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2017 News Releases

12/22/2017

Division of Boating and Waterways Now Accepting Grant Applications for Shoreline Erosion Control and Public Beach Restoration Programs

12/01/2017

Division of Boating and Waterways Now Accepting California Boater Card Applications

08/31/2017

Division of Boating and Waterways Urges You to Boat Responsibly this Labor Day Weekend

08/28/2017

Division of Boating and Waterways Now Accepting Applications for Clean Vessel Act Education and Outreach Grants

06/28/2017

California Law Enforcement Steps Up Efforts to Reduce Buzzed Boating

06/20/2017

Recreational Boaters Encouraged to Boat Clean and Green

06/08/2017

Managing Boat Sewage the Environmental Way: There’s an App for that!

05/17/2017

DBW Provides Survival Guide for the 2017 Summer Season

05/02/2017

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

02/25/2017

Closure of Rivers and Sloughs Expands in San Joaquin County

02/16/2017

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

02/15/2017

DBW Begins Herbacide Treatment in the Delta for Water Hyacinth and Egeria densa

02/12/2017

California State Parks Closes Lake SpillOroville SRA until Further Notice as Emergency way is Evaluated

02/06/2017

State Offers Educational Opportunities for the Public and Boating Facility Operators to Help Keep California's Waterways Clean


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