Grass Valley, CA–You have never seen Bear River like this. Join a local National Geographic Educator and friends on a 3 day expedition hiking and tubing through carved granite canyons, formidable rapids, and jumping off cliffs into crystal blue water filled with fish and adventure. This is the 8.5 miles that would be destroyed behind Centennial Dam. Their new film, The Hidden Bear, brings viewers through the stunning rugged landscape using the latest in drone technology. Flying you into unbelievably beautiful scenery, this free film will open your heart to the treasure flowing through our backyard watershed. They set out on their adventure only 2 months ago, and now the finished film is here in time to show our community the legacy that we are safeguarding, or not, in this election. For the Osprey and Trout, this film is for them. And the Bears and the Cougars, and FOR ALL WHO LOVE RIVERS and who want rivers to love, and for Allan Eberhart who asked me a life-changing question in 2016, “Have you seen the beautiful river hiding below the 174 bridge?”
Centennial Dam would be 275 ft tall, backing up the river from 1600 ft to 1850ft, which is ~ 8.5 miles of ruined campgrounds, parks, river hiking trails, swimming holes, world-famous kayaking, homes, Native American ancestral homeland and burial grounds, and more. Centennial Dam is a water grab, built by the Nevada Irrigation District who plan to use a small portion of the water, and sell the rest out of the district and supply the California Aqueduct. The water rights are too large, enough water for 2.3 million people, but there isn't enough water in the river to support it. Centennial would over-allocate the water, meaning farmers in South Sutter Water District will not receive their deeded water if NID diverts their full amount of 221,400 Acre Feet yearly. NID says they only need to keep 40,000 acre feet, and can send most of the water south. https://www.acwa.com/wp-content/uploa...
Visit http://BearRiver.earth to see more free films about Bear River and Centennial Dam.