Talk:Lake Oroville

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NPOV
This article reads like a travel agent advertisment.

Attempted to rectify this and added additional information and image. Impelysium 21:41, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Lake Oroville State Recreation Area
Hello! I live in the area and I would like to leave you Lake Oroville article, and also create a separate article for the Lake Oroville State Recreation Area, instead of being redirected! Is there any way I can do this? Podruznik (talk) 16:41, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

RE: Image Request
I live right by it, and I have some pictures of it! I might be able to help!

Podruznik (talk) 16:43, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Hello I'm modifying this page for my environmental studies course at Sac State.
I am adding a few sections I believe would help improve this article on Lake Oroville. New sections include: History (native people), Recreation, and Feather River Fish Hatchery

This is rough draft and I will be adding more to it.

Maidu (translation is 'man') originally settled the lake region and Feather River for many years. Their lives were disrupted by gold discovery in 1848 and the white miners infiltrated their lands bringing diseases with them decimating the Maidu population. Today many of the small towns including Oroville were originally occupied by the Maidu people.
 * == History ==

The lake offers multiple recreational activities for the public to participate in. A year-round activity is boating - waterskiing, trolling, and more. Boats can use five multi-lane boat launch ramps. Another major activity is camping by using the campground, floating campsites, boat-in camps, or equestrian campsites.
 * == Recreation ==


 * == Feather River Fish Hatchery ==

History

In the past there have been many attempts to artificially spawn salmon, shad and trout in the Feather River and its drainages. Before the Oroville Dam was constructed, a majority of the fish hatcheries were located on the Eastern side of the mountain range (about 100 miles northeast of the hatchery's current location). The first hatchery was constructed in 1916, the Yuba River Shad Hatchery was built on the Feather River to stop the over fishing of shad in the lower Sacramento River. This effort failed leading to the hatchery closure, because the Shad's first run did not produce enough eggs and the river had a light run. Domingo Springs built in 1916 main goal was to supply fish to the lakes and streams in Lassen National Park and the surrounding area. In 1937 floods damaged the hatchery and eventually was abandoned. The next phase built near Clio in Plumas County was a 60 trouph hatchery building and employee cabins that operated for 30 years. In 1953 the work was outdated so the operation was abandoned, creating a 14 year gap in hatchery work. The Department of Water Resources built the Oroville Dam in 1961 that altered the river flow so DWR built the present hatchery with the Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Programs To explain the salmon hatchery program, successes and failures

Species of Fish The species raised at the Feather River Fish Hatchery include Chinook Salmon and Steelhead Trout. The hatchery spawn, rear and release the Fall and Spring Run Chinook salmon of local origin. The salmon have seventeen distinctive runs in California that vary differently and are categorized into 6 Evolutionarily Significant units. The trout being an anadromous form of rainbow trout which spawn for multiple years in rivers and creeks and eventually return via the ocean.

Special Events

Feather River History

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Tbacon1999 (talk • contribs) 22:34, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Lake Oroville Wiki Peer Review

I recommend the following categories in the contents based on a quick search I did on the wiki pages for Lake Tahoe and Lake Michigan, as well as the current information on your wiki page. I first started with a list of what I might like to know about Lake Oroville and then compared that to what I found on the wiki’s of other lakes. I think the below are pretty natural areas to explore about a lake.

Geography History: 1) Natural 2) Human Hydrology Recreation/Tourism Environmental Issues

The current bit you have under the heading ‘history’ is confusing, as it says nearly nothing of the lake, and only discusses what I assume is a Native American tribe that once lived near the lake. It’s certainly relevant information, but I wouldn't lead with it. As I suggested above, I think I would take a look at other lake’s wiki’s and structure it similarly.

I think you know you need to develop your recreation section, but it’s a start.

You discuss the Feather River Fish Hatchery, and I’m wondering what it’s association is with Lake Oroville, so this should be clearly defined, perhaps in the ‘geography’ section I suggested above.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Brader1122 (talk • contribs) 21:10, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

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Discrepancy in number of boat ramps?
Article currently reads: “There are five multi-lane boat launch ramps. These are located at Bidwell Canyon, Loafer Creek, Spillway, Lime Saddle, Enterprise, Nelson Bar, Vinton Gulch, Foreman Creek, and Dark Canyon.” That seems to be five ramps in eight different locations - a neat trick. Peter Delmonte (talk) 15:05, 30 May 2022 (UTC)