Six North Coast environmental stories that mattered this year and will shape our future.
Tag: Potter Valley Project
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197 Chinook salmon reached Cape Horn Dam in first month of 2022-23 migration season
Government agencies, nonprofits, tribes, and restoration groups all work to monitor and restore salmon in the Eel River.
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Fishing and conservation groups sue FERC over “fish-killing” Potter Valley Project
“The dams are killing and harming far more fish than anybody thought when the current license terms were developed,” one representative said.
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Salmon, steelhead conservation groups plan to sue PG&E, allege ESA violations
PG&E has not yet decided whether to remove dams in decommissioning the Potter Valley Project, though one biologist said, “taking the dam out is by far the single biggest thing we could do to help fisheries on the Eel.”
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Powerhouse down at Potter Valley Project, creating more uncertainty about its future
A powerhouse went down earlier this month at the Potter Valley Project, a hydroelectric project that diverts water from the Eel River to the Russian River, but a spokesperson from Pacific Gas & Electric said the utility company would still be able to divert the minimum flows necessary to meet its obligations to Potter Valley Irrigation District.