Thanks to a stormy winter and spring, Lake Shasta’s water level is almost a third higher than it usually is in mid-October. The state’s largest reservoir at Shasta Dam, nine miles north of ...

While all the rain that fell in December helped raise the level of a parched-looking Lake Shasta, the series of winter storms failed to generate the massive inflows of water into the state’s ...

Additionally, some colder lake water, which is drawn from lower levels of the Lake Shasta, must be held back, so it can be sent down the Sacramento River so that migrating salmon can survive.

SHASTA COUNTY -- Farmers and local businesses at Shasta Lake are hopeful as water level rises. The largest man-made reservoir in California is currently just 40 feet below capacity, and business ...

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Even as 18.75 inches of rain fell at Shasta Dam during November, sending millions gallons of water streaming into the lake ...

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Since last month’s atmospheric river that drenched the North State, the water level in Lake Shasta — California's largest manmade reservoir — has shot up nearly 20 feet. And after a few dry ...

But that additional water hasn't exactly flooded Lake Shasta with more business ... "The economy, and the low lake level, and media coverage," Kelley said. And it's not just the media.

A State Water Resources Control Board order that could potentially restrict the amount of water available for export by both the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project is now the ...