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EID's Recreation division manages multiple sites and facilities. Sly Park Recreation Area/Jenkinson Lake is the largest recreation facility and is open year round. It is located in Pollock Pines, CA. Forebay Reservoir is also located in Pollock Pines. Forebay is a small facility and is only open for day-use.
Caples and Silver lakes are located along Highway 88 and located high in the Sierra's. There is also a small campground facility, Silver Lake West. These high-elevation facilities are open seasonally.
Please see each dedicated webpage for more information.
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2026 Fee Schedule- Sly Park Recreation Area Day Use /Camping/Boat Launching
2026 Fee Schedule- Highway 88 Recreation Areas Day Use/Camping/Boat Launching
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Beginning April 21, 2025, there are boat launch restrictions at Jenkinson Lake within the Sly Park Recreation Area (SPRA) in Pollock Pines. The restrictions are to help prevent the introduction of invasive golden mussels and protect critical drinking water infrastructure. Due to conditions at Caples and Silver Lakes, at this time prevention efforts at these reservoirs will focus on outreach and education, similar to other partner high elevation reservoir operations with conditions less conducive to establishment of the invasive golden mussels. As more information and programs are available, we will update the District's dedicated webpage, www.EID.org/Boating. We encourage you to refer to that page for the more up to date information on boating restrictions. |
Water Forecasting: Snow Surveys
EID Conducts Second Snow Survey of 2024 in Partnership with the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program
Did you know? EID is one of more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies and private organizations that participate in the California Cooperative Snow Surveys (CCSS) program. Since its establishment in 1929, the CCSS has been instrumental in collecting data from more than 265 designated snow courses across the Sierra Nevada and Shasta-Trinity mountains. As a cooperating agency, EID takes pride in continuing the historic record at Upper Carson Pass (1930), Lower Carson Pass (1951), and Caples Lake (1951).
On January 30, EID staff completed the second survey of 2024 along three designated courses assigned to EID. The data collected will be contributed to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) for inclusion in the CCSS program. The survey findings contribute to a water supply index forecast tool called “Bulletin 120,” which is published by DWR in February, March, April, and May each year. This important tool provides predictions for seasonal runoff from the state’s major watersheds after considering precipitation, snowpack, and reservoir storage levels. It also influences lake level and streamflow obligations that EID must follow, which in turn influences water availability from its most upstream reservoirs near the Sierra Crest.
EID’s courses showed 50 percent of average snowpack for this time of year.
Pictured: Nick Padgett, assistant hydrographer (left) and Ryan Rodriguez, hydro construction and maintenance worker (right) assess depth and density of snowpack to contribute towards DWR’s Bulletin 120 forecast.
Photos by: Karen Cross, communications technician.
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