陆军正在推动派恩弗拉特大坝的12亿美元扩建工程，以增强水资源储存和防洪能力，以应对加州脱离干旱。 The Army is pushing a $1.2B dam expansion at Pine Flat to boost water storage and flood protection, following California's drought exit.

2026年1月,陆军助理国务卿Adam Telle与众议员Vince Fong和当地领导人一起,于2026年1月访问了Pine Flat大坝,以推进拟议的12英尺大坝扩建计划,目的是将储水量增加120 700英亩,改善防洪工作,促进水力发电。 Assistant Secretary of the Army Adam Telle visited Pine Flat Dam in January 2026 with Congressman Vince Fong and local leaders to advance a proposed 12-foot dam expansion aimed at increasing water storage by 120,700 acre-feet, improving flood protection, and boosting hydropower. 该项目经2024年《水资源开发法》授权,继2023年严重洪灾之后,25年来首次正式宣布加利福尼亚州没有干旱。 The project, authorized by the 2024 Water Resources Development Act, follows severe 2023 floods and comes as California is officially declared drought-free for the first time in 25 years. 官员们讨论了现代化工作,如预测知情的水库作业和空降雪观测站,以改善水管理,而方方敦促在2028年之前加快行动,开始建设。 Officials discussed modernization efforts like forecast-informed reservoir operations and airborne snow observatories to improve water management, while Fong urged faster action to begin construction before 2028. Telle承认过去与农民的沟通问题,并承诺在水政策改革方面加强利益攸关方协调和继续与国会协作。 Telle acknowledged past communication issues with farmers and pledged better stakeholder coordination and continued collaboration with Congress on water policy reforms.