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"Special treatment areas" means, for purposes of this chapter, those areas defined as special treatment areas in Section 895.1 of Title 14 of the California * * * Code of Regulations, as in effect on January 1, 2004, as that definition applies to wild and scenic river segments designated from time to time in Section 5093.54, and also includes ...
The legislation amended the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 to establish 84 miles of three streams within the Los Padres National Forest as new Wild and Scenic Rivers: Sisquoc River - 33 miles (Wild River) Sespe Creek - 31.5 miles (4 miles as a Scenic River and 27.5 miles as a Wild River) Big Sur River - 19.5 miles (Wild River)
It is a tributary to the Middle Fork Eel River and flows northward for 24 miles (39 km) from its headwaters near Round Mountain to the confluence with the Middle Fork Eel River. The Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act of 2006 added 21 miles (34 km) of the Black Butte River (and a tributary Cold Creek) to the National Wild ...
By average discharge, the Smith is the largest river system in California that flows freely along its entire course. [8] The highly variable annual flow is approximately 3,746 cu ft/s (106.1 m 3 /s), with an average monthly high of 8,432 cu ft/s (238.8 m 3 /s) in January, and an average low of 336 cu ft/s (9.5 m 3 /s) in September.
Hat Creek (Achumawi: Hatiwïwi) [4] is a 48.7-mile-long (78.4 km) [5] stream and tributary of the Pit River, which is located in Shasta County of northern California.. The creek rises in two forks on the eastern slopes of Lassen Peak in Lassen Volcanic National Park, and flows northward through Lassen National Forest to its mouth at Lake Britton near Burney, California.
An intense, long-lasting atmospheric river is slamming California, leading to more than 800,000 without power and the potential for “life-threatening” flooding and mudslides as it dumps heavy ...
The original Wild Rivers water park was open from 1986 to 2011, when it closed to make way for housing development. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the ...
Draining 275 square miles (710 km 2), the Arroyo Seco River is the last major tributary of the Salinas River that enters before it reaches the Pacific.Most of the watershed lies in the rugged coastal range areas southwest of Greenfield and Soledad, and the drainage divide runs along the crest of the Santa Lucia Mountains to the west and the lower Sierra de Salinas to the northeast.