July 25, 2024By Jonaki Mehta, Christopher Intagliata, Ailsa Chang
Word keeps spreading about the new state park at River Partners’ former Dos Rios Ranch Preserve near Modesto.
On NPR’s “All Things Considered” show, host Ailsa Chang shared that, “…stepping into this park is like stepping into a time machine, where the land has been restored to a semblance of what it used to look like centuries ago…”
Geloy Concepcion for NPR
The 1,600-acre Dos Rios is the largest public-private floodplain restoration project in California history, has been dubbed a “park of the future,” and delivers critical wins for the state’s environment and communities. Those benefits include improved flood safety for vulnerable communities, increased water supply for farms and households, more habitat for struggling wildlife, natural carbon capture, and increased public health through new outdoor-recreation opportunities.
We need thousands more acres just like this. Not just not for just water, not for habitat, but for the people of the land, for the people that were here long before anybody else.
Austin Stevenot, Northern Sierra Mewuk, River Partners San Joaquin Valley Field Manager
