The Journal is a quarterly publication on River Partners activities and projects, published from 2005 -2018.
Issues
20th Anniversary Issue
- The Twentieth Anniversary of River Partners
- Faces of Conservation in Central Valley (2018)
- Native Plant Nurseries & River Partners—A Winning Team (2015)
- Historic Flood Management Project (2015)
- River Partners Receives Governor’s Award (2005)
- Increasing Access and Recreation on the Sacramento River (2007)
- The Loss of River Partners’ Co-Founder, Bernard F. Flynn, Jr. (2010)
- Floodplain Sanctuaries for Juvenile Native Fish (2012)
- From Computer Database to Nesting Bell’s Vireo (2006)
- Flooding, What’s a Rabbit to Do (2009)
- River Partners Plants its One Millionth Tree (2009)
- Volunteer Planting Day (2010)
- River Partners Restoration Projects (2011)
- Dos Ranch Acquisition (2012)
- River Partners and the Conservation Corps. (2013)
- Bear River Restoration (2013)
- Closing a chapter at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge (2014)
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Fall 2017 - Vol. 14 No. 1
- Restoring Floodplains at Setback Levees
- When Flood Safety and Wildlife Recovery Coincide or Collide:
More Lessons Learned on the San Joaquin River - Setback Levees Mute the Damage of the Oroville Dam Failure Scare
- Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway
- Hamilton City Levee Festival 2016
- Girl Scout Troop 70201 Plant Milkweed at Chico Office
- Panorama Vista Preserve Field ‘n’ Dale Run 2017
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Fall 2016 - Vol. 13 No. 3
- Establishing Wildlife Corridors
- River Partners Acquires 285-acre Grayson Property for Wildlife and People
- Update: Willow Bend Preserve Receives Funding from NOAA Fisheries’ Community-based Restoration Program
- Lessons from Fresno: Bringing Back the Native Forest Understory
- River Partners Will Assist in Historic Flood Management Project at Hamilton City
- River Partners Annual “End of Season” 2016 – Broadening Perspectives
- California Conservation Corps 40th Anniversary
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Summer 2016 - Vol. 13 No. 2
- Efficient Watering and Drip Irrigation
- Learning by Doing in the Race to Save Salmon from Extinction
- UPDATE: The California Riparian Restoration Handbook: 7 Years Later
- Developing Partnerships to Support Arroyo Toad Recovery in San Diego County
- New Investments in Coordinated Invasive Species Control in the San Joaquin Watershed
- River Partners Completes Planting in San Diego County
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Spring 2016 - Vol. 13 No. 1
- Putting the Flood Back on Floodplains
- Flooding Loss and Groundwater Gain
- Breaking Ground in Fresno: the Riverbottom Planting Day is a Community Success
- Our New Endowment Fund
- Partnership for Climate-Smart Restoration Planning in Reno
- Panorama Vista Preserve’s Second Phase of Restoration is Rapidly Growing
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Fall 2015 - Vol. 12 No. 3
- Connecting People to Rivers and Riparian Areas
- Restoration Benefits for People
- River Partners & the Conservation Corps: Working Together for Restoration
- SLEWS Program at Dos Rios Ranch
- Bird Response to Climatesmart Restoration in the San Joaquin Valley
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Summer 2015 - Vol. 12 No. 2
- Floodplain Sanctuaries for Juvenile Native Fish
- Letter from the Board Chair: Flooding in the Time of Drought
- Thriving Plants and Helping Hands at Dos Rios Ranch
- Restoration Planning Begins in the Lower Tijuana River Valley
- Breaking Ground at Abbott Lake
- Water Efficiency Begins at “Home”
- Annual SERCAL Conference and SJRRP Science Meeting
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Winter 2015 - Vol. 12 No. 1
- Restoration at Panorama Vista Preserve Takes Off
- Abbott Lake Restoration Moving Ahead
- California Passed a New Water Bond… So What?
- Native Plant Nurseries and River Partners – A Winning Team
- Feather River Riparian Habitat Restoration Project Kick-off
- Oroville Wildlife Area Flood Stage Reduction Project
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Summer 2014 - Vol. 11 No. 2
- Mid-San Joaquin River Flood Plan Nears Completion
- Drought Mitigation Through Riparian Restoration
- The War on Weeds Continues! Job Creation and Weed Control in the San Joaquin Valley
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Spring 2014 - Vol. 11 No. 1
- Looking Back at Fifteen Years of Riparian Restoration
- Rewilding California Rivers
- 15 Years of River Partners’ Science: Past, Present, and New Directions
- A Model for the Future – Closing a Chapter at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge
- River Partners in San Diego
- 15 Years of Restoration in the Sacramento Valley
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Winter 2013 - Vol. 10 No. 2
- River Partners Acquires 500-Acre Hidden Valley Ranch
- Progress on Three Amigos: Moving Levee Breaching from Concept to Reality
- The Value of Native Understory Species in Riparian Restoration Projects
- Rancho Jamul Riparian Restoration: Wildfire Recover
- 2013 Mud Blasts links Fun, Fitness, and River Conservation in Colusa and Modesto
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Summer 2013 - Vol. 10 No. 1
Riparian Habitat Restoration Begins at Dos Rios Ranch
Working with California’s Comprehensive & Flexible Approach to Flood Protection
Welcome Aboard, Nine New Summer Interns!
