Houseboats removed from California's Lake Oroville as water levels drop due to drought. Photos:
less than an hour agoIn an aerial view, houseboats sit anchored at the Bidwell Canyon Marina on Lake Oroville on June 1, 2021, in Oroville, Calif. As water levels continue to fall at Lake Oroville, officials are flagging houseboats that are anchored on the lake for removal to avoid being stuck or damaged. Lake Oroville is currently at 38% of normal capacity. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 16% of California is in exceptional drought, the most severe level of dryness.
Houseboat owners said they received letters stating that their boats would be removed no matter what, and giving them the choice of whether to haul their own boats home or to pay rent to the state to keep them in the parking lot. The lake is down to one of its lowest launch ramps at Bidwell Canyon Marina, a spot that was under water just months ago. Boaters are forced to descend lower and lower to keep up with the shrinking water levels, and it may get to the point that the water is too low to put boats in it at all., according to the Water Education Foundation, could drop to its lowest levels in 40 years by October.
A warm spring compounded the year's low precipitation total, which was one of the lowest totals on record. Much of the Sierra Nevada snowpack quickly evaporated in the warm weather. The snowpack would typically feed
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