California’s Central Valley is home to four runs of Chinook salmon: spring, fall, late-fall, and winter. Spring-run and winter-run Chinook salmon are currently listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
DWR Updates
Some may be asking after this extremely wet water year -- how is California progressing towards sustainable groundwater management and efforts to recharge groundwater basins?
Lake Oroville Community Update for June 30, 2023.
Lake Oroville Community Update for June 23, 2023.
Lake Oroville Community Update for June 16, 2023.
DWR’s Operations and Maintenance Apprenticeship Program has released four exams that are the first step in applying for a career with DWR as an electrician, operator, mechanic, or utility craftsworker.
Lake Oroville Community Update for June 9, 2023.
Over $217 million of state funds will be invested back into 44 local projects that will help communities adapt to a hotter and drier future thanks to grant funding provided by the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) Urban Community Drought Relief Program.
After seeing some positive results with releasing hatchery-raised Delta smelt into the wild in 2022, DWR and partners are now experimenting with hard and soft release methods to see if there is a chance for even greater success and improved species survival.
Lake Oroville Community Update for June 2, 2023.