Klamath Riverkeeper is organizing a benefit dinner on Mar 14 in Bayside, CA to help bring down the four obsolete dams in the Klamath River.

FERC has rejected a preliminay permit application filed by Principle Power Hydro for hydropower production from McKenzie River in Lane county, Oregon.

American Rivers seeks proposals for river restoration project grants as part of its partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Community-based Restoration Program.

July 24, 2007: PGE begins removal of its Bull Run hydropower project with a bang! A construction crew detonated an explosion to weaken Marmot Dam on the Sandy River before removing the dam.

The Wall Street Journal published an opinion-editorial called "Dam the Salmon," which criticizes the removal of any hydropower dams. Read American Rivers' response.

A final tour of the Bull Run Hydroelectric Project on the Sandy River in Oregon sparked a series of Memorial Day weekend news articles.

The Hydropower Reform Coalition is seeking a new Northwest Coordinator to manage its Northwest operations.

The Oregon Renewable Energy Standard (RES) requires utilities to supply 25% of their load with renewable power by 2025, and new dams can qualify toward that goal.

On December 21, 2006, FERC released the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the five-dam Clackamas River Project only miles east of Portland, Oregon. While the final is an improvement over the draft, Clackamas River settlement parties say that there are still many problems with FERC's treatment of measures from the settlement agreement.

Oregon Wave Energy Partners, LLC has filed a preliminary permit application for a proposed wave energy project that would be located 3-6 miles offshore in Lincoln County, Oregon. Comments and motions to intervene are due to FERC by February 18, 2007.