Whitewater rafters portaged a boat for 16 miles beside the Kern River, protesting the removal of water for a hydropower plant ...

But that flies in the face of CDFW’s own 1995 Upper Kern Basin Fishery Management Plan, river advocates point out. “The Kern River in this reach (downstream of Fairview Dam) is capable of ...

Guy Jeans is an expert at the sport — some would say religion — of fly fishing. But as the unofficial trout season approaches on the upper Kern, the owner of Kern River Fly Shop and the ...

A sudden shutoff of water supplies has dried up the Kern River in Bakersfield, leaving thousands of dead fish on the parched riverbed. News. ... drying in the sun among buzzing flies. McNeish, ...

It’s now largely encompassed by the Golden Trout Wilderness, a 300,000-acre preserve within the Inyo and Sequoia National Forests that intersects with the North and South forks of the Kern River.

Aug. 28—To call 2023 an unusual water year in the Kern River Basin would be a serious understatement. "It was the most abnormal water year you could possibly have," said Evan Moore of Sierra ...