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Tell the State Water Board: Dam Removal is a Watershed Restoration Tool

Tell the State Water Board: Dam Removal is a Watershed Restoration Tool

by Steelhead | Oct 9, 2025 | Dam Removal, Action, News, Slider

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...
The Next Big Step Toward Eel River Dam Removal — EcoNews Report #285

The Next Big Step Toward Eel River Dam Removal — EcoNews Report #285

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...
Get Involved in the Next Big Step Toward Eel River Dam Removal

Get Involved in the Next Big Step Toward Eel River Dam Removal

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...
How Many Ways Can the Potter Valley Project Fail?

How Many Ways Can the Potter Valley Project Fail?

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...
Regional Farm Bureaus Seek to Halt Eel River Dam Removal

Regional Farm Bureaus Seek to Halt Eel River Dam Removal

by Steelhead | Apr 10, 2025 | Dam Removal, News, Slider

Turning a blind eye to serious safety and reliability concerns, as well as questioning a private company’s business decision, the Farm Bureaus of Marin, Sonoma, Lake, and Mendocino Counties have asked the Trump administration to halt or delay the removal of Scott and...
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