Conservation Groups Urge Stronger Protections for Alabama’s Coosa River as Federal License is Reissued for Hydroelectric Dams

Conservation groups filed a federal rehearing request on July 19 over the reissued license for a series of Alabama Power hydroelectric dams on Alabama’s Coosa River. In order to reverse the dams’ significant damage to the Coosa – once one of the most biologically diverse rivers in the world – the groups have asked for more thorough environmental studies to ensure protections are in place to balance the river’s ecological needs with hydropower production.