Coalition member American Rivers declared 2011 "The Year of the River" due to some historic river restoration efforts happening around the country.

Watch the three part video series produced by American Rivers and American Whitewater with support from the Coalition. 

Year of the River

Year of the River: Episode 1

Year of the River: Episode 2

Year of the River: Episode 3

Our Hydro Guides can serve as valuable resource for all stakeholders, including the licensee, and the general public during the FERC licensing procedure.

Since its founding in 1992, Coalition members have successfully restored hundreds of river miles affected by hydropower dams. Our efforts together have resulted in many environmental and recreational improvements. Our accomplishments in six rivers are highlighted in these fact sheets.

Bear River, Idaho

Chelan River, Washington

Mokelumne River (North Fork), California

Hat Creek, Pit and Fall Rivers, California

North Fork Feather River, California

Skagit River, Washington

Come watch our newest video- a parody about the many virtues of small hydropower.

See “Restore,” a special publication of the Hydropower Reform Coalition, which provides an overview of dam removal nationally, and planned removals in the Pacific Northwest.

RestoreThe Coalition developed this report to discuss removal of hydropower and other dams as a topic and to highlight restoration successes and community and watershed benefits from dam removal in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.

This website developed jointly by Idaho Rivers and Hydropower Reform Coalition is a powerful visual tool that explains the effects of dams on rivers and the environment. It also explains how dams and hydropower projects can be operated differently to reduce their adverse impacts.

The court cases page provides a brief summary of the legal cases related to hydropower licensing. It also provides links to the summary and the court decision for each case.

The bibliography page lists resources including books, publications, and journal articles that are relevant to hydropower or river issues.

The resources are listed under four broad areas: Economic, Engineering, Policy/Law and Science/Ecology. Not all documents are available for copyright reasons.

Use the Reference Search on the right to search through the library.