by Steelhead | May 14, 2026 | Radio, News, Slider
An Eel River-centric episode of KMUD’s Dishgamu Humboldt with Michelle Vassell and David Cobb from May 14, 2026. Alicia Hamann, Executive Director of Friends of the Eel River, joins the show to break down how the Potter Valley Project is breaking down the Eel...
by Steelhead | May 2, 2026 | Dam Removal, EcoNews Report, News, Slider
On April 21st, US Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins rocked the North Coast with a Tweet: She claimed that a Los Angeles-area local water district, the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, wanted to purchase the Eel River dams to operate them for...
by Steelhead | Apr 9, 2026 | EcoNews Report, News, Slider
Trump has revived a little-utilized part of the Endangered Species Act — formally the Endangered Species Committee, but often called the “God Squad” as it can decide whether species may go extinct — in a purported effort to boost oil and gas development in the Gulf...
by Steelhead | Feb 21, 2026 | EcoNews Report, News, Slider
On February 12, the Trump Administration rescinded the Obama-era “endangerment finding,” a legal recognition by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that greenhouse gas emissions were harming and would further harm health and human safety. This endangerment...
by Steelhead | Nov 8, 2025 | EcoNews Report, Dam Removal, News, Slider
This week on the EcoNews Report, we’re excited to share that the comment period for Eel River dam removal has finally opened! Tune in to hear co-hosts Tom Wheeler of EPIC and Alicia Bales of the Redwood Chapter of the Sierra Club talk with Alicia Hamann of Friends of...