NAPA, Calif. The Bureau of Reclamation welcomes Margaret David Bailey as the new Park Manager for Lake Berryessa in Napa County. In this position, Bailey will assist the Area Manager of the Mid-Pacific Region’s Central California Area Office, Drew Lessard, in managing public recreation, natural resources, visitor services and concession management at Lake Berryessa.
Lessard stated, “I’m very pleased to welcome Margaret to the Mid-Pacific Region. She is exceptionally qualified for this position, with 26 years of supervisory experience and proficiency in managing public lands. Margaret will be a tremendous asset to the Region and Lake Berryessa."
Bailey earned a Master of Science in Forest Management from Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, in 1991. She began her career as a National Environmental Policy Act Coordinator in 1990 with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) in Alsea, Oregon. She joins Reclamation from her former position as District Ranger with the USFS, Fremont-Winema National Forest, in Klamath Falls, Oregon. In that position, she managed the Klamath Ranger District, consisting of approximately 200,000 acres and resources ranging from developed recreation to vegetation-management projects in northern spotted owl habitat. Most recently, Bailey served as the Nevada State Liaison, USFS, in Sparks, Nevada. She and her husband, Bruce, have two grown sons. The family enjoys the outdoors, camping, bicycling, kayaking and traveling.
Lake Berryessa is part of Reclamation’s Solano Project. Built during the 1950s and early 1960s, the Project distributes agricultural water to farmland in Solano County and municipal and industrial water to the county’s principle cities, including Vacaville, Vallejo and Fairfield. The Project’s primary features include Monticello Dam and Lake Berryessa, Putah Diversion Dam, Lake Solano and the Putah South Canal.
For additional information on Lake Berryessa, please call 707-966-2111 ext. 0 (TTY 800-877-8339) or visit the website at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/ccao/berryessa/index.html.
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
