3 days ago · The Lake Berryessa water level has started to stabilize at 442.6 feet, 2.6 feet above Glory Hole. Now the question is how high the lake level will get due to future storms. The latest report from the Solano Irrigation District has begun to include the spill through Glory Hole.

Stored behind the Monticello Dam on Putah Creek, Lake Berryessa is a key reservoir for drinking water, irrigation, recreation, hydroelectric power, and flood control in the surrounding region. As the primary source of drinking water for Solano County, the lake supplies reliable, high-

"At Lake Berryessa, the bite for multiple species remains outstanding when the fish decide to feed. The action for Eagle Lake-strain trout remains solid from the surface to 80 feet

Lake Berryessa is the largest federal reservoir in California whose waters are available almost exclusively to users in one county, which sits just miles from the source, said Drew Lessard, a deputy area manager for the Bureau of Reclamation.

Some people have raised the issue of the Napa County General Plan and its applicability to the Lake Berryessa Revitalization Program (Renaissance Lake Berryessa). Legally the General Plan has no jurisdiction over Lake Berryessa development since federal government owns the land on which the target resort redevelopment is occurring.

The Fifth Tragedy: Opportunity, Irony, Tragedy, Recovery - A Lake Berryessa Cycle? On August 18, 2020 the LNU Lightning Complex fire, the largest in California history burned much of Lake Berryessa and the surrounding region.

The Lake Berryessa watershed encompasses the 576–square mile area primarily fed by Putah Creek which originates from springs on the eastside of Cobb Mountain in Lake County. Putah Creek enters Napa County about 11 miles east of Middletown.

The real threat to Lake Berryessa is not matured mussels stuck to the hull of a boat, but their eggs. The eggs (veligers) are naked to the human eye and are unknowingly transported in water taken on by watercraft bilges, intakes, ballast tanks/bags, live wells, bait tanks, and even recreational equipment such as floatation

Lake Berryessa was created as part of the Solano Project with the completion of Monticello Dam in 1957. In 1958, Reclamation and the County of Napa entered into an agreement for the County to assume management responsibilities for the lake.

The early 1970s brought much controversy over the management of Lake Berryessa. Napa County was in conflict with the Bureau of Reclamation over how best to provide public recreation