The Auburn Dam bill must pass through the Legislature in order to be placed on the state ballot. From there, it is highly probable that a lot of money will be spent by developers and certain political machines on pro Auburn Dam ads across the entire state. Friends of the River will keep you updated on the fight against the Auburn Dam. For the rest of the story . Read it . . .
Conservationists are concerned about several key provisions of the draft bill.
Trying to hop aboard the energy crisis bandwagon, a pair of recently introduced legislative measures in California propose selling billions of dollars in bonds to fund a new wave of dam building. Your help is needed. In what can only be viewed as a cynical attempt to use the current energy crisis to benefit local interests, one California legislator has introduced two bills to exempt from the state environmental review process the repair, operation and maintenance of some hydroelectric facilities on the South Fork of the American River in Northern California's El Dorado County. All rights reserved.