After May 14, 2025 all trailered or motorized vessels entering Folsom Lake or Lake Clementine will be required to have a quarantine, and/or decontamination seal intact and verified prior to entering the water.
As required by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to help prevent the spread of the highly invasive golden mussel (limnoperna fortunei), effective April 14, 2025, all trailered or motorized vessel owners wishing to launch at Folsom Lake or Lake Clementine will be subject to an inspection, quarantine or decontamination for Aquatic Invasive Species.
There will be staff inspecting boats at all OPEN boat launch facilities at Folsom Lake and Lake Clementine.
As per standard operating procedure, in the event that parking areas meet maximum capacity all vehicles will be denied entry.
Launching boat
Boat Launch Cable Seal Protocol
Effective April 14, 2025, Folsom Lake SRA and Auburn SRA will be implementing new protocols for boat launching at Folsom Lake and Lake Clementine. All boats meeting the requirements for the inspection procedures will be quarantined or decontaminated and an inspection seal will be applied. Vessels in compliance will be verified on site and permitted to launch. Every time a seal is applied or removed, information regarding the waterbody, date, CF number and other pertinent data will be entered into the Watercraft Inspection Database (WID).
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