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Glen Canyon Dam from the side with low water behind it.

2022 operating conditions for Lake Powell & Lake Mead

rolling hills showing brown grass with water canal

New drought website: real-time information & interactive resources

President Proposes $1.5 billion in Fiscal Year 2022 for Reclamation

New prize competition seeks to improve reliability of water deliveries for America's crops by reducing water seeping from canals

Improving Reliability of Water Deliveries

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Stories & Media

California-Great Basin Region
Reclamation awards $80,000 in prize competition seeking to improve reliability in hydropower facilities

Reclamation selected seven teams to share $80,000 in prize awards as phase one winners in the Automated Maintenance of Protection Systems Challenge. This competition challenged the public to develop innovative solutions that make power systems more reliable by automating maintenance testing of protective relays and transformers. Read More →
California-Great Basin Region
Reclamation announces $2.7 million for Klamath River coho salmon

Reclamation announced today $2.7 million for the 2021-2024 Klamath River Coho Restoration Grant Program. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will administer the grant program, which will fund activities and projects to enhance survival and recovery of natural populations of coho salmon in the Klamath River Basin. Read More →
Washington
Robert “Bob” Pike selected as Senior Advisor - Design, Estimating and Construction Oversight and Dam Safety Officer

The Bureau of Reclamation announces the selection of Robert “Bob” Pike, P.E., as the senior advisor - design, estimating and construction oversight and dam safety officer in Denver, Colorado.Read More →
California-Great Basin Region
Reclamation announces 15-day comment period for Safety of Dams contract for the Orland Project’s Stony Gorge Dam

Reclamation announced the completed contract negotiation between the United States and the Orland Unit Water Users Association for the repayment of costs expended for Safety of Dams modifications on Stony Gorge in Glenn County in Northern California.Read More →
Washington
Casandra Arthur named Reclamation’s Project Manager of the Year

The Bureau of Reclamation recognized Casandra Arthur as Reclamation’s Project Manager of the Year at a virtual ceremony. Arthur is a project manager working in Reclamation’s California-Great Basin Region in Willows, California. Read More →
California-Great Basin Region
Reclamation and California Department of Fish and Wildlife celebrate completion of new Nimbus Hatchery Fish Passage Project and return of fall-run Chinook salmon

Reclamation and California Department of Fish and Wildlife today celebrated the completion of the new Nimbus Hatchery Fish Passage Project with a ribbon-cutting event.Read More →
California-Great Basin Region
Reclamation begins East Sand Slough Side Channel project to improve fish habitat along Sacramento River

Reclamation started building rearing habitat for salmon and steelhead and enhancing recreation at its East Sand Slough Side Channel project along the Sacramento River near Red Bluff at the beginning of October. Read More →
Reclamation employees deliver reliable water and hydropower for the western United States.

Projects & Places

Recreation & Public Use

Reclamation Land Use

The public may apply to use Reclamation land, facilities, and waterbodies, and may engage in the use only after proper authorization is received from Reclamation. Use authorizations are not required for permitted public recreational use of recreation areas and facilities open to the public. Read More →

Reclamation Recreation Website

Reclamation projects have created a variety of recreation opportunities on the rivers downstream from the dams, including world class whitewater rafting and fishing opportunities. Read More →

Recreation.gov

Recreation.gov helps you discover and book trips at Reclamation facilities and at all of America's public places. Read More →

Reclamation Information Sharing Environment

RISE is an open data system for viewing, accessing, and downloading Reclamation's water and water-related data. Visit the RISE website.

Statement of Project Construction Cost and Repayment Statements Are Available from Reclamation

Reclamation has been accumulating construction cost and repayment data since the first reimbursable project began and created the Statement of Project Construction Cost and Repayment (SPCCR) to capture cost and repayment data by project, for internal use only. However, these are now available by request. Read More →

Last Update 11/19/21

Bureau of Reclamation

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Stories & Media

Reclamation awards $80,000 in prize competition seeking to improve reliability in hydropower facilities

Reclamation announces $2.7 million for Klamath River coho salmon

Robert “Bob” Pike selected as Senior Advisor - Design, Estimating and Construction Oversight and Dam Safety Officer

Reclamation announces 15-day comment period for Safety of Dams contract for the Orland Project’s Stony Gorge Dam

Casandra Arthur named Reclamation’s Project Manager of the Year

Reclamation and California Department of Fish and Wildlife celebrate completion of new Nimbus Hatchery Fish Passage Project and return of fall-run Chinook salmon

Reclamation begins East Sand Slough Side Channel project to improve fish habitat along Sacramento River

Projects & Places

Recreation & Public Use