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April 30, 2008
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New boat ramp planned at Lake Oroville to offset declining water level -
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Oroville Mercury Register
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New boat ramp planned at Lake Oroville to offset declining water level
Sacramento Bee – 4/29/08
By Matt Weiser, staff writer
State water officials will build a new, longer boat ramp at
The Department of Water Resources plans to start construction on the ramp in mid-October and finish the project four to six weeks later. A cost estimate has not yet been developed because the project is still being designed, said spokesman Ted Thomas. The project will be financed with State Water Project funds, accrued through payments by state water contractors.
The existing boat ramp at
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Oroville is
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New ramp to be built as
Oroville Mercury Register – 4/29/08
Staff Writers
OROVILLE -- The boat ramp at Bidwell Canyon Marina on
All of the existing boat ramps at the lake are expected to be out of the water by mid-August.
The Department of Water Resources will take advantage of the low water to build a ramp 500 feet long, which will extend to a lake elevation of 640 feet above sea level, according to Oroville Field Division engineer Bill Cochran.
When full,
But the last two years have been dry. In 2007, the lake dropped under 700 feet, and was only 36 percent full. Winter's storms have only increased the lake to 48 percent of capacity.
DWR is working with the Department of Parks and Recreation — which administers the recreation area at Lake Oroville — to keep boating access available this summer.
The lake's bass and coho salmon fisheries remain strong, DWR Biologist Eric See said.
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