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Dec 17, 2020
Annual Lake Moovalya drawdown in January for maintenance activitiesBoulder City, Nev. — The Bureau of Reclamation is coordinating with the Bureau of Indian Affairs to lower the water level of Lake Moovalya to facilitate annual maintenance on the Colorado River Indian Tribes’ canals. The water level will be lowered ... (Read More →)
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Dec 17, 2020
Reclamation selects regional liaison team for California-Great Basin Region
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation California-Great Basin Region announces the selection of Scott Taylor and Ankur Bhattacharya as the Regional Liaison Team. Taylor, as the Commissioner’s CGB liaison in Washington DC, ... (Read More →)
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Dec 16, 2020
Ernest Hall selected as chief of Reclamation’s Civil Engineering Services Division #2 in Technical Service Center
DENVER – The Bureau of Reclamation announced Ernest Hall, P.E., as chief of the Civil Engineering Services Division #2 at the Technical Service Center in Denver, Colorado. Hall will begin his new position on Dec. 20, 2020.
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News, Stories & Media
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California Water
Reclamation, Biggs-West Gridley Water District and Ducks Unlimited complete major milestone in Gray Lodge Wildlife Area water supply project
The Bureau of Reclamation, Ducks Unlimited, Inc. and Biggs-West Gridley Water District completed the second phase of a five-phase construction project to improve water conveyance for the Gray Lodge Wildlife Area. This milestone includes increasing capacity of two major canals that feed water to the Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, home to more than a million waterfowl annually. Read More → -
California Water
Trump Administration finalizes Shasta Dam raise plan to increase water storage for Californians and the environment
The Trump Administration today released the Shasta Lake Water Resources Investigation Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement to increase water storage capacity in the Shasta Lake reservoir by 634,000 acre-feet, or more than 200 billion gallons. This is enough water to support more than 6 million Californians annually. Read More → -
Employees
Blaise Prebo named Reclamation Project Manager of the Year
Today, the Bureau of Reclamation announced that Blaise Prebo is Reclamation's Project Manager of the Year. Prebo is a project manager working in Reclamation's Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region in Grand Coulee, Washington. He was recognized during a Reclamation-wide virtual award ceremony. The award, new this year, reinforces the importance of project management for Reclamation's mission of delivering water and electricity to the Western United States. Read More → -
California
Trump Administration greenlights Friant-Kern Canal repair
Today, after the Trump Administration invested nearly $5 million to study and begin pre-construction work on the Friant Kern Canal Project, the Bureau of Reclamation signed the Record of Decision giving environmental clearance to repair a 33-mile stretch of the canal in California's eastern San Joaquin Valley. The section of the canal has lost over half of its original capacity to convey water due to subsidence—a sinking of the earth from groundwater extraction. The repairs will eventually restore full water delivery to over one million acres of farmland and 250,000 residents. Read More → -
Hydropower
Commissioner Brenda Burman celebrates the hard work of Reclamation employees to deliver reliable water and hydropower for the western United States at Hoover Dam on National Hydropower Day.
