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Group hopes to bring attention to watershed with trek to ocean

Posted by: Maven on June 5, 2009 at 6:05 am

From Stockton’s Record:

The white-water boils of the wild and scenic Clavey River lay far behind a team of a dozen or so boaters who stopped by Stockton Thursday on their journey to the ocean.

The calm Stockton Deep Water Channel required considerably less skill to navigate, said Emilio Martinez, a 52-year-old artist from Modesto and one of only two people planning to complete the entire trip. Others are doing only a leg here or there. “I’m not experienced with kayaks, canoes or anything,” Martinez said, remembering the Class 5 thrill two weeks ago. “My stomach was queasy.”

He did, of course, have a guide.

The trip downstream, piloted by the Tuolumne River Trust, is intended to raise the profile of that stream and its connection with the greater Central Valley watershed.

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June 5, 2009 · Filed Under San Joaquin Valley

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