Honolulu Bar Floodplain Restoration Project
Multi-Benefit Restoration Within the Natomas Basin
Wildflower Restoration at the La Barranca Unit
Otay Delta Serves as Outdoor Classroom for High Tech High Chula Vista Students
Mid-San Joaquin Regional Flood Management Plan Shaping Up
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Spring 2013 - Vol. 9 No. 1
- River Partners, Team to Set Vision for a Flood Safe Mid-San Joaquin River Region
- Restoration on the Otay River
- Kern River Project Gets Funding Boost
- Volunteer Planting Event at Honolulu Bar
- Bear River Restoration: A Framework for Multi-Benefit Projects and Flood Management
- River Partners Gears up to Put the San Joaquin Valley to Work: Arundo, Beware!
- Pink Hats Rock at Otay Delta Project
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Winter 2012 - Vol. 8 No. 1
- Dos Rios Ranch Acquisition
- Ten Years on the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge
- Missions Accomplished: The Collaborative Purchase of Dos Rios Ranch
- More than a Decade of Collaboration
- Establishing Roots: River Partners’ Long-term Efforts on the San Joaquin River NWR
- Using a Native Understory to Control Weeds in Riparian Restoration
- Mud Blast Series Brings Runners to the Sacramento, San Joaquin, & Tuolumne Rivers
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Winter 2011 - Vol. 7 No. 3
- Mudder Nature Challenge: Fun, Frivolity and Competition
- Active or Passive Riparian Restoration
- New Private Lands Restoration Project with Ducks Unlimited
- River Partners and CCC Improving Redding’s River Trails
- Make a Difference Day at the San Joaquin River NWR
- Wildlife Conservation Board Awards Restoration Funding for La Barranca Unit, SRNWR
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Summer 2011 - Vol. 7 No. 2
- Bear River Levee Set-Back Approaches 5th Year
- Central Valley Floods Next in the News?
- Vegetation on Levees: A Botanist’s Perspective
- The Inauguration of the Mudder Nature Challenge
- River Partners’ Long-Term Monitoring Program
- River Partners Recognized for Species Recovery Efforts
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Spring 2011 - Vol. 7 No. 1
- Community Effort Removes Trash from Otay River Valley
- Collaboration for Flood Protection
- Kern River Corridor Endowment & River Partners to Restore Bakersfield’s Panorama Vista Preserve
- Pelican Nature Trail at SJNWR Open to the Public
- River Partners’ Restoration Projects Weather the Test of Time
- Second Otay Watershed Project Moves Ahead
- Flooding Part of Natural Central Valley Riparian Ecology
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Winter 2010 - Vol. 6 No. 4
- Tree Root Architecture Research
- Notes from the San Joaquin River Conference
- Otay Delta Restoration Moves Ahead, Thanks to Funders
- Introducing the Flynn Wildland Preserve
- The Loss of River Partners’ Co-Founder, Bernard F. Flynn, Jr.
- Soroptimists and Durham Cub Scouts Make a Difference at Patrick Ranch
- Restoring Habitat and Building a Legacy of Stewards for the Otay River Valley
- Second Annual “Make ‘Em Sweat” More than 50 volunteers turn out to help the Flynn Wildland Preserve
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Fall 2010 - Vol. 6 No. 3
- The Elusive “VELB” Seen at Mitigation Sites
- On the River with River Partners
- Living Wetlands Display at Merced County Fair
- Battle Creek Wildlife Area
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Research
- Looking Back Long-Term Monitoring of Restoration Sites
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Summer 2010 - Vol. 6 No. 2
- River Partners Honors Butte County District Attorney & State Parks
- River Partners and the Local Economy
- River Partners Visits with Pollinator Expert
- Breaking Ground in Placer County
- Earth Day Celebration with Hamilton Union HS and State Parks
- Results Are In: Endangered Rabbits are Living in our Planted Habitats!
