Shasta Dam

NOTICE: State Water Board conditionally approves USBR’s Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan

State Water Board

Planning and management

July 5, 2025

The State Water Resources Control Board has conditionally approved the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Final Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan...

CAL MATTERS: Why a contentious project to raise California’s Shasta Dam could move forward under Trump

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

May 12, 2025

Enlarging the dam would deliver more Sacramento River water to Central Valley farmers but a tribe could lose sacred sites...

NOW AVAILABLE: Final 2024 Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan

Bureau of Reclamation News

Planning and management

June 6, 2024

The Bureau of Reclamation has submitted the final Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan (SRTMP) for Water Year 2024 to the...

NOW AVAILABLE: Draft Sacramento River Temperature Plan

State Water Board

Planning and management

April 27, 2024

The Bureau of Reclamation has submitted the draft Sacramento River Temperature Plan to the State Water Board pursuant to Board...

NOW AVAILABLE: Water Temperature Modeling Platform Peer Review Final Report

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS

October 25, 2023

From the Delta Science Program: In September 2023, the Delta Science Program hosted a three-day hybrid meeting for an independent...

THE REVELATOR: A lifeline for winter-run chinook salmon

The Revelator

Fish and wildlife

August 7, 2023

With salmon migration blocked by Shasta Dam, a Tribe and agency scientists collaborate to bring them home. By Juliet Grable,...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Moving beyond crisis management for winter-run chinook

Robin Meadows

Best of the NotebookFish and wildlife

July 25, 2023

By Robin Meadows Two years ago, California’s winter-run chinook were dealt a devastating blow. These endangered salmon were already struggling...

C-WIN PRESS RELEASE: Why is the Bureau of Reclamation Driving Salmon to Extinction?

CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN)

Policy and regulation

July 7, 2023

Study shows Bureau of Reclamation is denying the state’s salmon the water they need to survive – even in wet...

NOW AVAILABLE: Final 2023 Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan

State Water Board

Planning and management

June 9, 2023

From the State Water Resources Control Board: Now posted on the State Water Resources Control Board website is the Final...

NOTICE of availability of a draft order denying petitions for reconsideration of SWRCB approval of the 2022 Sacramento River Temperature Mangement Plan

State Water Board

Planning and management

June 2, 2023

From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board is accepting written public comments on a...

USBR NEWS: Reclamation takes advantage of full Shasta reservoir to release flows for migrating salmon

Bureau of Reclamation News

Delta scienceEcosystems

May 8, 2023

Scientists aim to increase their data set from spring pulse flows By Gary Pitzer, Bureau of Reclamation Prior to the...

NOTICE: Draft Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan now posted

State Water Board

Planning and management

May 5, 2023

From the State Water Resources Control Board: Now posted on the State Water Resources Control Board website is a DRAFT...

COMMENTARY: Balanced approach to water needed for farms, fish

Ag Alert

CommentaryEcosystems

May 4, 2022

By Justin Fredrickson, Ag Alert Project operators recently explained unprecedented emergency plans for cold-water temperature management to support endangered salmon...

NOTICE: Bureau of Reclamation submits Draft 2022 Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan

Maven

Planning and management

April 8, 2022

From the State Water Resources Control Board: The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s draft 2022 Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan is...

THIS JUST IN, TOO: State, Federal Agencies and Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Agree on Approach for 2022 Water Operations on the Sacramento River

State and federal agencies

Water project operations

March 29, 2022

Press release from Cal EPA: Federal and state agencies along with Sacramento River Settlement Contractors (SRSCs) agreed this week on...