Pre-2009 San Joaquin River would often run dry before its confluence with the Merced River. Photo by Eric Paul Zamora. Click here to read more.

Site visit in February 2011: an extremely wet rain season where the confluence of the two rivers was in flood. To see where this is on a map, click here.
Photo by Linda Gass.

November 2009: Water creeps along the dry San Joaquin River bed during the experimental test releases from the Friant Dam.
Photo by Josh Uecker.

February 2011 site visit shows flooding into animal pens along the river, reminding me of all of the agricultural pollution that enters our drinking water.
Photo by Linda Gass.