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Reclamation Announces Customer Appreciation Day at New Melones Lake on Saturday, April 18

Media Contact: Erin Curtis, 916-978-5100, eccurtis@usbr.gov

For Release: April 17, 2015

SONORA, Calif. – Please join Bureau of Reclamation staff at New Melones Lake on Saturday, April 18, as we celebrate the seventh annual Customer Appreciation Day.

To show Reclamation’s appreciation for their customers, the $8 day use fee at Tuttletown and Glory Hole recreation areas will be waived for all visitors on April 18.

New Melones Lake is managed by the Mid-Pacific Region’s Central California Area Office and is located approximately 60 miles east of Stockton, Calif.

For more information, please call 209-536-9094, ext. 0 (TTY 800-877-8339); stop by the New Melones Lake Administration Office, 6850 Studhorse Flat Road, Sonora, CA 95370, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; or visit the New Melones website at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/ccao/newmelones/.

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