Nearly 200 Comments Submitted to FERC – Protect the Beaverhead! For years there’s been a proposal to turn Clark Canyon Dam, the headwaters of the Beaverhead, into a hydroelectric facility. This February 2016 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) solicited public comment on the…
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Last Day to Comment on Beaverhead Hydroelectric Proposal, March 24th
The Beaverhead hydroelectric proposal lacks meaningful consideration of local water pollution events: tell FERC to protect downstream river health There is currently a proposal to turn Clark Canyon Dam, the headwaters of the Beaverhead, into a hydroelectric facility. The proposal requires a…
Beaverhead River Turbidity and Intense Algal Blooms
Beaverhead River Suffers Pollution Event for Second Consecutive Summer For the second summer in a row the Beaverhead River became markedly cloudy and its banks and back eddies were covered in intense algal blooms, including toxic blue-green algae above and…