Thousands of small-scale hydroelectric projects could power 850,000 homes and produce 1.5 percent of the UK's electricity needs, according to a recent UK Environment Agency study.

The federal government may spend $7.5 million in federal stimulus money to build a new Santa Paula Creek fish ladder for the steelhead trout population after the existing ladder failed to function properly.
The first ladder, constructed less than a decade ago, cost about $1 million.

Resources along the Colorado River in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Grand Canyon National Park generally benefited from a high-flow experiment conducted in March 2008 from Glen Canyon Dam near Page, Ariz., according to research findings released by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Seattle City Light received a $40,000 grant from the Salmon Recovery Funding Board to support salmon and steelhead habitat restoration along the lower Tolt River near Carnation, Wash., the utility reported.

The government of Cameroon awarded AECOM Tecsult Inc. a US$71 million contract to study the cumulative environmental impact of the 56-MW Lom Pangar hydroelectric project in the Sanaga River Basin.

Seattle City Light will receive 850 acres of wilderness from the Washington Department of Natural Resources for stewardship under the utility’s Wildlife Lands Program, the utility reported.

Standard Bank announced it will be buying CO2 emissions reductions resulting from three newly-built hydro projects in northeastern China.

A coalition of environmental groups that are not satisfied with the pending plan to remove four dams on the Klamath River in Oregon and California are proposing legislation they say will expedite the process.

PPL Montana has selected engineering firm GEI Consultants to provide ecological engineering services for the construction of a US$7million full-height fish ladder at the Thompson Falls hydroelectric project in Thompson Falls, Montana, GEI reported.