Recent news about a Southern California water agency interested in taking over the Potter Valley Project has many of us distracted, but not the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Two meetings are scheduled for Tuesday, September 15th from 6-8 pm and Wednesday, September 16th from 9-11 am at the Wharfinger Building (1 Marina Way) in Eureka, CA.

The Scott and Shasta Rivers are two of the Klamath Basin's most important salmon strongholds. As flows trickle below minimum standards in the Scott and salmon populations decline below depensation thresholds in the Shasta, the North Coast Water Board is considering another five-year extension of a temporary water-quality program.

The Salmon River Restoration Council hosted its 32nd annual Cooperative Spring Chinook and Summer Steelhead Dive this summer. Together, volunteers, including EPIC staff, snorkeled and hiked 100 miles to survey the stretches of the Salmon River to assess the population of Spring Chinook Salmon and Summer Run Steelhead.

We will keep you updated on the Roadless Rule Rescission here!

Today, conservation groups and a fishing guide filed suit in federal court in San Francisco to challenge the Trump administration’s new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that “harm” to species does not include destroying their habitat. The decision reverses 50 years of bipartisan agreement that protecting species’ habitat is at the heart of the ESA and, without it, many species will go extinct.

The Scott and Shasta Rivers remain at the center of some of California’s most important salmon recovery and water management decisions. As the first full summer following the Klamath dam removal, 2026 is providing both encouraging signs and significant challenges.

After months of meetings, negotiations, technical review, late-night document digging, threats of litigation, and challenging conversations about the future of the Shasta River, Siskiyou County has rescinded approvals for two proposed irrigation wells in the Shasta Valley and withdrawn the associated Public Trust findings, CEQA exemption, and determinations of no significant impact.