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While the devastating Camp Fire roared for several weeks in Butte County last November, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) was on high alert, mo ...

At his inaugural Speaker Series on July 15, California Secretary for Natural Resources Wade Crowfoot led a discussion on restoring local wildlife species and ha ...

It has been an active spring for bald eagles nesting in and around Lake Oroville and the Oroville Wildlife Area near the Feather River.

Earlier this year, scientists from Department of Water Resources (DWR) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) took a break from their daily monitoring and r ...

The California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD) oversees the California Dam Safety Program that regulates approximately 1,250 da ...

DWR continues to advance the Delta Conveyance Project, which is being planned to maintain reliability of the state’s water system in decades to come.

For National Garden Week (June 7 to 13), DWR Landscape Architect Specialist and native plant enthusiast Cassandra Nguyen Musto explains why you should consider ...

DWR has moved one step closer to starting construction on the Delta’s largest multi-benefit tidal restoration and flood improvement project – Lookout Slough.

DWR continues operations to maintain critical functions while modifying the way we work in the face of the coronavirus to protect our staff.

DWR has partnered with the UC Davis J. Amorocho Hydraulics Laboratory in Yolo County to find innovative ways to investigate fish protection technology within Ca ...

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) owns and operates the Oroville Dam facilities for a number of purposes, including flood control, water supply ...

Face coverings have become vital to our public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. When DWR employee Linda Slavik learned of the overwhelming need for face mas ...

Justice Ronald B. Robie, who served as DWR's fifth director, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the California Lawyers Association’s Environment ...

Preventing fish from getting caught up in the water diverted at the intakes - a situation known as “entrainment” - is a high priority and many innovative techno ...

As California continues to experience historic drought conditions with less available snowpack and precipitation, groundwater basins are being more heavily reli ...

On December 12, 2018, DWR and CDFW Directors Nemeth and Bonham respectively, presented progress on the voluntary agreements to the SWRCB as an alternative to th ...

We’re hearing this question frequently, and it’s not surprising given California’s dry winter to date. We’d like to know the answer, too. The National Weath ...

With over 30 years of advocacy experience on behalf of California’s Native American tribes, DWR Tribal Policy Advisor Anecita Agustinez was recently honored wit ...

Governor Newsom’s March 10 Executive Order makes it easier to capture water from storms to recharge groundwater supplies and replenish depleted groundwater basi ...

Each year, DWR celebrates National Groundwater Awareness Week by distributing information and educational materials that increase the public’s understanding of ...