PRESS RELEASE: California Department of Fish and Wildlife May 3, 2019 The Kern River Hatchery has reopened to the public with a bold and innovative new mission: to raise the Kern River rainbow trout and stock the native fish throughout the Kern River Basin where anglers will have a chance to catch it. New facilities recently constructed at the Kern River Hatchery...

Press Release:  Provided by The California Department of Water Resources May 02, 2019 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the fifth and final Phillips Station snow survey of 2019. The manual survey recorded 47 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent (SWE) of 27.5 inches, which is 188 percent of average for this location....