After years of negotiation the Klamath Settlement Group has finalized the Klamath River Basin Restoration Agreement.
Settlement reached for Klamath's future
By: Rupak Thapaliya Wednesday January 16, 2008
Project:
Klamath : P-2082
 The cost of removing dams on Michigan's Muskegon Au Sable and Manistee rivers
Project:
Croton : P-2468 | Hardy : P-2452 | Rogers : P-2451
A condition of a 1992 settlement required Consumers Energy to study retirement of its eleven hydropower dams and publicly report on its findings. Fish health and diversity: justifying flows for a California stream
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Volume:
Vol. 23(7) 6-15
Year:
1998
AbstractEfforts by a citizen's group, Putah Creek Council, to improve the flow regime of a California stream for ecosystem, aesthetic, recreational, educational, and research purposes led to a successful court trial in which fish conservation played a key role. A major issue around which the trial revolved was the proper interoperation of section (5937) of the California Fish and game Code, which states that fish must be maintained in "good condition" below a dam. We defined good condition to mean there had to be healthy individual fish in healthy populations that were part of healthy biotic communities. This definition resulted in a conceptual model for instream flows for the creek that favored native resident and anadromous fishes. The stream flow recommendations from this model had four components: living space flows for the entire creek, resident native fish spawning and rearing flows, anadromous fish flows, and habitat maintenance flows. The trial judge, in attempting to balance competing demands for the water, ordered the implementation of only the first two recommendations. The order has been appealed by the water interests, but regardless of the final outcome, the court's decision reflects the growing public interest in protecting streams, the need for innovative use of existing legal tools to try and protect aquatic resources, and the importance of biological information in developing flow recommendations for complex fish assemblages. ContactNotesPower distribution in complex environmental negotiations: does balance matter?Category: Policy/Law
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Volume:
Vol. 7(2) 247-275
Year:
1997
AbstractWe studied six interagency negotiations covering Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) hydroelectric power licenses. Negotiations occurred between state and federal resource agencies and developers over project operations and natural resource mitigation. We postulated that a balance of power among parties was necessary for successful negotiations. We found a complex relationship between balanced power and success and conclude that a balance of power was associated with success in these negotiations. Power played a dynamic role in the bargaining and illuminates important considerations for regularoty design. ContactNotesClackamas River's Final Environmental Impact Statement Released
By: Rebecca Sherman Thursday December 21, 2006
Project:
North Fork : P-2195 | Willamette Falls : P-2233
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. FERC issues policy statement on hydro licensing settlementsHydropower was on the agenda at FERC's first meeting in six years to feature five commissioners. At the meeting, the Commission unveiled its new policy statement on hydropower licensing settlements. The public comment period will extend 45 days after a notice appears in the Federal Register. Oroville Settlement Benefits Feather River and Local Community
Project:
Oroville : P-2100
Oroville, CA -- Salmon and steelhead of the Feather River, along with the many people who fish and boat there, will benefit from an agreement covering operations of the Oroville hydroelectric project, to be signed today in Oroville. American Rivers praised settlement parties for reaching this agreement, which forms the basis of a new 50-year operating license for the project. 2006 Removal for Bear River Dam in Idaho
By: John Seebach Wednesday July 20, 2005
Project:
Bear River : P-20
Coalition members Idaho Rivers United and American Whitewater helped make a settlement promise become a reality: dam removal on the overregulated Bear River in Idaho. Dam removal possible on Utah's Bear River
By: John Seebach Sunday July 3, 2005
Project:
Bear River : P-20
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. Kilarc-Cow Creek Hydroelectric Project Agreement Finalized
By: John Seebach Wednesday March 23, 2005
Project:
Kilarc - Cow Creek : P-606
Wednesday, March 23 2:00 pm ET Utility Supports Decommissioning of Hydroelectric Project in Shasta County SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 23 /PRNewswire/-- Pacific Gas and Electric Company, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Game, National Park Service, California State Water Resources Control Board, NOAA Fisheries, Trout Unlimited and Friends of the River today announced a historic agreement which could lead to the decommissioning of PG& E's Kilarc-Cow Creek hydroelectric project. 
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