The Big Bear Municipal Water District board voted 4-0 on Sept. 17 to let the Moonridge Hotel project drain stormwater across district land near Rathbun Creek, and endorsed a plan to abandon an old Southwest Gas pipeline on the lakebed.
The Big Bear Municipal Water District will test a modified "Blue Card" process letting recreational boaters leave their trailers overnight in district lots when they can't make it back before launch ramp gates close.
The Big Bear Municipal Water District board meets September 17 to consider a nearly $7,900 window replacement at the West Public Launch Ramp and a temporary drainage easement across District land for a new Moonridge hotel development.
The Big Bear Municipal Water District will hold a special board meeting September 11 to debate whether night anglers and late-staying boaters could get a vessel band to legally remain on the lake past the current ramp-closing time.
The Big Bear Municipal Water District will dedicate a Friday workshop session entirely to discussing how the lake's after-hours banding process works — and potentially how it could change.
The Big Bear Municipal Water District's May 7 meeting covered summer event planning, a $50,000 fish-stocking donation, and an early look at the district's fiscal year 2026-27 budget.
Water district officials say year-over-year levels are tracking similarly to 2025, but the final picture depends on how much snowpack melts this spring.