Eel River News
In Support of the Scott and Shasta River Watersheds
The undersigned groups write in strong support of AB 263 (Rogers), which would allow the emergency regulations adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) that are currently in place on the Scott and Shasta River Watersheds to remain in effect until…
Comments on PG&E’s Draft License Surrender Application
The recent commenting period on PG&E's draft license surrender application is the latest step in the long process of evaluating the best options for decommissioning the Potter Valley Project. For over a century now, the Potter Valley Project has contributed to the...
Letter to Congress Opposing Mass Firing of Federal Employees
On behalf of our members, supporters, and volunteer stewards, we write with significant concerns regarding the recent mass firing of federal employees still within their probationary periods, particularly those individuals who had been employed by the BLM, FWS, USFS…
Honoring Our Fearless Founder, Nadananda
The founder of our organization, Patricia Nadananda Hamilton is a champion for the Wild and Free Eel River. Seeing the Eel and its fisheries in decline in the early 1990s, she began organizing for an Eel River freed of PG&E’s Potter Valley Project dams and restored…
An Agreement for Post-Dam Removal Diversions From the Eel
Just a week after PG&E’s draft plan for dam removal was made public, so too was a plan for post-dam removal diversions from the Eel to Russian River.
A Deal for the Eel? — EcoNews Report #264
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...
PG&E’s Draft Dam Removal Plan Finally Released
PG&E released their draft license surrender application on Friday, January 31. This is the latest step in the long process of evaluating the best options for Eel River dam removal. Following the release of this draft, PG&E will accept comments from...
Dissecting Trump’s First Week — EcoNews Report #262
President Trump has entered his second term with a wave of executive orders and other executive actions. These have pulled the U.S. from international climate accords, blamed Southern California fires on “radical environmentalism”—he means us!—and portended a gutting…
Hope – EcoNews Report #257
Environmentalists have a reputation for being a bit too doom-and-gloom. But what gives us hope? Jen Kalt of Humboldt Waterkeeper, Alicia Hamann of Friends of the Eel River, Colin Fiske of the Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities and Tom Wheeler of the…
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