![CAL FIRE Butte County crews monitor a controlled burn in the Thermalito Forebay area to minimize invasive and dried grasses.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Other/PXL_20210603_224821597.jpg?mw=200&hash=2804951C75058E85F0285E404B394EF1)
DWR Updates
![CAL FIRE Butte County crews monitor a controlled burn in the Thermalito Forebay area to minimize invasive and dried grasses.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Other/PXL_20210603_224821597.jpg?mw=200&hash=2804951C75058E85F0285E404B394EF1)
California’s newest state park, Dos Rios, officially opened on June 12 in the San Joaquin Valley and the Department of Water Resources (DWR) is honored to be one of many partners that helped bring it to life.
![Solar panels produce energy at the Pearblossom Pumping Plant in Pearblossom, California.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Power-and-Electric/2017_12_12_FL_8981_Solar.jpg?mw=200&hash=AE5C838CBEDEAC01E90BA53C421AA167)
California’s changing climate is one of the biggest challenges facing the state, resulting in intense weather extremes that negatively affect public safety and our critical water supply.
![An aerial view shows high water conditions at Oroville Dam located at Lake Oroville in Butte County, California.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2024_05_09_SN_0770_SN_Lake_Levels_Aerial-(1).jpg?mw=200&hash=9ABD52772F56AF1C139C890E09B581F2)
![The 21 graduates of DWR's Division of Operations and Maintenance Apprenticeship Program.](/-/media/DWR-Images/People/Grad-Photo-2.jpg?mw=200&hash=3A544DC13AE83DFFFDD9A21B82142A49)
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is celebrating 21 recent graduates of the Department’s Operations and Maintenance Apprenticeship Program as they launch their hydroelectric industry careers and safeguard the resilience of the California State Water Project (SWP).
![CAL FIRE Butte County crews monitor a controlled burn in the Thermalito Forebay area to minimize invasive and dried grasses.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/PXL_20210603_224821597.jpg?mw=200&hash=19AE0A98FA9E40DB1B563C5B9BA07D41)
![An aerial view shows high water conditions at Oroville Dam. Photo taken May 9, 2024.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2024_05_09_SN_0770_SN_Lake_Levels_Aerial.jpg?mw=200&hash=6669F999E9D39F0354473468D2AD7CFA)
Lake Oroville Community Update for May 24, 2024.
![Juvenile Salmon are surgically implanted with with acoustic tracking tags by DWR scientists to track the fish migration along the Sacramento River in West Sacramento, California. Photo taken April 18, 2024.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Fish/2024_04_18_AN_0149_Salmon_Tagging.jpg?mw=200&hash=1239CB01B553035F484ED68867E81315)
Department of Water Resources (DWR) scientists wanted to understand why high numbers of Chinook salmon and steelhead were migrating and collected at the State Water Project’s Skinner Fish Facility this season. Thanks to DWR’s use of the best available science in advanced fish tracking technology and DNA forensics, they now have some answers.
![Driftwood is collected and towed in pods with boats throughout Lake Oroville in Butte County, California.](/-/media/DWR-Images/Oroville/2023_03_07_FL_8614_Driftwood.jpg?mw=200&hash=00CEC4566E577EF8DE50508202F1F948)