Folsom lake

While driving to and from Southern California this week, it was hard not to be thoroughly outraged by seeing the California Aqueduct bank to bank with water…while every other river in the state is at or near historic lows!

Apparently, we’re not holding a whole lot back when it comes to Southern water deliveries!

Here’s another unsettling visual: Pyramid Lake, just north of LA (which receives water from Nor Cal), brim-full…

Now, compare that to Folsom Reservoir on the American River system…

In review: CA Aqueduct…

And then you have the Sacramento River and all its salmon spawning beds left high and dry…

Something isn’t right here, folks! I’m just saying…

One thing we can all do to help is to join the Golden Gate Salmon Association which is fighting hard for us to keep enough water in Nor Cal so that our fish runs can flourish.

The old road to Mormon Island has been hidden far beneath the surface of Folsom Lake but the driest winter since the 1970’s has left it…and remains of the town…high and dry.

I took a hike Weds far down into what used to be Folsom Lake to see for myself what is left of the town.

Mormon Island was strategically located near the confluence of the North & South Forks of the America River and, at one time was a busing gold mining town with a population close to 3,000 people. Here’s a picture from www.myfolsom.com…