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Lake Oroville Update - December 5, 2025

Lake Oroville Update - December 5, 2025 ...
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New Watershed Studies Highlight How the San Joaquin Basin Can Turn Floods into Opportunities

State of CaliforniaSatellite imagery from NOAA's GOES system taken during California's historic 2023 water year showing the Sierra Nevada with colored overlays delineating the five study areas of the ...
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DWR Launches Operations at Big Notch Project, Expanding Critical Salmon Habitat

State of CaliforniaSACRAMENTO, Calif. – Operations have officially begun for the Big Notch Project, one of the largest floodplain salmon-rearing habitat projects in California history. The Department ...
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Lake Oroville Update - October 31, 2025

Lake Oroville Update - October 31, 2025 ...
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One Year Later How California is Combating Golden Mussels

State of CaliforniaCalifornia Department of Water Resources Senior Environmental Scientist Specialist Brianne Sakata (center), with the Division of Operations and Maintenance, works with California ...
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Photo Essay: Improving Snowpack Data, the Old-Fashioned Way

State of CaliforniaA Kennedy Meadows’ packer leads the California Department of Water Resources’ Division of Flood Management, and GEI Environmental and Architectural Historian out after renovating a ...
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New Reports Show Progress in Community Actions to Make Groundwater Sustainability a Reality in California

State of CaliforniaSACRAMENTO, Calif. – As California enters a new water year, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released two new groundwater reports – the Semi-Annual Groundwater Conditions ...
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California Prepares for Extreme Weather Swings as New Water Year Begins

While California’s climate has always swung between dry and wet conditions, the past five years have proven what climate science has predicted: California must be prepared for extreme weather events ...
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DWR is Committed to Building a Climate Resilient Delta to Benefit People, Farms, and Fish

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is committed to building climate resilience in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
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Feather River Fish Monitoring Station Provides Improved Population Data on Fish Species

State of CaliforniaA kayak prepares to cross the Feather River Fish Monitoring Station located in Oroville, California, part of Butte County, August 23, 2023. The fish monitoring station will provide ...
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The Delta Conveyance Project is Key to Modernizing the State Water Project and Delivering Water to Millions of Californians

State of CaliforniaBy Karla Nemeth, DWR Director When two of every three Californians pay their water bills each month, they pay for reservoirs and aqueducts that were designed for them a half century ...
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DWR Releases Draft Best Management Practices on Managing Land Subsidence in California

For almost a century, parts of California have been gradually sinking, impacting critical infrastructure and the communities who rely on it. Recognizing this challenge, the Department of Water ...