Legal & Regulatory Protection
Headwaters Magazine
Friends of the River and its four coalition partners have been in a long-running legal struggle with the licensees of several federally licensed hydropower projects. These licensees have taken to the courts to reduce state authority to protect and manage their waters.
The California Fish and Wildlife Commission made the Shasta snow wreath species a candidate for endangered species status under the California Endangered Species Act in 2020, and this month it was fully listed.