At this time Kern County Parks has the lake closed to
all boating activity for an unknown timeline as well as the United States
Forest Service has most of the camp grounds closed around the lake for
public safety as our lake continues to...
This season closure is being implemented to minimize entanglement risk for humpback whales as they return to forage off the coast of California and in response to several entanglements that occurred during March and April of 2022. ...
"Our science shows that when young salmon get access to the abundant fish food produced in inundated floodplain wetlands they rapidly grow big and healthy and are much more likely to return as adults."...