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March for the Kern River

November 13, 2021

• by Lois Henry

About 30 hardy souls marched the length of the dry Kern River bed — nine miles — from near Manor Street in east Bakersfield all the way to Stockdale Highway Saturday morning to protest the lack of water in the river. At the start of the hike, the group filled bottles and jugs with water…

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New Kern River Watermaster in the wings

November 5, 2021

• by Lois Henry

It appears a new Kern River Watermaster will be chosen to replace Dana Munn, whose contract winds up at the end of this year. If he’s officially approved by all the voting members of the “river interests,” Mark Mulkay will likely become the fourth ever Kern River Watermaster. He said he’s discussed it with all…

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River march

November 4, 2021

• by Lois Henry

A march to bring awareness to the Kern River will take place November 13 in the dry river bed through Bakersfield. Local nonprofit Bring Back the Kern is organizing the protest march ahead of a hearing on the Kern River by the state Water Resources Control Board. That hearing will be held online Dec. 9….

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Public can get in on the upcoming Kern River hearing, sort of

November 3, 2021

• by Lois Henry

The public can weigh in on the Kern River at an upcoming hearing but the proceeding will be very narrowly focused, according to a ruling released Wednesday. Too narrowly focused, according to one attorney representing several nonprofits hoping to bring water back to the river through town on a regular basis. “We have a ruling…

Drought • Rivers

Sierra Nevada snow flights are booking fast

November 2, 2021

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water reporting intern

Demand for snow runoff forecasting is surging in the San Joaquin Valley, particularly after the past bone-dry year. Snow monitoring flights are already being tentatively scheduled by valley water districts ahead of winter. “Everybody’s anxious for the water year,” said Michael Anderson, state climatologist for California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR). “What is it going…

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San Joaquin salmon coaxed through the long, hot summer

October 21, 2021

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water reporting trainee

Spring-run Chinook Salmon are starting to spawn in the San Joaquin River after a brutally dry, hot summer. But the success of the juvenile fish is uncertain as the drought and high temperatures continue. Spring-run salmon, which return to the river from the ocean as adults in spring months, have been absent from the San…

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Water in the Kern River an inspiration for local artists

October 7, 2021

• by Lois Henry

Painters, poets and musicians converged on the state Water Resources Control Board Tuesday as part of an unrelenting campaign to get water in the Kern River through Bakersfield. Bring Back the Kern, a local grassroots group, has facilitated public comments from a wide variety of individuals and groups, including brewers and, now, artists, at the…

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Kern River lawsuit “unleashed” public’s rights

October 6, 2021

• by Lois Henry

A new player has entered the fray over forfeited Kern River water rights, bolstering the position that the public has a right to a flowing river. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife argues in a legal brief filed recently that the state Water Resources Control Board is absolutely obligated to consider the public trust…

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They came, they saw, they took out the trash

September 18, 2021

• by Lois Henry

The Kern River got a lot of love this National Clean Up Day with two groups picking up trash along different sections of the river on Saturday. In Bakersfield, about 40 volunteers with Bring Back the Kern, a nonprofit group dedicated to getting water flowing on a more regular basis through town, cleared away trash under…

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Salmon program takes giant leap thanks to land donation

August 30, 2021

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water reporting intern

One farmer has single handedly ramped up the pace of a program trying to save native salmon in the San Joaquin River by donating a key sliver of land to the federal government. Connley Clayton donated about eight acres of his Madera County riverfront land to the government’s San Joaquin River Restoration Program. The land…

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March for the Kern River

New Kern River Watermaster in the wings

River march

Public can get in on the upcoming Kern River hearing, sort of

Sierra Nevada snow flights are booking fast

San Joaquin salmon coaxed through the long, hot summer

Water in the Kern River an inspiration for local artists

Kern River lawsuit “unleashed” public’s rights

They came, they saw, they took out the trash

Salmon program takes giant leap thanks to land donation

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