Opinion: Making the most of the Kern River: A river hard at work for the hard-working people of Kern County
The Kern River is the lifeblood of Kern County — supporting families, farmers, small businesses and disadvantaged communities according to the law of the river. The river is governed by more than a century of well-established water rights laws and court decisions that protect the river’s highly variable and limited water supplies for beneficial uses like irrigation, water for homes and business, groundwater recharge and recreation.
-Written by farmer Edwin Camp of DM Camp & Sons.