CSPA

Oroville Reservoir

Index of Documents

Oroville Project - Oroville Reservoir - Feather River

The CSPA joined forces with the Lake Oroville Fish Enhancement Committee (LOFEC) in an effort to improve public fishing for cold water species in Oroville Reservoir. FERC ordered the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to conduct a five (5) year fishery study of Oroville Reservoir as requested by CSPA and LOFEC in their petition of intervention. FERC also ordered the development of the Oroville Recreation Advisory Committee (ORAC) which oversee recreation improvements at the DWR's Oroville Project. The CSPA and LOFEC, members of ORAC, requested the expansion of the Feather River Fish Hatchery. DWR was recently ordered by FERC to expand the hatchery. And the five year fishery study will be concluded in about 1998 to determine the amount of cold water fish such as trout and surplus salmon to be stocked in the reservoir for fishing in the future. DWR recently hired a Washington D.C. Law Firm to fence off public concerns over recreation and sportfishing at the Oroville Project. The Oroville Project provides water to the State Water Contractors. The value of the water is worth tens of millions of dollars which brings Northern California water to Southern California. Shown below are some of the CSPA and LOFEC activities with the FERC, DWR, and other state and federal agencies in recent years.

Therm II Project 11310-000 Letter to FERC, Jan 1996

LOFEC Letter to DFG, Dec 1996 Feather River Fish Hatchery

CSPA Letter proposed Feather River Fish Hatchery Expansion Project Dec96

LOFEC Letter to Eric See CDWR, June 18,1997