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The Bureau of Reclamation projects and reservoirs provide ample recreation opportunities across the 17 Western states. Reclamation and its 66 Federal and non-Federal managing partners manage more than 300 developed recreation areas throughout the West. Also, Reclamation and its partners have cooperative agreements with various for-profit and nonprofit organizations to facilitate outdoor recreation opportunities, including hunting and fishing. These recreation areas include more than 550 campgrounds.
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June 1, 2018
The Bureau of Reclamation projects and reservoirs provide ample recreation opportunities across the 17 Western states.
Reclamation and its 66 Federal and non-Federal managing partners manage more than 300 developed recreation areas throughout the West. Also, Reclamation and its partners have cooperative agreements with various for-profit and nonprofit organizations to facilitate outdoor recreation opportunities, including hunting and fishing. These recreation areas include more than 550 campgrounds.
Reclamation projects have created a variety of recreation opportunities along rivers downstream from dams, including world-class whitewater rafting and fishing opportunities. In other instances, Reclamation projects support eleven national wildlife refuges and state wildlife management areas, and twelve designated National Recreation Areas, which provide recreation activities like camping, hiking, hunting, photography, and wildlife viewing.
Throughout the West, Reclamation has more than 35 visitor centers and 40 educational interpretive programs for youth and adults that provide information about Reclamation’s dams and canals, and information about fish and wildlife populations. Reclamation and its partners also regularly issue permits for outfitting and guiding opportunities that include hunting and fishing on Reclamation lands and water bodies.
In total, recreation at Reclamation facilities contribute $3.24 billion and supports 23,368 jobs.
As you begin planning your upcoming outdoor adventures, consider visiting one of Reclamation’s recreation facilities throughout the West.
Learn more at www.usbr.gov/recreation or visit www.recreation.gov
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Recent News
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On May 24, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman, together with Wyoming Governor Matthew H. Mead, Senators John Barrasso and Mike Enzi, and Representative Liz Cheney, announced collaborative plans to expand operational capacity at Fontenelle Reservoir. Governor Mead developed the Wyoming Water Strategy in 2015, which highlighted the Fontenelle Project. Learn More →
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The Bureau of Reclamation today issued updated allocations for South-of-Delta Central Valley Project contractors for the 2018 contract year. Based on continued refinement of hydrologic analyses and other operational factors, the allocation for South-of-Delta agricultural water service contractors has increased from 40 percent to 45 percent. The allocation for municipal and industrial contractors South-of-Delta remains at the greater of 75 percent of their historic use or public health and safety needs. Learn More →
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The San Joaquin River Restoration Program, a multi-agency effort to restore Chinook salmon to 150 miles of river, this month completed a critical guiding document that prioritizes program actions and funding through at least 2024. The document – called the Funding Constrained Framework – outlines an ambitious, multiyear, staged plan to reconnect the San Joaquin River and provide volitional fish passage between Friant Dam and the confluence of the Merced River. Learn More →
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The Bureau of Reclamation has made two funding opportunities available, Desalination Construction Projects under the WIIN Act and Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Projects. Applications are due for both funding opportunities by 4 p.m. MDT on July 27, 2018. Learn More →
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Reclamation employs a diverse group of subject matter experts and provides employees with opportunities to utilize their skills. Matthew Klein, P.E., Ph. D., is just one of Reclamation’s unique experts. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering with a focus on Civil Engineering, from Walla Walla University. He went on to receive his Master of Science and Ph. D. in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University. Learn More →
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The Reclamation Realty and Lands training was held April 24-26, 2018, at the Bureau of Land Management National Training Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Reclamation’s Policy and Administration Asset Management Division planned and facilitated the Reclamation-wide training for more than 120 Reclamation staff with participation from all of Reclamation’s directorates. Learn More →
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Prize Competition
As western U.S. water demand grows and water supplies become scarcer, wastewater reuse is becoming an increasingly important water management strategy. Wastewater is a drought-resistant and reliable water source that is readily available in urban centers for beneficial reuse. Bureau of Reclamation and Xylem, Inc, in collaboration with the Water Research Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency are seeking the development of rapid, more accurate pathogen detection technologies that can facilitate public and regulatory acceptance of direct potable reuse. Ideas are being sought through a prize competition in which crowdsourcing is used to find and award the best ideas.
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