California-Great Basin

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Delta fish monitoring via "The Platform"

B.F. Sisk Dam Safety project breaks ground

20,000 tons of spawning gravel placed below Keswick Dam

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Stories and Media

• Reclamation seeks volunteers for the American River Water Education Center at Folsom Dam

  The Bureau of Reclamation’s Central California Area Office is seeking volunteers to assist at the American River Water Education Center. Learn More →

• Central Valley Project begins 2023 water year with 3.6 million acre-feet of storage

  After a third straight year of severe drought, Reclamation’s Central Valley Project begins the 2023 water year with 3.6 million acre-feet of water in storage — one of the lowest starting points in recent years. Click here to enlarge above image

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• National Public Lands Day clean-ups continue at New Melones Lake

  New Melones Lake rangers have been organizing projects to commemorate National Public Lands Day since 2006. This year, they joined more than 50,000 volunteers nationwide in improving and restoring America’s public lands. Learn More →

• Enhancing Salmon and Steelhead Habitat -- One Truckload At a Time

  
  Each weekday, big, yellow dump trucks loaded with tons of gravel lumber into the brisk, swift-moving waters at Sailor Bar on the Lower American River downstream from Nimbus Dam. Learn More →

• Special Guest at Reclamation’s 120th Anniversary and Groundbreaking for the B.F. Sisk Dam Safety Modification Project

  Mr. Wendel Carlson, retired Reclamation geologist, worked on the original San Luis Dam construction project in the 1960s. He was also present when President John F. Kennedy keynoted the groundbreaking event for the original construction of the dam in 1962! Learn More →

• Moving Water, Protecting Fish

  Every two hours, a large, funnel-shaped container at the Tracy Fish Collecting Facility releases a torrent of water to reveal the latest batch of fish to enter the large holding area. Learn More →

• Hydropower: How it's made and why it's important

  
  Learn about the overhaul at Trinity Powerplant, where we’ll be able to generate carbon-free electricity over the entire range of lake levels.

• Reclamation, USFWS launch innovative plan to aid winter-run Chinook salmon amid extreme drought

  Reclamation and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service are partnering to protect winter-run Chinook salmon in a crucial year of their life cycle at the Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery and third consecutive drought year in California. Learn More →

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• Commissioner Touton visits Shasta Dam

  
  Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton tours Shasta Dam in Northern California--the cornerstone of the Central Valley Project.

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