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Rob Caughlan, RIP – hero of the Stanislaus River Proposition 17 campaign (Feb 28, 2026)

Proposition 17 major funding report (PDF) (Feb 28, 2026)

Friends of the River post-Proposition 17 appeal (PDF) (Feb 28, 2026)

The poll that proves Proposition 17 should have passed (PDF) (Feb 28, 2026)

Devil’s Staircase Rapid (Feb 27, 2026)

Bailey Falls – the classic run (Feb 27, 2026)

Summer fun on the Stanislaus River (Feb 27, 2026)

Running the Stanislaus River in an Avon Redshank (Feb 27, 2026)

The famous Rope Pull game on a beach on the Stanislaus River (Feb 27, 2026)

The Rose Creek swimming rapid (Feb 27, 2026)
30,000 Letters to save rivers – Mother Lode’s Scott Underwood tells their story (Feb 27, 2026)
The ETC Founders story – how Fred, Mark and Ron started this amazing organization on the Stanislaus River (Feb 27, 2026)

The old suspension bridge on the Stanislaus River (Dec 1, 2025)

View of new bridge below Parrott’s Ferry (Dec 1, 2025)

The lower Stanislaus River, below Horseshoe Bend (Dec 1, 2025)

Sliding down the rocks in Rose Creek (Dec 1, 2025)

Hanging out in the sun at the first main pool up Rose Creek (Dec 1, 2025)

Rose Creek confluence with main Stanislaus (Dec 1, 2025)

Rose Creek confluence in spring high water (Dec 1, 2025)

Protest sign against flooding the Stanislaus River (Jul 24, 2025)

Kids’ letters to Gov. Jerry Brown about the Stanislaus River (Jul 24, 2025)

Flyer for Parrott’s Ferry Rally day – June 2, 1979 (Jul 24, 2025)

Singing at the Parrott’s Ferry Day rally in 1979 (Jul 24, 2025)

Newspaper article about Parrott’s Ferry Rally in June 1975 (Jul 24, 2025)

Flyer about those supporting chainings to stop flooding of the Stanislaus River in 1979 (Jul 24, 2025)