Bucks Lake: 3.2015
Remote Bucks Lake in the high northern Sierra Nevada (just shy of 1 mile in elevation) is dammed (1928) by Pacific Gas & Electric which creates Lower Bucks Lake and Bucks Diversion with Bucks Creek a tributary of the
Feather River which drains into
Lake Oroville.
Bucks Creek: Looking upstream before entering Bucks Lake. There is no inflow and scant snow.
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Bucks Creek where it would normally flow into Bucks Lake. The area would normally be carpeted with snow in late Winter.
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Cabins juxtaposed against the receding shoreline even in February.
Snow is not seen in landscape or forest.
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Bucks Lake shore in February. No snow in the mile high elevation or on the surrounding mountains.
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