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California State Water Project Article Review

The article was neutral and contained a large amount of information on the State Water Project. It provided tables that further illustrated the scope of the project. WIkipedia calls this a C-class articel with large areas for improvement but it seems to contain all accurate information with citations that work and back the information up. The tone of the article was neutral and had many hyperlinks within the article that lead to other pages to further explore the project and its related pages. There were also multiple pictures most were helpful to get a grasp of the project but one, the image of the eel river didn't seem pertinent to helping understand and grasp the California State Water Project. The talk page discusses the edits and a few corrections for the main page. The talk page also has the explanations of the edits made and the ediiting done to the reference page. I also saw a student from UC Berkeley in 2015 who was taking a class with the same name as ENVS 135, "California Water and Society".

Englebright Lake is an 815 acre reservoir on the Yuba River, impounded by Englebright Dam, in Sierra Nevada, northern California, United States. The reservoir stores 45,000 acre feet of water with nearly 24 miles of shoreline.

It is located in Yuba County and Nevada County. The baot launch and marina, name Skippers Cove, are located in Smartsville, CA. It is located in between Grass Valley, CA and and Marysville, CA.

The reservoir, as well as the dam were named for former congressman Harry L. Englebright, who represented the area in which Englebright is located.

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has developed a safe eating advisory for the Englebright Lake based on levels of mercury found in fish caught here.

History
Englebright Lake was created in 1941, the year of completion of Englebright Dam. The reservoir is fed by the Yuba River. The upper reaches of the lake is home to the confluence of South Yuba River and the Yuba River. Upstream from Englebright is another reservoir: New Bullards Bar Reservoir. Several years after dam construction, two hydroelectric power plants were built downstream from the Englebright Dam thatt now supply power to 50,000 homes. Englebright Dam was constructed to store debris from upstream hydraulic mining operations. The dam is constructed from concrete and spans 1,142 feet across the river gorge and reaches 260 feet from the floor of the gorge. The gorge the dam is located in is very steep and is known as the "narrows" due to the topography of the river canyon. The damn was built, and is owned and operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The USACE operates the boat launch nearest their lake headquarters right near the damn.

Fishing
Englebright Lake offers a great opportunity of fishing from the marina to the upper reaches of the lake. The lake contains populations of rainbow trout, brown trout, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass Kokanee salmon, catfish, and multiple species of sunfish creating abundant opportunities for recreational fishermen to be successful on the water. Due to the past mining operations upstream, the mercury content in certain fish is high. The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has developed a safe eating advisory for the Englebright Lake based on levels of mercury found in fish caught here. These levels can be found on the OEHHA website as well as the freshwater fishing regulations brochure put out by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Through programs meant to increase fishing opportunities and fish umbers, Lake Englebright has a trout breeding program through the use of pens that are then released into the lake to bolster the fishing opportunities.

Boating
Englebright Lake has two boat launches, a marina with multiple docks for houseboats, and 9 miles of lake for boating access. The lake attracts recreational boaters who come for day use, boat in camping, or to spend time on their personal houseboats that are docked on the lake. Skippers Cove Marina offers rentals of houseboats, fishing boats, party boats, and ski boats allowing even those who do not own a vessel to boat on the waters of Englebright Lake.

Camping
Englebright Lake offers boat in campsites and day use and picnic areas.The campsites can only be accessed by boat and are available on a first come first serve basis. All campsites include restrooms, a fire grill, lantern hanger, and a level foundation for a tent. Camping can also be done on the lake through the use of houseboats, which can be personally owned and stored in the marina or rented from the marina.

Water Use
The 45,000 acre feet stored behind Englebright Dam has multiple uses outside of recreation. The water stored is used to generate hydroelectric power that powers 50,000 homes, water is diverted for agricultural uses, and cold water releases allow the conservation of the salmonid fisheries down on the lower Yuba River.