After 14 years of in-operation, FERC has terminated the license for Appleton Trust hydropower Project on the Hamilton Canal in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Last week, FERC issued a 40-year license for continued operation of Bar Mills hydroelectric project in York County, Maine.

With the start of dam breaching, this week marked an end to the long controversy in removal of Fort Halifax dam

The Low Impact Hydropower Institute has certified the Oswego River Project , on the Oswego River, New York and Worumbo project on the Androscoggin River, Maine as low impact hydropower projects.

Earlier today, FERC issued a 30-year license to Dominion Virginia Power for continued operation of Cushaw hydroelectric project on the James River in Virginia.

In its Final Environmental Assessment Report issued yesterday, FERC has recommended issuing a license for the 7.5MW Cushaw Project in Virginia.

American Rivers is seeking proposals for stream barrier removal projects in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Northwest and California by April 1, 2008.

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.

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a 9-0 opinion in the case of S.D. Warren v. Maine Board of Environmental Protection, rejecting a South African paper company' s bid to exempt five of its hydroelectric dams in Maine from the Clean Water Act.

In an unexpected addendum today, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear two wetlands cases and one case on the Clean Water Act's application to hydropower dams. These three cases are expected to show the Court's posture on the reach of the Clean Water Act.