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June 28, 2017 : California Law Enforcement Steps Up Efforts to Reduce Buzzed Boating

June 20, 2017: Recreational Boaters Encouraged to Boat Clean and Green

June 8, 2017: Managing Boat Sewage the Environmental Way: There’s an App for that!

May 17, 2017: DBW Provides Survival Guide for the 2017 Summer Season

May 2, 2017: Historic Snowpack Means Higher and Colder Water Flows, Warns PG&E and Division of Boating and Waterways

March 21, 2017: Updated South & Central Delta River and Slough Closure

March 2, 2017 UPDATE: Closures of Rivers and Sloughs in San Joaquin County

February 25, 2017: Closure of Rivers and Sloughs Expands in San Joaquin County

February 16, 2017: CORRECTED VERSION: DBW Begins Herbicide Treatment in the Delta for Water Hyacinth and Egeria densa

February 15, 2017: DBW Begins Herbicide Treatment in the Delta for Water Hyacinth and Egeria densa

February 13, 2017: California State Parks Closes Lake Oroville SRA until Further Notice as Emergency Spillway is Evaluated

February 6, 2017: State Offers Educational Opportunities for the Public and Boating Facility Operators to Help Keep California's Waterways Clean

Boating Alerts

Boating Alerts are issued by the Division of Boating and Waterways as needed to inform boaters of temporary closures, restrictions, waterway dredging and construction projects. Boaters are encouraged to bookmark this page and refer to it before embarking on a cruise in order to avoid potential hazards or closures.

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