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Parts Of California Will Have Short Whitewater Rafting Season

NPR
Published May 25, 2015 at 1:20 PM EDT
A mid-June 2007 view of Cassidy Falls rapid on the Kings River. Low water on the river has cut short the rafting season on the Kings and other Sierra rivers. (Erik Meldrun/Flickr)
A mid-June 2007 view of Cassidy Falls rapid on the Kings River. Low water on the river has cut short the rafting season on the Kings and other Sierra rivers. (Erik Meldrun/Flickr)

Because of a record-low snow pack, the foam and chaos of big rapids will be short lived this summer for some rivers in the Sierra Nevada.

From the Here & Now Contributors Network, KQED‘s Alice Daniel has this report from a whitewater rafting trip on the Kings River near Fresno, California.

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