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PG&E Completes Recreation Access Site on NF Feather River
On June 13, 2017, PG&E and a group of stakeholders including CSPA dedicated the Rock Creek Bench recreation access and parking area just downstream of Rock Creek Dam on the North Fork Feather River. The facility will provide safe access to the river for whitewater boaters, who previously had to park on the far side…
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CSPA Talks Hydropower Relicensing at Water Agency Conference
Chris Shutes, CSPA’s hydropower advocate, gave a presentation about hydropower relicensing at the conference of the Association of California Water Agencies on May 10, 2017, in Monterey. He appeared as part of a panel that included the relicensing leads for a water agency and an irrigation district, as well as a hydropower relicensing manager from…
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CSPA, FOR and Others Request Release of Information and Public Involvement at Oroville
CSPA joined Friends of the River and three other groups in an April 19, 2017 clarification and public process request to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) concerning repairs of the damaged spillway works at Oroville Reservoir. The letter asks FERC to release as much information to the public about damage, plans and repairs as…
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Broad Coalition Says Hit the Brakes on Centennial Dam
CSPA has joined a broad coalition in recommending that the Army Corps of Engineers delay work on an Environmental Impact Statement for Centennial Dam, proposed for construction by Nevada Irrigation District on the Bear River near Colfax. A Comment Letter submitted on April 10, 2017 under the banner of the Foothills Water Network is also…
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Chris Shutes Named “Restorationist of the Year”
The Salmonid Restoration Federation (https://www.calsalmon.org/) named Chris Shutes – me – “Restorationist of the Year” on the concluding day of its 2017 annual conference in Davis. It is recognition that I did not expect and that I value very greatly. The awards banquet was held last Saturday, April 1, 2017. The award was not an…
