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Bicyclists of Nevada County or. Bullards Bar offers two boat launching facilities with one launch ramp adjacent to Emerald Cove Marina. Emerald Cove Marina offers a variety of services, such as a general store, gasoline, boat moorage, and camping as well as houseboat, ski, patio, and fishing boat rentals.
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Bullards Bar Reservoir as one of the best recreational lakes in the United States. Bullards Bar is a mountain biking destination, with about 19 miles of hiking and biking trails, primarily on the east side of the lake. The trails are maintained by the USFS Yuba Ranger District and volunteers
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The reservoir provides water to power two hydroelectric plants, New
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are the largest ever built and have a combined capacity of 315 MW. Some water is released at the base of the dam so that the streambed is not completely dewatered upstream of the New
Colgate Powerhouse tailrace. This water powers the 150 kW Fish Release Powerhouse. In the event of a power
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variable radius arch dam. It was finished in 1970 and is owned by the Yuba Water Agency (Yuba County Water Agency, formally), which is a special district government agency based in
Marysville, Ca. It is a multipurpose dam, but its most important function is
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