Oroville on the map

During February of last year, the town we live in, Oroville, was evacuated along with many other surrounding towns. This event impacted Oroville in many ways, but one positive point was that it put Oroville on the map. What a jewel of a town it is. From the tallest dam in the U.S., to the hatchery and beautiful river, to the quaint boutiques and shops downtown, to the dirt bike trails, and the outdoor gun rage, the rc airport, the lake and afterbay, and so much more, we truly enjoy our town.
Something that is unique to Oroville is our river which attracts the ocean salmon (and fishermen) alike every year. Because of this Oroville has a salmon festival every year, to celebrate all the beautiful salmon journeying here.

 

Fishermen on the river

To learn more about our town this year we attended a field trip to the hatchery and learned about the life cycle of the salmon. We also attended the salmon festival, which since Oroville has been put on the map, was predicted to have over 30,000 people attending! (That's not too shabby for a small town). All in all it was educational and fun to learn more about where we live...

Some of the things we learned:

- Oroville Dam is the tallest dam in the U.S. (770ft)

- The salmon swim from the golden gate bay, up the Sacramento river, up the feather river, to the Oroville hatchery. (That's quite a journey upstream considering it takes us a solid 3 hours to drive to sf!)

- There are 5 types of salmon, (we positively identified both male and female Chinook in the viewing window!)

-Salmon need special spawning grounds to be able to lay their eggs, which is why earlier in the month we saw FULL size tractors IN the river fixing the spawning grounds... (it was SO fun to watch!)

May your day be full of courage and strength like the salmon who swim in the rivers!

~The Little Bruns