![An aerial view shows high water conditions at Bidwell Canyon Marina located at Lake Oroville in Butte County, California.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2024_05_09_SN_0954_Lake_Levels_Aerial.jpg?mw=200&hash=C3D9C5CA4DC1CE7B0F40E8107429F7AB)
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![An aerial view shows high water conditions at Bidwell Canyon Marina located at Lake Oroville in Butte County, California.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2024_05_09_SN_0954_Lake_Levels_Aerial.jpg?mw=200&hash=C3D9C5CA4DC1CE7B0F40E8107429F7AB)
![An aerial view shows high water conditions at West Branch Feather River Bridge located near the Lime Saddle Marina at Lake Oroville in Butte County, California. Photo taken May 9, 2024.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2024_05_09_SN_0535_Lake_Levels_Aerial.jpg?mw=200&hash=881BBFA613BC5B942AEC2FD3DA39387B)
![Photo of one of the 15 side channels that make up the Upper Sacramento River Habitat Restoration project.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Rivers/Upper-Sacramento-River-Habitat-Restoration-Still.jpg?mw=200&hash=4196A7453BEC7DED1711DF7288F77EF2)
About 60 miles north of Chico, CA is Anderson River Park which sits along the Sacramento River, downstream from Shasta and Keswick dams. In 2015, this site became the target of a multi-pronged effort to restore 15 side channels along the Sacramento River to support native fish such as Chinook salmon.
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![The Thompson Fire burned portions of the Lake Oroville State Recreation Area including the Brad Freeman Bike Trail as seen from the Spillway Day Use Area.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/Spillway-Gravel-Parking-Lot.jpg?mw=200&hash=0B136554AB953C3FC4B6FFA1C1DE7262)
![Image of Thompson Fire in Butte County](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/image-(2).png?mw=200&hash=F2B35A7840E3ACC52D0370B608557F97)
Lake Oroville Community Update for July 5, 2024.
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![Juvenile salmonids are collected from the screw traps placed on the Feather River. Photo taken March 8, 2024.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Fish/2024_03_08_AN_2177_Salmon_Egg_Deployment.jpg?mw=200&hash=8CA1F087CD8797FC130D586FFB208B6C)
Along the North Fork of the Feather River, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) is conducting an innovative reintroduction feasibility study for Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon that would help boost the salmon population and potentially return the species to its historic habitat.
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