Join us in this video showing key features of the Kern River stretching 195 miles from the west slope of Mount Whitney in Sequoia National Park to the south shore of the bed of Tulare Lake. Topics include the record 2023 snow pack, FEMA flood maps, the Kern River’s “Wild and Scenic” designation, Lake Isabella, Father Garces, Edward Kern, Yokuts tribes, the “Killer Kern”, five irrigation canal weirs across the City of Bakersfield, the Pioneer Canal, the Cross Valley Canal, groundwater recharge ponds, the Kern Water Bank, Buena Vista Lake, Kern Lake, the extinct thick tail chub, and the Kern River flood canal. Time will tell if the record 2023 snow melt enables the Kern River to flow into Tulare Lake.

Chapters:

Map of entire 195 miles of the Kern River: 00:20 – 1:39
Mount Whitney: 1:40 – 2:02
Map and images of record 2023 California snowpack: 2:03 – 2:21
Kern River Watershed: 2:22 – 2:34
USGS water level gauges and 2023 snow melt acceleration: 2:35 – 3:05
Lake Isabella and Isabella Dam: 3:06 – 4:19
Kern Canyon and the “Killer Kern”: 4:20 – 5:44
“Wild and Scenic” river designation: 5:45 – 6:13
Francisco Garces, John Fremont, and river names: 6:14 – 7:32
Carrier Canal Weir and FEMA flood map: 7:33 – 8:49
Calloway Canal Weir and FEMA flood map: 8:50 – 9:44
Yokuts Park: 9:45 – 10:12
Old River, New River, and the floods of 1862 and 1867: 10:13 – 11:00
Map of Buena Vista Lake and Kern Lake: 11:01 – 11:21
Coffee Road Weir and FEMA flood map: 11:22 – 12:23
Bellevue Weir, FEMA flood map, and 1911 fish run: 12:24 – 14:00
Pioneer, Cross Valley, and Rio Bravo Canals: 14:01 – 15:51
McClung Weir and Groundwater Recharge Ponds: 15:52 – 17:58
Reclaimed Swampland on the west side of the valley: 17:59 – 18:51
1938 boat trip from Bakersfield to the San Francisco Bay: 18:52 – 19:08
1969 boat trip from Bakersfield to the San Francisco Bay: 19:09 – 19:16
1983 boat trip from Bakersfield to the San Francisco Bay: 19:17 – 19:24
Buena Vista Aquatic Recreation Area: 19:25 – 19:48
Kern River flood canal and Tulare Lake: 19:49 – 21:14

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