Water is again running in the Kern River through Bakersfield, four months after it suddenly went dry at the end of August, 2024, leading to a massive fish die off. But it will only last through ...

Keats, who represents plaintiffs like Bring Back the Kern, Kern River Parkway Foundation and the Kern Audubon Society, said the state Legislature determined “that the fish gets the water first,” ...

Practically from the time Kern County was settled, the river has been diverted to create our booming agriculture industry. Canals still used today were dug and flowing as early as the 1870s.

Fairview Dam on the Kern River. The dam diverts water into tunnels through the structure on the right. The water is released back into the river 16 miles downstream after it passes through ...