California State Parks is excited to announce the release of “(Re)Turning to the River,” a new podcast exploring powerful connections between people and water within the San Joaquin Watershed from its Sierra Nevada headwaters out to San Francisco Bay. The State Parks’ Watershed Interpretive Program developed the eight-episode podcast series in collaboration with American Conservation Experience interns Daniela Morales of Clovis and Jesus Valdez and Amanda Kaminsky of Merced. The interns traveled throughout the watershed, interviewing scientists, farmers, tribal leaders, community advocates, and artists – including Fresno’s Poet Laureate, Aideed Medina – to better understand how water connects landscapes, cultures and communities across the San Joaquin region.