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  • More emerging from shrinking Lake Mead

    More emerging from shrinking Lake Mead

    U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton said last month that the agency would take action to protect the system if the seven states in the Colorado River basin don’t quickly come up with a way to cut the use of up to 4 million acre-feet of water — more than Arizona and Nevada’s share combined.

  • Why the Oroville Bass Are Shrinking Right Before Our Eyes

    Why the Oroville Bass Are Shrinking Right Before Our Eyes

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    The recent forum post on the shrinking size of Oroville bass sparked much discussion and has prompted me to look a little deeper into the tournament catch data available from DFG and share with everyone. This data is what is published and shared through the Department’s tournament permit program. DFG conducts sampling – but that data is not published and is not readily available. Tournament catch data will provide a reasonable metric from which to look at what may be occurring in Lake Oroville.