Kern

Lake Isabella stores the spring runoff and then releases water for irrigation throughout the summer. A minimum 'fish' flow of 25 to 50 cfs is released into the natural channel from the main dam, which is about one kilometer from this picture. The next 600 cfs is released through the auxiliary dam into the Borel Canal, both pictured here. This canal delivers water to the Borel Powerhouse and then back into the natural river channel, bypassing the 6 miles of river between the main dam and the powerhouse. Once releases exceed the 600 cfs capacity of the powerhouse, the excess is released into the river from the main dam. There is also a small powerhouse at the main dam operated by a separate company which generates power from the fish release and larger releases.
Rock formations near the start of section.
Rock formations near the put-in.
View south from the keysville put-in launching area.