Yuba Water Agency

08/11/2026

What better way to kick off another school year than with hundreds of new science lessons all about the Yuba River watershed? 📚💧

After years of hard work, we’re thrilled to share the new Yuba River Watershed Curriculum. Yuba Water funded and coordinated the effort, which brought dozens of local educators together to create hundreds of K-12 lessons that connect science to the watershed right here in our own backyard.

The curriculum includes grade-specific units, with lesson plans and supplemental resources covering topics like human impacts on water systems, water chemistry, hydraulic mining, erosion and flooding. All of the units meet Next Generation Science Standards and are free for any teacher who wants to use them.

Explore the curriculum on our website and tag a teacher below: https://bit.ly/yuba-watered

08/07/2026

Yuba Water's day-to-day operations and many of our projects require us to secure third-party services, construction work, supplies and more. That's why we have a robust procurement team to help guide staff through the extensive procurement process.

In our latest Faces of Yuba Water, get to know Procurement and Contracts Manager Megan Morrison who leads that team and ensures our practices are well-documented and done in a fair and transparent way.

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07/27/2026

Crews are making good progress removing sediment around our New Colgate Powerhouse following the Feb. 13 penstock incident, including along the riverbank.

Throughout our recovery efforts, Yuba Water's environmental team has been on site, monitoring water quality in the Yuba River. In our latest video, Environmental Scientist Shawn Spani shows what conditions are like on the ground and explains our monitoring efforts.

07/24/2026

07/22/2026

Some good news – containment of the Chute Fire in Yuba County is now at 11 percent. However, an evacuation order remains in place for the area immediately downstream of New Bullards Bar Dam on the North Yuba River as crews continue their containment efforts.

Recreation at Bullards Bar Reservoir remains open. If you're visiting, please be aware of crews in the area and give them space as they continue firefighting efforts.

Thank you to the Yuba County Office of Emergency Services and CAL FIRE NEU for the updates and response, and to our local Dobbins - Oregon House Fire Department as well!

07/21/2026

07/21/2026

*Tuesday, July 21, noon update on Chute Fire in Dobbins:

There is nothing new to report since the morning update coming from CAL FIRE NEU, as we wait to see what increasing temperatures and wind gusts (up to 15 mph) will bring to fire activity this afternoon.

Evacuation statuses remain the same, though we do want to clarify that the one zone under Evacuation Order is unpopulated, as the impacted area is very remote. As a reminder, those statuses are:

🔴YUB-E098 - Evacuation Order
🔵YUB-E054 - Advisory
🔵YUB-E097 - Advisory
🔵DOB-E011 - Advisory
🔵DOB-E101 - Advisory
🔵YUB-E095 - Advisory
🔵YUB-E100 - Advisory

BUT-- it is still important to stay alert to changing conditions.

At community.zonehaven.com you can look up your address and learn your zone, as well as zoom in on road names to get a clearer picture on the area.

07/20/2026

*Monday, July 20, 11:48 a.m. Yuba County update on the Chute Fire in Dobbins

Two more evacuation advisories have been put in place for Zones DOB-E101 and YUB-E100 due to the Chute Fire.

An advisory is meant to serve as situational awareness for residents in this area. Be ready, in case you need more time to evacuate-- you would leave during a "warning" and not wait for an "order."

Zone YUB-E098 remains under evacuation order, so please leave the area if you haven't already.

To view the interactive map, visit community.zonehaven.com

These areas include the southern portion of Marysville Road and southeast of Rices Crossing Road.

07/20/2026

The Yuba County Sheriff's Department has issued an EVACUATION ORDER of Zone YUB-E098 in Yuba County due to the Chute Fire, which is active again as of this morning. This is just south of Bullards Bar Reservoir and Dam along the Yuba River. If you are in this area, leave immediately.

Two adjacent zones, DOB-E011 and YUB-E095, are under an evacuation advisory.

Follow Yuba County Office of Emergency Services for the latest updates on this incident and view an interactive map of evacuations here: community.zonehaven.com.

*Monday, July 20, 10 a.m. update on the Chute Fire in Dobbins in Yuba County

Our Yuba County Sheriff's Department has issued an EVACUATION ORDER of Zone YUB-E098 due to the Chute Fire. This is just south of Bullards Bar.

Evacuation ADVISORIES have been issued for DOB-E011 and YUB-E095 (the image has been swapped out, as these advisories were previously warnings).

You can view interactive map here: community.zonehaven.com
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11:50 a.m. update:
*Two more evacuation advisories have been put in place for Zones DOB-E101 and YUB-E100.

An advisory is meant to serve as situational awareness for residents in this area. Be ready, in case you need more time to evacuate-- you would leave during a "warning" and not wait for an "order."
Zone YUB-E098 remains under evacuation order, so please leave the area if you haven't already.

To view the interactive map, visit community.zonehaven.com
These areas include the southern portion of Marysville Road and southeast of Rices Crossing Road.

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