Thursday December 18, 2025
KVPR —
A new project in the Central Valley is aiming to restore hundreds of acres of grasslands to reconnect the San Joaquin River.
The initiative is part of a larger effort to preserve the Great Valley Grasslands State Park, and involves removing levees to reconnect the river with its historic floodplain.
Great Valley Grasslands in Merced County spans more than 2,800 acres of a broader 160,000-acre ecological zone. It’s one of California’s largest continuous wetland areas.