Newsroom | Bureau of Reclamation

Reclamation > News & Multimedia > news release

Dec 28, 2022

Reclamation announces next negotiation session for Stony Gorge Spillway Gate Rehabilitation Extraordinary Maintenance work

ORLAND, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation today announced the next public negotiation session for a repayment contract with the Orland Unit Water Users’ Association for the repayment of extraordinary maintenan ... (Read More →)
Dec 22, 2022

Reclamation announces $4.6 million in funding for Basin Studies

WASHINGTON – Bureau of Reclamation announced today that Reclamation will use $4.6 million to partner with water managers to conduct comprehensive water studies. This funding will help complete four basin studies in Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington.

“Re ... (Read More →)
Dec 22, 2022

Biden-Harris Administration Invests More Than $84 million in 36 Drought Resiliency Projects

WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior today announced a $84.7 million investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help 36 communities throughout the West prepare and respond to the challenges of drought. The selecte ... (Read More →)
Dec 20, 2022

Annual Lake Moovalya drawdown in January for maintenance activities

Boulder City, Nev. — The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that the water level at Lake Moovalya will be a foot lower beginning in early January. The temporary elevation change is done in coordination with the Bureau of Indian Affair ... (Read More →)
Dec 16, 2022

Reclamation awards $80,000 for improved precipitation measurement devices

WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Reclamation selected eight solutions to each receive $10,000 and continue in the Counting Every Drop Challenge. This challenge is seeking precipitation measurement devices that are reliable, accurate, low maintenance, and able to operate in remote areas ... (Read More →)
Dec 14, 2022

Reclamation to raise water levels in Lake Estes and Marys Lake after completion of maintenance activities

LOVELAND, Colo. – The Bureau of Reclamation will begin refilling Lake Estes and Marys Lake in Estes Park, Colorado the week of December 19, 2022, following maintenance on Olympus Dam and the E ... (Read More →)
Dec 13, 2022

Construction begins on Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funded Truckee Canal Public Safety Improvement Project

FERNLEY, Nev. – Construction on the Truckee Canal Public Safety Improvement Project began in earnest this past week with Phase 1 of a multi-phased project to restore the safe, long-term operation of the Truckee Canal. The project, funded by Pr ... (Read More →)
Dec 9, 2022

Reclamation announces New Melones Lake winter activities

SONORA, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation announces interpretive programs and activities at New Melones Lake, located in Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties. Programs are free of charge and do not require reservations. Children under the age of ... (Read More →)
Dec 9, 2022

Reclamation to temporarily reduce releases from Davis Dam

Boulder City, Nev. — The Bureau of Reclamation announced today it will reduce water releases from Davis Dam Dec. 14-16 and again Dec. 20-22.

Releases at the dam will slow to approximately 2,2 ... (Read More →)
Dec 8, 2022

During Visit to Klamath River, Secretary Haaland Announces Four Tribal Water Projects

HORNBROOK, Calif. — The Department of the Interior announced today that four Tribal water projects in Oregon and California's Klamath River Basin will receive $5.8 million through the Bureau of Reclamation to restore aquatic ecosystems, improve the resilience of habitat ... (Read More →)

Return to top