In the summer of #1983, “two men kayaked through floodwaters from the banks of the Kern River outside Bakersfield to the San Francisco Bay, a meandering 450-mile journey across what would typically be sun-baked land.”

#TulareLake #SanJoaquinRiver #CentralValley #California #Flood #CaWx
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/02/us/tulare-lake-california-storms.html

From Marie McNair via KRCA. Com - 3/9/2023
#shelter

#STANISLAUSCOUNTY, #Calif. —
The Stanislaus County Office of Emergency Services has issued an evacuation order for the #Newman area of the #SanJoaquinRiver and east of River Road ahead of flooding that is expected on Saturday.

People are told to evacuate the area in advance of the storm.
An evacuation shelter is being set up at #PattersonHighSchool at 200
North 7th Street in Patterson. People can call 209-552-3880 for more information.

Last fall, our supporters helped convince US officials to renegotiate unsustainable #water contracts—but the fight's not over yet!

📢 Help us make sure Reclamation takes advantage of this rare opportunity to restore the #SanJoaquinRiver & its #salmon:
https://baykeeper.org/SanJoaquinRiver

#cawater #californiawater #fish #wildlife

Beautiful tribute to the late Bill Jennings, the former Deltakeeper who fought to save the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, "a virtuoso environmentalist—a David who gave shiners to many a water-grabbing Goliath in his almost 40-year fight to save the #Delta and other rivers," as Mike Fitzgerald writes: https://stocktonia.org/2023/01/04/eulogy-for-an-deltakeeper/ #CAwater #waterwars #SanJoaquinRiver

Last month, hundreds of people urged the Bureau of Reclamation to renegotiate water contracts that have allowed private interests to drain the San Joaquin River dry, decimating salmon populations—& your voices were heard! 🥳

But the fight isn't over yet. Sign our updated petition to restore the #SanJoaquinRiver https://baykeeper.org/SanJoaquinRiver #cawater #salmon #californiawater