On April 25, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied the preliminary permit application for the Big Canyon Pumped Storage Project, which would have dammed Big Canyon, a tributary canyon to the Little Colorado River Gorge, mere miles from Grand Canyon National Park. Big Canyon Pumped Storage Project Read the denial › See a map […]
Pumped storage hydropower dams proposed on the Navajo Nation. “X” denotes project applications denied by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Download your free copy › Download a PDF copy ›
Pumped storage hydropower dam proposals and past coal mining threaten Black Mesa, on the Navajo Nation, as you can see on this map. Download your free copy › Download a PDF copy ›
Pinyon and juniper forests cover much of the American Southwest, as this map shows. Download your free copy › Download a PDF copy ›
On March 22, 2024, the Grand Canyon Trust submitted comments on the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Glen Canyon Dam Long-term Experimental and Management Plan. Reclamation proposed revising the 2016 Record of Decision for the Long-term Experimental and Management Plan to modify releases from Glen Canyon Dam to prevent […]
Tribes have formally opposed a dozen pumped storage hydroelectric projects proposed on or near Native lands. Download your copy of this map › Curious about pumped storage? Here’s how it works › Download your copy of this map ›
Developers have proposed several pumped storage hydroelectric projects on or near Native lands across the Colorado Plateau. Through this interactive map, learn more about each proposal, including the number of reservoirs, proposed water sources, and more. Curious about pumped storage? Here’s how it works › View in full screen (suggested for mobile)
A number of pumped storage hydroelectric projects have been proposed on or near Native lands across the Colorado Plateau. This map shows how much water each project would require to initially fill its reservoirs. Download your copy of this map › Curious about pumped storage? Here’s how it works › Download your copy of this map ›
On December 11, 2023, the Grand Canyon Trust submitted comments on the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Revised Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Near-term Colorado River Operations dated October 2023. Reclamation proposed to revise the 2007 Interim Guidelines for the operation of Glen Canyon and Hoover dams for the period between 2023 and 2026 for […]
On November 17, 2023, the Navajo Nation filed a motion to intervene in the preliminary permit proceeding for the proposed Western Navajo No. 2 hydropower project. According to the preliminary-permit application, the planned dam on the Navajo Nation would be located near Page, Arizona, and utilize water from Lake Powell. Read the motion › Download the […]
On October 31, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) accepted an application by Nature and People First, a company organized by a French entrepreneur, for a preliminary permit for a proposed hydroelectric project called Chuska Mountain Pumped Storage Project on Navajo Nation land. According to the preliminary-permit application, the project would consist of seven reservoirs […]
On July 14, 2023, Tó Nizhóní Ání, Diné Citizens Against Ruining our Environment, and Center for Biological Diversity provided the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) with 17 resolutions from Navajo Nation chapters and agencies opposing the proposed Black Mesa dams; additional resolutions have been passed. The three-part plan for a hydropower project that could string reservoirs […]
On July 12, 2023, Nature and People First, a company organized by a French entrepreneur, submitted a revised application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a preliminary permit for a proposed hydroelectric project called the Chuska Mountain Pumped Storage Project on Navajo Nation land. View the application › Download the PDF ›
On June 9, 2023 Rye Development, LLC submitted an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a preliminary permit for a proposed hydroelectric dam on Navajo Nation land. The below application for Western Navajo Pumped Storage Project No. 2 is one of two applications. View the application › Download the PDF ›
On June 9, 2023, Rye Development, LLC submitted an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a preliminary permit for a proposed hydroelectric dam on Navajo Nation land. The below application for Western Navajo Pumped Storage Project No. 1 is one of two applications. View the application › Download the PDF ›
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) oversees dam projects on tribal lands. Unfortunately, tribal consultation and consent are not currently required in the early stages of dam permitting. It’s time to reform the existing dam permitting process › Download the two-page PDF ›
On May 2, 2023, Nature and People First, a company organized by a French entrepreneur, submitted an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a preliminary permit for a proposed hydroelectric project called the Chuska Mountain North Pumped Storage Project on Navajo Nation land. View the application › Download the PDF ›
The Navajo Nation filed a motion to intervene, opposing the preliminary permit application submitted by Nature and People First, a company organized by a French entrepreneur, to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the proposed Black Mesa hydroelectric project on Navajo Nation land. Read the motion › Download the PDF ›
The Grand Canyon Trust filed a motion to intervene in the preliminary permit proceeding for the proposed Black Mesa hydropower project. The three-part plan for a hydropower development on the Navajo Nation could string reservoirs for nearly 50 miles along both the rim of Black Mesa and the lands below. According to the preliminary-permit applications, the project could […]
Nature and People First, a company organized by a French entrepreneur, submitted an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a preliminary permit for a proposed hydroelectric project on Navajo Nation land. The below application for Black Mesa Pumped Storage Project – South is one of three applications for the hydropower development. Read […]
Nature and People First, a company organized by a French entrepreneur, submitted an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a preliminary permit for a proposed hydroelectric project on Navajo Nation land. The below application for Black Mesa Pumped Storage Project – North is one of three applications for the hydropower development. Read […]
Nature and People First, a company organized by a French entrepreneur, submitted an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a preliminary permit for a proposed hydroelectric project on Navajo Nation land. The below application for Black Mesa Pumped Storage Project – East is one of three applications for the hydropower development. Read the application […]
On April 21, 2022, rPlus Hydro, LLLP submitted an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a preliminary permit for a proposed hydroelectric project called Hurricane Cliffs Pumped Storage Project located in southern Utah, on federal public lands. View the application › Download the PDF ›
On July 26, 2021, the company that proposed dams on and near the Little Colorado River wrote to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) asking to surrender the Salt Trail Canyon hydroelectric dam permit. Read the letter › On December 12, 2022, FERC issued a formal notice of surrender, terminating the permit. Read the notice › Download a PDF […]
On July 26, 2021, Pumped Hydro Storage LLC, the company that proposed hydroelectric dams on and near the Little Colorado River, has formally surrendered its preliminary permit for the Little Colorado River project. Read the letter › On December 12, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a formal notice of surrender, terminating the permit. Read the […]
On July 30, 2020, the Navajo Nation filed a motion to intervene to oppose plans to dam Big Canyon, a tributary to the Little Colorado River, on the Navajo Nation. Read the 5-page motion here › Download the PDF ›
On June 26, 2020, Delaware-based Kinetic Power, LLC submitted an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a preliminary permit for a proposed hydroelectric project originally called the Beclabito Hydroelectric Energy Storage Center, later renamed the Carrizo Four Corners Pumped Storage Hydro Center, on Navajo Nation land. View the application › Download the PDF […]
A Phoenix company has proposed three hydroelectric projects that threaten the Little Colorado River. Download a PDF of this map ›
A Phoenix company has proposed a hydroelectric project that would dam Big Canyon, a tributary canyon to the Little Colorado River Gorge, mere miles from Grand Canyon National Park. Download a PDF of this map ›
