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Fishing Line, week of 4/5/12
April 05, 2012

March rain helps, but not enough for California water supply
April 03, 2012

Fishing line: 03/07/12
March 08, 2012

Pickup hits, kills bicyclist on Highway 70 at Lake Oroville
February 07, 2012

Fishing Line: 02/09/12
February 09, 2012

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Lake Oroville on the Rise
May 01, 2012 | KHSL Chico, CA

From The Field: Despite Oroville Capacity, Flooding Not A Concern
June 27, 2011 | KCRA NBC 3 Sacramento CA

Lake Oroville Wikipedia Information

Lake Oroville is a large man-made reservoir lake in central Northern California in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.It is located east of the city of Oroville, California in Butte County. The lake has a capacity of 3,537,580 acre feet (4.36 km³) and is created by the Oroville Dam on the Feather River, only a mile (2 km) downstream of the meeting of the North, Middle and South forks...

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DWR: Final Snow Survey of 2012 Shows Low Water Content at 40 % of Normal
May 01, 2012
SACRAMENTO May 1, 2012 - Manual and electronic readings today show that California's drier than usual mountain snowpack is steadily melting with warming spring...

May is Water Awareness Month in California
April 26, 2012
From the California Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) urges Californians to observe "Water Awareness Month" in May. "Water...

DWR Increases State Water Project Allocation to 60 percent
April 17, 2012
SACRAMENTO, April 16, 2012 – The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today estimated it will be able to deliver 60 percent of requested State Water Project (SWP)...

DWR’s Fourth Snow Survey of 2012 Shows Dry Conditions: Only 55% of Average
April 02, 2012
SACRAMENTO April 2, 2012 - Department of Water Resources (DWR) hydrologists today announced that water content in California's mountain snowpack is only 55...

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Alex Condrey
April 19, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
Hobbies, interests: Wakeboarding in Lake Oroville. Where do you get your news? Appeal-Democrat... ...

Lake Oroville on twitter

	RT @mickaelaellen: Almost a total eclipse at lake Oroville! Ohhhhh yeahhhhh! #SICK Twitter: @rickyhayter
	Almost a total eclipse at lake Oroville! Ohhhhh yeahhhhh! #SICK Twitter: @mickaelaellen
	@_AlexMyers_ lake oroville dam bro anytime you want it Twitter: @TRuloph_IFeelIt
	Sitting on my parents lawn with my iPad and iPhone checking out stars and planetary alignme @ Lake Oroville http://t.co/xrfQRePM Twitter: @GRUF
	Going camping to Lake Oroville. Anyone know if it's nice? Twitter: @French_Panda
	@Logancouture Fishing lake Oroville 4 days starting Sunday! Come on up! Twitter: @Capt079

YouTube Videos

West Wight Potter Regatta 2008/ Lake Oroville Racing 2008
March 06, 2012

Houseboat 2011 Lake Oroville
October 11, 2011

Lake Oroville Coho
December 02, 2011

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