Breaking News
Read Friends of the River’s latest press release (and newsclips) here:
2026
- March 20th Press Release: Draft Water Rights Decision Highlights Flaws in Proposed Sites Reservoir Project
- February 26th Press Release: Conservation Groups and Tribes Request Release of Overdue State Report on 2022 Merced River Drying
2025
- May 15th Press Release: Newsom Tries to Bypass Public and Environmental Review to Push Unpopular $20B Delta Tunnel
2024
- August 1st Press Release: Friends of the River Expands Top Leadership Team to Fight for California Rivers
2023
- August 24th Press Release: Scientific Report: Yearly Greenhouse Gas Pollution from Proposed Sites Dam and Reservoir Project Would Equal 80,000 Gas Cars
- July 5th Press Release: Day of Action for Water Justice & Salmon
- June 5th Press Release: Reject the Sites Reservoir Boondoggle
- April 8th Press Advisory FOR HR 215 Congressional Field Hearing Press Advisory
2022
- November 17 FEDERAL REGULATORS GREEN LIGHT LARGEST RIVER RESTORATION IN US HISTORY, Karuk, Yurok, Klamath & Hoopa Valley Tribes, Conservation Groups et al
- November 11 Amid California’s drought, environmental laws get scrutiny – Capitol Weekly (Ron Stork quoted)
- November 11 Del Puerto Canyon dam ruling wasn’t just a “minor setback” Modesto Bee, Doug Maner, (Jann Dorman quoted)
- August 16 CA House Republicans pitch Newsom on Shasta Res expansion (Sac Bee)
- August 12 The Coming California Megastorm (NY Times) (a portion highlighting Ron’s work on Oroville Dam safety)
- August 4 Circuit 401 victory 080422
- July 6 Sacramento Bee: “Solutions Run Dry Sacramento Bee print edition pages”, Dale Kasler and Ryan Sabalow – (FOR quoted)
- Fox Weather: Ron Stork interview
- LA Times, “California drought resurrects decades-old plan for controversial Sites Reservoir”, Louis Sahagun – (FOR quoted) May 31, 2022
- The Wall Street Journal, “Tribes, Industry Groups Reach Deal to Boost U.S. Hydroelectric Power“, Jennifer Hiller – (FOR quoted) April 4, 2022
- PoliticoPro, “Article_hydropower licensing“, Catherine Morehouse – (FOR quoted) April 4, 2022
- KCRA News, “Worries over this summer’s water supply prompt a request to temporarily change how much is sent to the Delta“, (FOR quoted) March 21, 2022
- Mercury News, “Proposed Ballot Measure Likely to be Withdrawn”, Paul Rodgers – January 26, 2022
- “NGO and Tribal Coalition Sites Press Release Sites Comments”, (FOR quoted) January, 28, 2022