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Reclamation Announces Shasta Dam Summer Tours Beginning Memorial Day Weekend

Media Contact: Pete Lucero, 916-978-5100 TTY 916- 978-5608 , plucero@usbr.gov

For Release: May 27, 2010

The Bureau of Reclamation will start the summer tour schedule at Shasta Dam on Saturday, May 29, 2010. Daily tour times are 9 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m., 2:15 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. They are free and informative for visitors to the area.  Shasta Dam is about 10 miles north of Redding, Calif.  Take Shasta Dam Blvd. (Exit 685) off Interstate 5, then drive west 6 miles to the Dam.

Tours of about an hour take visitors down an elevator, through the Dam, out to the spillway area at the base of the Dam, and inside the powerplant.

Visitors are encouraged to arrive 30 minutes before tour time and check in at the Shasta Dam Visitor Center to receive free tickets.  There is ample parking.  Up to 40 people are allowed on each group.  Tours begin after a short walk on the Dam to the second tower.  Visitors can't carry bags of any kind; electronic devices, such as music players; or weapons, including even small pocket knives. 

Please note:  Visitors boating to the Dam for a tour, please leave lifejackets aboard.  They are not allowed on visits.

The Visitor Center is open year-round, 7 days a week, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.  A free video version of the tour, exhibits on the Dam's construction, other displays, and a gift shop are at the Center.

For more information, please contact 530-275-4463 or visit http://www.usbr.gov/mp/ncao/.

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