Sept. 8, 1975 Stanislaus River rally at State Capitol – speaker

Senator Omar Rains, who fathered California’s Bottle Bill, addressing the first major rally at the State Capitol to save the Stanislaus in September 1975, just before wild river legislation introduced in early 1976. ARTA Grand Canyon guide Bruce Simballa, and one of the principle organizer of the rally, on bench at right, waiting to speak.