Mid-Pacific Region

Featured Programs

• Shasta Dam and Reservoir Enlargement Project (Shasta Dam raise)
• Reinitiation of Consultation on Long-Term Operation of the CVP and SWP
• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): Environmental Documents

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  Stories & Media

  President proposes $1.1 billion for Reclamation's fiscal year 2020 budget

  President Donald Trump has proposed a $1.1 billion Fiscal Year 2020 budget for the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation. The budget supports the Administration’s and Interior’s goals of ensuring reliable and environmentally responsible delivery of water and power for farms, communities and industry, while providing Reclamation with tools to confront the widening imbalances between supply and demand throughout the West. Read More →

  • Folsom Dam’s new spillway brings operational flexibility

    Reclamation and the Corps of Engineers completed a major upgrade for the 60 year-old Folsom Dam—an auxiliary spillway that brings operational flexibility and improves flood risk reduction for the region’s nearly 1.5 million residents.
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  • Reclamation seeks New Melones Lake volunteers

    Volunteer opportunities include greeting visitors, assisting park rangers with school programs and special events, monitoring wildlife, and living on site as a campground host. Read More →

  • Enjoy springtime gardens at American River Water Education Center in Folsom

    The gardens include California natives, UC Davis Arboretum All-Stars and 100 easy-to-grow plants. Plants are labeled with species, water usage and drought tolerance information in a water-efficient landscape that is also certified as a National Wildlife Habitat. Read More →

  • Reclamation names Ernest A. Conant Mid-Pacific Regional Director

    Conant has nearly 40 years of water law experience and will manage the Central Valley Project, as well as Oregon's Klamath Project; Nevada's Newlands, Humboldt, Washoe and Truckee Storage projects; and California's Cachuma, Orland, Santa Maria, Solano and Ventura River projects. Read More →

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