2022
Environmental groups intend to sue PG&E over Potter Valley Project
Jefferson Public Radio, April 20 2022
An Expired License, A Mysterious Applicant, And a Threat to Sue: What Else Can We Expect as the Fight to Control the Waters of the Eel River Continues?
Redheaded Blackbelt, April 19 2022
Environmental, Fishing Groups Submit Notice of Intent to Sue PG&E for Violating Endangered Species Act With Potter Valley Project on the Eel River
Lost Coast Outpost, April 18 2022
Environmentalists, fishermen threaten to sue PG&E over Potter Valley Project
Times-Standard, April 18 2022
Fishery groups plan to sue PG&E over Potter Valley plant and related Scott, Cape Horn dams
The Press Democrat, April 18 2022
Eel River Dam Removal is Moving Forward. It Will Create California’s Longest Free-Flowing River
Active NorCal, April 17 2022
‘Beginning of the end’: Potter Valley Project license expires
Times Standard, April 14 2022
The Potter Valley Project’s License Expires Today
Lost Coast Outpost, April 14 2022
Letters: Salmon, not grapes, are at risk
The Ukiah Daily Journal, April 2 2022
Catching Even Insiders ‘Off Guard’, PG&E Decides to Return to the Potter Valley Project, which diverts water from the Eel River, to Full Operational Status
Redheaded Blackbelt, February 4 2022
PG&E to bring Potter Valley Project back online as license takeover unravels
Times-Standard, February 3 2022
Plan to acquire Mendocino County power plant unravels
The Press Democrat, February 1 2022
2021
Potter Valley Project relicensing effort facing costly hurdles
Sarah Reith, KZYX News – Mendocino County’s Public and Community Radio, October 18 2021
More time sought for Potter Valley Project license takeover
Times-Standards, September 9 2021
2020
A second chance for Eel River salmon and steelhead? | Tuleyome Tales
Daily Democrat, November 28 2020
Scott Dam Slated for Removal in Plan by Sonoma County and Partners to Control Hydropower Project
The Press Democrat, May 13 2020
Local Coalition Advances Plan to Remove Scott Dam on the Eel River, Acquire Potter Valley Project From PG&E
Lost Coast Outpost, May 13 2020
2019
Future of Potter Valley Power Project Could Hinge on Option for Dam at Lake Pillsbury
The Press Democrat, November 28 2019
Round Valley Tribes Join Two-Basin Solution Effort for Potter Valley Project
The Ukiah Daily Journal, September 11 2019
Plan to Acquire Potter Valley Project Formally Announced
Lake County Record Bee, May 16 2019
Potter Valley Project: Could the Dams go but the Diversions Remain?
The Ukiah Daily Journal, February 20 2019
Marin Water Supply Impacts Eyed as PG&E Seeks Hydropower Plant Sale
Marin Independent Journal, January 8 2019
PG&E Says It Will Abandon Efforts to Sell or Relicense Eel River-Diverting Dams at Potter Valley
Lost Coast Outpost, January 25 2019
Friends of the Eel River Welcomes PG&E’s Abandonment of Eel River Dams Relicensing Application
Friends of the Eel River, January 25 2019
As Bankruptcy Looms, PG&E Will Walk Away from Two Dams It Owns. What About the Other 167?
Sacramento Bee, January 25 2019
2018
Diverted California River Sustains California Wine Industry, but It’s Killing Salmon
Water Deeply, January 29 2018
Friends of the Eel River thinks it is a stretch to claim diversions from the Eel River “sustain” the California wine industry, but it is certainly killing salmon.
PG&E Tells Regional Commission It’s Thinking about Selling or Abandoning Potter Valley Dams, Which Take Water Out of the Eel and Send it South
Lost Coast Outpost, February 23 2018
The Water, Not the Power
Anderson Valley Advertiser, March 7 2018
New Earthquake Hazards App Shows Fault Line at Scott Dam Location
Friends of the Eel River, April 5 2018
PG&E to Sell Off Potter Valley Project, Which Diverts Eel River Water South, Friends of the Eel Vows to Keep Up Fight
Lost Coast Outpost, May 11 2018
Friends of the Eel Decries ‘Secret Plans’ for Future of River-Draining Potter Valley Dams; Board of Supes Meets on Issue Tomorrow
Lost Coast Outpost, May 14 2018
FOER Comments to Humboldt County on Eel River Fisheries Restoration and Dam Removal
Friends of the Eel River, May 31 2018
Supervisors Call for Removal of Scott Dam, Solidify Stance on Potter Valley Project
Eureka Times Standard, June 5 2018
Mendo County Stakeholders Want to Take Over the Potter Valley Project, Which Diverts Water From the Eel; Local Enviros Say That Spells Trouble
Lost Coast Outpost, August 16 2018
PG&E Moves to Auction Off Eel River Dams Amid Growing Seismic Safety Concerns
Friends of the Eel River, September 6 2018
PG&E Has Put the Potter Valley Project up for Auction and Who Buys it Could Reshape Water Policy for Decades
The Mendocino Voice, September 9 2018
Will a Landslide on the Eel River Cause California’s Next Dam Disaster?
Water Deeply, October 3 2018
2017
Eel River Dams (de)licensing Update
Friends of the Eel River, September 22 2017
109-year-old Potter Valley Project the controversial link between Russian and Eel Rivers
Press Democrat, April 8 2017
2016
Balancing the Russian River on the Back of the Eel River
Friends of the Eel River, July 21 2016
What is Decision 1610?
Friends of the Eel River, July 21 2016
2015
Learning from Yesterdays Mistakes to Avoid Tomorrows Tragedies
Federal Water Decision that Could Affect Russian River Flows Imminent
Press Democrat, May 2015
Feds OK Plan to Keep More Water in Lake Pillsbury Reservoir
Press Democrat, May 2015
Drying Times are Trying Times for Eel River Fish
Eel River Flows Still Too Low in Peak Salmon Spawning Period
Eureka Times Standard, December 2015
2014
Feds Clear PG&E to Cut Flows for Eel River Fish
Beautiful River, Growing Thirst, Looming Battle Over the Eel River
The Potter Valley Variance Dance
PG&E Plan May Reduce Water Flowing into Lake Mendocino
Bring Better Science to Dam Management
2013
Eel River Stakeholders Hear History & Concerns
2010 & earlier
Lawsuit Initiated on Behalf of Eel & Russian Rivers, 2010
Use of Eel River Water Needs Discussion, 2010