- River Partners Celebrates 12th Anniversary
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Spring 2010 - Vol. 6 No. 1
- Abbott Lake Restoration Approved
- Restoration’s Added Benefits
- Volunteer Planting Day at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge
- Restoration Projects Support Nature’s Pollination Systems
- Lower Colorado River Restoration Underway
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Winter 2009 - Vol. 5 No. 4
- Sustainability Conference Honors River Partners
- A Tour of a Successful Restoration Project
- Vegetation in the Floodway and the Flume Study
- River Services: A Snapshot of River Partners New Science Webpages
- Annual “Make ‘Em Sweat” Event
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Fall 2009 - Vol. 5 No. 3
- California Riparian Restoration Handbook
- A Riparian Restoration Handbook
- Project Updates
- Restoration Planting Design
- Vegetation on Levees: A Botanist’s Perspective
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Summer 2009 - Vol. 5 No. 2
- New Partnership for the Kern River
- Levee Setbacks and Meandering Rivers
- Project Updates
- Endangered Rivers
- Feather River State Wildlife Area – O’Connor Lakes Unit
- San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge
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Spring 2009 - Vol. 5 No. 1
- River Partners Plants its One Millionth Tree at Levee Setback Project
- Message from the Board Chair
- San Joaquin’s 1st Planting Event
- Flooding: What’s a Rabbit to Do?
- River Partners Impacted by State Budget
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Fall 2008 - Vol. 4 No. 4
- River Partners Expands to Southern CA & Arizona
- Award Recognizes Key Players in Floodplain Management
- Student Trip Enhances Del Rio Wildland Preserve
- River Partners Wins Award for Excellence
- Riparian Restoration at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge
- Completion of the Vierra Restoration Project at the San Joaquin River NWR
- Dos Rios Ranch Identified as a Potential State Park
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Summer 2008 - Vol. 4 No. 3
- 10 Years at Beehive Bend
- The River Partners Board
- Chinook Salmon in the San Joaquin Valley: What are the Benefits of Riparian Restoration?
- 24 Boats Launched on the Feather River Record-setting River Tour Ends at Nelson Slough
- First Stanislaus Paddle Held in June
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Spring 2008 - Vol. 4 No. 2
- River Partners Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
- Project Updates
- Chinook Salmon in the San Joaquin Valley: Natural History and Current Conditions
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Winter 2008 - Vol. 4 No. 1
- Students Break Ground for KCHO Trees
- River Partners Project Updates
- The Great Acorn Grow-Out
- River Partners Celebrates Years at Upcoming Annual Dinner
- River Partners and Climate Change
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Fall 2007 - Vol. 3 No. 4
- San Joaquin Valley Project Native Seed Harvest
- California voles: diminutive but big part of riparian ecosystem
- River Partners Project Updates: Canoe Trips, Bidwell Ranch
- “Monster Flume” reveals secrets of flood conditions and control
- Special Holiday Gift Membership Opportunity
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Summer 2007 - Vol. 3 No. 3
- River Partners Staff Receive James Irvine Leadership Award
- A Flight Over the River: Bald Eagles Along the Sacramento
- River Partners Staff Receive James Irvine Leadership Award
- River Partners Project Updates: Bidwell Ranch and Turtle Bay
- Special Matching Grant Opportunity: Annie B’s
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Spring 2007 - Vol. 3 No. 2
- River Partners annual Dinner Celebrates Public Lands, Announces Gifts to State Parks
- New San Joaquin Valley Regional Director
- River Partners Gives Two Properties to California State Parks; Increases Sacramento River Access
- Bidwell Ranch Mitigation Bank Project Update
- Don’t Miss May and June River Partners Events
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Winter 2007 - Vol. 3 No. 1
- River Partners Featured on the History Channel, January 24
- Fish-Friendly Irrigation
- Stony Creek Neighbors Battle Erosion
- A New Chapter for Bidwell Ranch
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Fall 2006 - Vol. 2 No. 3
- River Partners V.P. Named Finalist for National Purpose Prize
- How Restoration Can Improve Water Quality—Letter from the Board Chair
- River Partners Project Updates
- The Story of River Partners, Barney Flynn, and the Purpose Prize
- What Are Those Things? Oak Galls Demystified
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Summer 2006 - Vol. 2 No. 2
- From Computer Database To Nesting Bell’s Vireo
- Can Riparian Restoration Fight Global Warming? Letter from the Board Chair
- Youth Plant Seeds, Reap Benefits
- Blending Computer Programming, Farming Know-how, and Conservation
- Riparian Areas: The Secret to Quality of Life?
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Spring 2006 - Vol. 2 No. 1
- Restoration in the Flood Plain: A How To
- Plant design for flooding—the O’Connor Lakes project
- Outdoor education
- Welcome to our new staff
- Collaboration for agricultural & ecological goals
- Landmark restoration agreement
- Thank you to our donors
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Fall 2005 - Vol. 1 No. 1
- Least Bell’s Vireo Returns to the Central Valley
- River Partners Recieves Governor’s Award
- Beyond the Classroom Walls
- Community Visits Del Rio Wildlands Preserve
- Disappearing Cottonwoods
- Restoring Our Rivers Campaign
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