With record accumulations in the southern Sierra Nevada, snowpack in the Kern River watershed now contains roughly three times more water than Lake Isabella can hold, officials say. Bringing his ...

Apr. 8—Water professionals who lived through it say it's not easy to forget the 1983 water year when a massive snowpack on the Kern River watershed conspired with a warm spring to fill Isabella ...

What a difference a month makes. There has been some hand-wringing this winter regarding California’s 2024 water outlook, especially in the southern mountains and the Kern River Watershed.

As of Tuesday, only a limited section of the facility had been affected. But as the snowpack in the Kern River watershed continues to melt, river managers are releasing larger amounts of water ...

Community advocates and environmental interests have pushed for years to restore natural flows to the Kern River and regreen the landscape along a stretch of the watershed that often runs dry.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Community members of Kern County walk the dry riverbed in protest for the water restoration in the Kern River. The river was shut down in August of 2024, affecting ...

"It says the park should be used for forestry recreation, as a watershed and for wildlife ... Tennessee congressmen introduced legislation that would give Kern River Pipeline a $129 million tax break ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CN) — Colorful awnings and tents lined the shores of the Kern River on a Saturday afternoon at Riverside Park in the small town of Kernville in the southern Sierra Nevada ...

It is the steepest watershed in the United States, with a vertical drop of more than 2.5 miles. The river and its tributaries ... was once also fed by the Kern, Tule and Kings rivers.

The Kern River in California's southern San Joaquin Valley is pictured raging with new melting snowpack. (Natalie Hanson / Courthouse News) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CN) — In a win for environmental groups ...

Update: Both missing men were found dead in the Kern River. Carlos Roberto Velazquez Castanon, 31, of Van Nuys, who disappeared near Lake Ming, was found on Aug. 9. Eddin Estuardo Barillas ...