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Neighbors fight to save 700 trees along American River, oppose U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' approach to erosion project
An important vote Friday will determine whether a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project will get the environmental green light ...
Survivor recounts near-death experience rafting on American River in Carmichael
A survivor is speaking out about a rafting accident that nearly took her life. It happened along the lower American River, ...
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Levee project could transform Sacramento stretch of the American River. Some community members want it stopped
A proposed levee project would take out hundreds of trees along the American River near Watt Avenue. American River Trees is ...
The Great American Triathlon returns this weekend to Sacramento
Event organizers say you can still register to run, bike and paddle in The Great American Triathlon Saturday in Sacramento ...
Native American teens kayak major US river to celebrate removal of dams and return of salmon
After a decades-long fight to remove four dams, Indigenous youth paddled the Klamath River to celebrate a major step toward ...
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I nearly drowned on the American River. Here’s what I’d do differently | Opinion
Notably, we were not alone in our thinking that day: Approximately 75% of people on the river with us that day did not have life jackets, and 50% of people on the river were also on floats. Many ...
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Here's what it would feel like to stand in a NorCal river right now
As of Wednesday, the flow from Nimbus Dam into the Lower American River is 15,000 cubic feet per second. You can think of one cubic foot of water as having the same volume as an NBA regulation ...
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American River - PBS
American River. Special | 1h 25m 8s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Mary Bruno spent her childhood along a toxic stretch of one of the most neglected waterways in America. Decades later, she ...