There have been increasing concerns in Utah about the adequacy of studies to be done for the proposed Lake Powell pipeline project which will also include hydropower projects.

Governor Jon Huntsman of Utah has refused to allow State Parks to grant an easement, thus delivering a hit to the proposed Hook Canyon project.

Amidst a huge opposition to the proposed pumped storage project in the Bear Lake in Utah, FERC is holding a public meeting this Wednesday, April 9 in Fish Haven and Montpelier, Idaho.

FERC issued a preliminary permit for a proposed 60MW pumped storage project on Fish Hook Creek in Utah.

The Bear River project, a series of four dams, was consolidated under a single license in 2003 after a comprehensive settlement involving a broad group of stakeholders, including members American Whitewater, Trout Unlimited, and Idaho Rivers United. Now in license and settlement implementation, a stakeholder consensus was reached to remove one of the older developments, Cove Dam.

On February 6th, several stakeholders signed a settlement agreement to decommission and remove a small diversion dam and a two-mile pipeline that make up the American Fork project in Utah. Owner PacifiCorp, Trout Unlimited, American Whitewater, the Forest Service, National Park Service, US Fish and Wildlife, and several state agencies agreed to take out project works in Lone Peak Wilderness, Uinta National Forest, and the Timpanogos Cave National Monument in American Fork Canyon.