application, a document that outlines some...
by Lamprey | Jul 11, 2024 | Comments, Slider, Water Quality, Water Rights
We recently submitted a letter to Chuck Bonham, the director of California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife, requesting that his agency provide overdue stream flow studies and minimum flow recommendations to the State Water Resources Control Board. The State...
by Steelhead | Apr 18, 2024 | Dam Removal, FOER, Slider, Water Quality, Water Rights
Tune into this clip from Episode 8 of “Unmanageable with Alicia Bales” to hear Friends of the Eel River Conservation Director Scott Greacen break down dam removal at the Potter Valley Project and what a diversion means in the eyes of California water...
by Lamprey | Jan 15, 2017 | groundwater, News, Water Rights
Ultimately, “Is the drought over?” is the wrong question. We should ask, “Are we managing water in a sustainable manner for the long haul”? The answer to that is still “no.” Given the massive series of storms bringing rain and snow to California over the past month,...
