Students scramble to study the Kern River as Bakersfield cuts off flows leaving fish to die en masse

The City of Bakersfield announced Tuesday it was cutting back Kern River flows for a maintenance project. But the hundreds of dead and dying fish found Friday near the Stockdale Highway bridge suggest water had already been ratcheted back. It’s unknown when flows through Bakersfield might return. The rapidity…

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