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Press Release: Feds Undermine Clean Water Act Protections
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Press Release: Feds Undermine Clean Water Act Protections

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In the latest in an ongoing saga of regulatory rollbacks under the Trump Administration, specifically targeting environmental protections, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently ruled that California does not need to provide water quality certification for the Middle Fork American Hydroelectric Project in Placer and El Dorado counties. This order effectively waives California’s authority to ensure water quality and environmental protections for hydropower operations. If this trend continues, FERC could potentially exempt licenses for over a dozen California hydropower projects from Clean Water Act protection for the next 30 to 50 years. Details

Chinook Season: What to Expect When You are Expecting
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Chinook Season: What to Expect When You are Expecting

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Every summer we eagerly wait for the fish count numbers to come back to us as fish climb the ladders over Daguerre Point Dam in the lower Yuba River. These numbers help us predict how many Chinook salmon we can expect to return to their spawning grounds in the 24 mile stretch of the Yuba below Englebright Dam. Details

Chinook Season: A Yuba Salmon Now Policy Update
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Chinook Season: A Yuba Salmon Now Policy Update

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Last week, Friends of the River scored a key legal victory for Yuba salmon and steelhead at the Ninth Circuit. The Court declared that the National Marine Fisheries Service needs to review whether two dams on the Yuba River affect threatened Chinook salmon, steelhead and green sturgeon. Details

ACTION ALERT: Tell the EPA – Don’t Revoke Clean Water Act Protections
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ACTION ALERT: Tell the EPA – Don’t Revoke Clean Water Act Protections

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The EPA is proposing revisions to Section 401 that would undermine California’s power to safely permit local dam and hydropower projects. Please join us in standing up for California’s right to protect the Yuba and Bear River watersheds by filing a comment here.